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Troubleshoot drive failures in seven steps

Troubleshoot drive failures in seven steps

Insight tutorial Knowing how to revive a failed hard drive is a key part of an IT pro's job, and having a reliable set of troubleshooting guidelines can increase the odds of a full recovery.

Wednesday, November 03 2004 04:38 PM

Tags: Storage


Bypass Windows 98's never-ending defrag operation

Bypass Windows 98's never-ending defrag operation

Insight Greg Shultz shares on how to get around a stalled defrag operation in Win98.

Wednesday, October 20 2004 04:56 PM

Tags: Windows 98


Create reliable system images with dd

Create reliable system images with dd

Techguide Not sure if you've backed up everything you need? Justin Fielding discusses the usefulness of the dd utility.

Tuesday, October 10 2006 09:54 AM


Create reliable system images with dd

Techguide Not sure if you've backed up everything you need? Justin Fielding discusses the usefulness of the dd utility.

Wednesday, September 27 2006 09:18 AM


Execute local Nagios checks on remote systems

Techguide Vincent Danen shows how you can monitor remote services and local statistics with a little bit of work and planning.

Sunday, July 08 2007 08:34 PM



3 lessons a CIO can learn from Windows 7

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Microsoft's missteps with Vista, and attempts at redemption with Windows 7, offers firms valuable lessons in IT, be it in rolling out a new corporate application or delivering millions of copies of a new OS.


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Ultimate 2012 recovery site: the moon

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Have you seen the disaster movie "2012"? A friend from Control Risks and I did, and we reluctantly concluded we wouldn't be able to write off the cost of our..... by Nathaniel Forbes

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