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honda522;227427 wrote:Computers don’t last forever. I have gone thru 3 laptops in 6 years..they were cheaper ones, but I found HP makes the best.
I just got windows 7 but a part in the computer is overheating and causing it to freeze. We diagnosed the problem this morning (hopefully thats the problem otherwise we still dont know what it is) and my dads going to try and fix it ASAP.
So, yeah, sometimes computers last for a long time and sometimes they dont.
tornadospotter;227403 wrote:More info on this please. This might be something I want to look into.My pleasure.
This is the system that I have. This system comes with two internal hard drives and it attaches to your local network of computers. I have a number of computers in the house, 7 to be honest including my work laptop, and all of these computers have access to this device.
Additionally, my DirectTV DVR and my Blueray player in the family room have access to this device as well.
The device has two hard drives in it. You have two options available to you for how you configure this, but I am only going to talk about mirroring.
You set this device up so that both hard drives store the same data on them, essentially each drive mirrors the other. If either of the drives fail, then you have some warning to go get another device and get the data off of the remaining drive. These devices are not supposed to be serviceable by the end user, but I am sure one could replace a failed drive, I would be concerned with it’s ability to come back online.
So this gives you a little added protection against hard drive failure. I have been going through all of my old videos now of my kids, digitizing them and putting them all on this drive. I have 1 terrbyte of space on mine and I am at 750 gig of space used right now.
The nice thing about this is that every other machine in the house can access the data on this device. Additionally, it has some features where you can plug in your printer and have your printer networked to all of those devices as well. If you are really adventurous, it even has the ability to open the drive up on the Internet allowing you to reach the files from anywhere, password required of course. I do not use this feature.
As a sidebar, I think it is also important to point out that you can do the same configuration on most newer desktop machines as well. Most of the newer desktops, at least in the last couple of years, will allow you to carry 4 – 6 serial ATA (SATA) drives on-board. Once you plug them in, you can configure them to mirror as well and you get the same protection right on your desktop computer.
Drives are relatively inexpensive these days, so it never hurts to configure this if you have the ability, time, and money.
Word to the wise though, never rely on one single device even if you get something like this. You should always have a second copy just in case. I have the contents of this drive backing up to my desktop machine as well. I do not have my desktop mirrored like this as I am not worried about losing the drive as long as the Storecenter device is still working.
A lot of companies make these and they are well worth the investment I think.
Well, my new PC from Dell arrived last week, but I’m still using my friends old laptop. I’ve not had time to spend setting it all up, am also a bit intimidated to try doing it myself. My sons friend Dave, helped set up my original pc 8 yrs. ago, so I’ve not done it before. If all the programs & OS were the same as what I had before, Windows XP…I’d feel more comfortable setting it up, but it’s Windows 7, and not familiar with it or the programs it comes with.
Does Windows 7 have a standard ‘Paint’ program as XP came with, simply called ‘Paint’. Also, does W7 have ‘Wordpad’?
Connie Jo;227871 wrote:Well, my new PC from Dell arrived last week, but I’m still using my friends old laptop. I’ve not had time to spend setting it all up, am also a bit intimidated to try doing it myself. My sons friend Dave, helped set up my original pc 8 yrs. ago, so I’ve not done it before. If all the programs & OS were the same as what I had before, Windows XP…I’d feel more comfortable setting it up, but it’s Windows 7, and not familiar with it or the programs it comes with.Does Windows 7 have a standard ‘Paint’ program as XP came with, simply called ‘Paint’. Also, does W7 have ‘Wordpad’?
Yes and Yes!
Oh good! Paint and Wordpad I use often! I write on Wordpad, and use Paint for many tasks. Someone told me W7 won’t have Jasc Photo as a standard like XP did, I’m gonna miss it, as it is what I used to resize pics, add text to photo’s, other stuff. I’m hoping W7 is compatible with Microsoft Office Publisher, so I can install it on my new PC, as I have it on hard disc..
I also bought Corel Paint Shop Pro X in late 2008, paid around $200 for it, but downloaded the software online, no hard disc.. I was told I can contact Corel to ask if they’ll let me download it again to a new PC, but if I remember right…I think you had to pay extra at the time for the right to replace it if lost, which I doubt I did wanting to save money likely.
Anyway, I’ve still not set up my new PC, rather continue using my friend Brandon’s old laptop, which limits me from doing many things, so I need to get mine set up.
Hayvern;227437 wrote:My pleasure.This is the system that I have. This system comes with two internal hard drives and it attaches to your local network of computers. I have a number of computers in the house, 7 to be honest including my work laptop, and all of these computers have access to this device.
Additionally, my DirectTV DVR and my Blueray player in the family room have access to this device as well.
The device has two hard drives in it. You have two options available to you for how you configure this, but I am only going to talk about mirroring.
You set this device up so that both hard drives store the same data on them, essentially each drive mirrors the other. If either of the drives fail, then you have some warning to go get another device and get the data off of the remaining drive. These devices are not supposed to be serviceable by the end user, but I am sure one could replace a failed drive, I would be concerned with it’s ability to come back online.
So this gives you a little added protection against hard drive failure. I have been going through all of my old videos now of my kids, digitizing them and putting them all on this drive. I have 1 terrbyte of space on mine and I am at 750 gig of space used right now.
The nice thing about this is that every other machine in the house can access the data on this device. Additionally, it has some features where you can plug in your printer and have your printer networked to all of those devices as well. If you are really adventurous, it even has the ability to open the drive up on the Internet allowing you to reach the files from anywhere, password required of course. I do not use this feature.
As a sidebar, I think it is also important to point out that you can do the same configuration on most newer desktop machines as well. Most of the newer desktops, at least in the last couple of years, will allow you to carry 4 – 6 serial ATA (SATA) drives on-board. Once you plug them in, you can configure them to mirror as well and you get the same protection right on your desktop computer.
Drives are relatively inexpensive these days, so it never hurts to configure this if you have the ability, time, and money.
Word to the wise though, never rely on one single device even if you get something like this. You should always have a second copy just in case. I have the contents of this drive backing up to my desktop machine as well. I do not have my desktop mirrored like this as I am not worried about losing the drive as long as the Storecenter device is still working.
A lot of companies make these and they are well worth the investment I think.
Well I did not go out and buy this, sound out of my price range, and I only have one puter to back up. I did find a Seagate Free Agent Desk External Drive, 1.5 TB/TO, for 60 bucks. Moved all my files that I have on it, deleted them from my C drive, did a registry clean up. All my pictures and other files are saved, and my CP is running much better. Thank you all for info, to this puter redneck from nebraskie!:yahoo::yahoo:
tornadospotter;228264 wrote:Well I did not go out and buy this, sound out of my price range, and I only have one puter to back up. I did find a Seagate Free Agent Desk External Drive, 1.5 TB/TO, for 60 bucks. Moved all my files that I have on it, deleted them from my C drive, did a registry clean up. All my pictures and other files are saved, and my CP is running much better. Thank you all for info, to this puter redneck from nebraskie!:yahoo::yahoo:Put those files back on your C: drive and have that external drive only be a backup of those files. You never want your files in one location only, especially if that one location is a drive that is easy to pick up and walk away with.
My experience with external drives have not been so good overall and I would never solely rely on one with a single hard drive to be the primary store for my important documents.
Hayvern;228282 wrote:Put those files back on your C: drive and have that external drive only be a backup of those files. You never want your files in one location only, especially if that one location is a drive that is easy to pick up and walk away with.My experience with external drives have not been so good overall and I would never solely rely on one with a single hard drive to be the primary store for my important documents.
They are backed up on drive E.
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