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Using Diskpart: A Guide to Windows Disk Management
Diskpart is a powerful command-line utility in Windows that allows users to manage their hard drive, disks, partitions, and volumes…
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Disaster Recovery with Azure Backup for SQL Server VMsRunning VMs in the cloud has become a big part of the modernization of IT infrastructure for most businesses. However,… -
Choosing a Disaster Recovery Technology: Backup vs. ReplicationThere are two primary types of backup technologies and knowing the difference between backup and replication will help you choose…
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How can I write (burn) ISO files to CD or DVD?ISO files are actually images of complete CDs or DVDs compiled as one whole image file (*.iso), just like Ghost…
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How do I create a mirrored volume in Windows XP (or Windows 2000 Pro)?You don’t. A mirrored volume, also known as a RAID-1 volume, is a fault-tolerant volume that duplicates data on two…
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My BOOT.INI file uses a weird SIGNATURE() syntax that I’ve never seen before. In Windows NT 4.0, this always said SCSI() instead. What’s that?Beginning with Windows 2000, Microsoft has updated the Advanced RISC Computing (ARC) syntax in BOOT.INI to support the SIGNATURE() syntax,…
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How do I delete an “undeletable” file?Sometimes you want to delete a file but when you do so an error message pops and tells you it…
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Difference Between Basic and Dynamic Disks in Windows XP/2000/2003Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 offer two types of disk storage: basic and dynamic. Basic Disk…
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How can I control whether Windows 2000’s dynamic disk upgrade is available on my computer?Windows 2000 introduced the concept of dynamic disks, which let you implement RAID-type disk configurations (e.g., disk mirroring, fault-tolerant striping)…
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How can I prevent users from using USB removable disks (USB flash drives)?Disable USB disk drives without having to also disable USB devices with this simple trick from Daniel Petri.
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How can I prevent users from using USB removable disks (USB flash drives) by using Group Policy (GPO)?Daniel Petri shows you how to block the use of USB drives on client machines by using Group Policy Objects…
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How can I prevent users from writing to USB removable disks (USB flash drives)?USB removable disks (also known as flash drives or “Disk on Key” and other variations) are quickly becoming an integral…
