Today I'll show you how to build a rock-solid home/office NAS server using a Mini-ITX motherboard, a dedicated hardware RAID card, and enterprise class SAS hard drives, all in a Mini-ITX NAS case with an 8 drive hot-swap bay. Total budget is between USD$850 to USD$2,000 depending on the hardware you choose (I'll give links to all the gear you'll need). Introduction & Notes Having your own home or office NAS server is a great way to back up … [Read more...] about Build a Mini-ITX NAS RAID Server with Enterprise SAS Hard Drives
Hard Drives & SSD's
Perform disk error check (chkdsk) on Windows 10
Today, I'll show you how to run Windows Check Disk (chkdsk) to find and fix filesystem and drive sector errors. Sometimes Windows may alert you to errors on your hard drive, or your computer may be just running slow and crashing, so I'll show you what to do in this situation. If you've lost access to your desktop and can't get past the blue boot screen, so I'll also show you how to run Check Disk (chkdsk) from the Advanced Boot Menu. Run a basic … [Read more...] about Perform disk error check (chkdsk) on Windows 10