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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… -
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 change the System partition drive letter in Windows XP?For the most part, this is not recommended, especially if the drive letter is the same as when Windows was…
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Why do I get error messages when I try to convert FAT16 partitions to FAT32 in Windows 2000/XP/2003?In W2K, XP and Windows Server 2003, if you attempt to convert a File Allocation Table (FAT or FAT16) partition…
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How do I create a bootable floppy from XP?Neither Windows 2000 nor Windows (yuck) ME has the ability to create a simple, basic, DOS- based boot floppy (a…
