Stupid Human Tricks....
Yesterday I installed a new wireless router (linksys EA2700). The old router has a PCMCIA slot for a mobile broadband card (that is how we get internet at my rural location). Turned off its...
View ArticleSystem Recovery Options
Hello, Today our WHS2011 server lost connection. When I rebooted it, it took me to a System Recovery Options window. Can anyone help point me in the right direction on what I should do now? Thank you!...
View ArticleNeed A New Server
I have been reading a lot of threads here trying to make a decision on my server. I currently have an HP MS Server 495. It came with a 1.5TB drive and I added three 2TB drives. The server runs WHS...
View ArticleHamachi Install Not Working Right
I recently installed Hamachi on both WHS v1 and WHS 2011 the original client is installed on 2011 and V1, my brothers Windows 7 desktop, my Windows 8 carputer and my Windows 8 tablet are joined to the...
View ArticleQuality Desktop Media Server From Whs
Hi I've been using WHS v1 as a media server successfully on my HP SmartServer vertually since it came out. A couple of years ago I added an XBox front end to get photos, music and home movies to my...
View ArticleTrendnet Will Not Port Forward Model Tew-731Br
I have been using Linksys routers for many many years, but they never seem to last more than a year or two. I have had probably 6 or so in the last7 years. So I decided to try a cheaper Trendnet...
View ArticleExtremely Slow Initial Backup
I have started the initial back up of my Client PC to my WHS 2011 using the dashboard. It is currently sitting at 27% and it's been running for about 36 hours. I've heard that the initial backup...
View ArticleTwo Drives In Hp Mss Ex495
With the original system disk from my HP MediaSmart EX495 WHS v1 dying, I bought two new WD 2TB red drives (WD20EFRX) and used them to do a clean install of WHS2011 I followed Sean Daniel's...
View ArticleHow Do I Move D:\ To A Different Physical Drive?
i have an acer ?? revocenter. i did a power supply mod and added an ssd for c:\. d:\ is on a regular hdd how can i move the server folders on d:\ to another physical hdd? i want to get a couple of...
View ArticleCannot Access Thru Remote Desktop
My WHS 2011 server has been working great, until I accidentally made security changes to the machine by clicking on "setup security" or something like that through remote desktop. The setup security...
View ArticleCan't Add External Drives To Pool
I recently purchase a Vantec NexStar HX4R from newegg to expand my storage. I put 2 2TB drives in the enclosure and connected it to the server through USB 3.0. The server sees the drives just fine,...
View ArticleWow Ultra Tv Arris Modem/router
So we switched to a newer kind of TV from our cable company. The modem/router is all one unit as it houses the DVR and everything. Before the switch I had my WHS connectable and my personal website...
View ArticleC;\ Whs System Drive Error - Advice On Installing Onto A New Hard Drive.
Hi all My c:\ drive is showing up as errors using SMART 2013 for WHS. Since this started to show up in Late November, the system is far less stable, crashing regularly. The system C:\partition is...
View ArticleEval To Full Version - How?
A common question we see popping up all over the Internet is how to upgrade from the beta version of Windows Home Server, or the 120 Day (See Edit below) Evaluation version of the software to the...
View ArticleTrying To Install Whs 2011 On An Ex495
so, I have been trying all day to install 2011 on my EX495. I took all the drives out. I have a new (empty) drive that I put into the first slot for a clean install. I followed instructions found on...
View ArticleOs - Drive C: Is Failing
Hi, My C:-drive (OS drive) is failing and I would like to change out this disk with a SSD disk. Can anyone give a "fail-safe" way to migrate my C:-drive (OS) to a SSD disk? Is a 60GB SSD enough? I...
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Whs 2011 Server Backup Failure
Folks My server has been backing itself up fairly reliably for a year or so, but on 28/12/12 it decided that it wouldn't play. It now fails with the following error message "The request could not...
View ArticleCannot Restore Hp G9 Pavillion Laptop Due To Network Issues
I'm having great difficulty restoring an HP G9 Pavillion laptop running a 64 bit version of W7. Initially i was getting the common error of "cannot find your homeserver" and believe this is down to the...
View ArticleLightsout Whs V1 And 2011 Licence
I'm in the process of changing over from V1 to 2011. I bought a licence for V1, do I need to buy another for 2011 ? Thanks to anyone who can answer this. Edit - just realised that this may need to be...
View ArticleServer Backup Problem; Rotating Offiste Hard Disks
I have two hard drives for my server backups that I am rotating offsite approx. each week. They are 2TB each and for 6 months this has backed up without fail. Now, upon reinserting one of them into the...
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