It would seem that Ask The home Server Guy is a big success. Since announcing the series I’ve been inundated with hundreds of emails. Some of your questions were so tough that they have me stumped! This week I will address some of the low hanging fruit while I research some of the tough ones. Me and my “stupid question” comment. :)
Dear Home Sever Guy: I am a new WHS user and I have an external 750 drive that is a SATA drive. I have a lot of data on it that I need to “import” to the WHS drive space. Can I just plug it in to the internal SATA port and just move/copy the files? It would seem that I can just drag them off the external disk over to their desired locations on D:\shares\share1 directly, but am not sure if this is violating some principle of WHS drive extender. Share1 is shared out from the admin tool and it is marked as duplicate.
NEVER copy files directly to the D:\shares folder. You can easily copy files from an external drive directly attached to your WHS, but you will have to use the folder shares just like you would if you were remote. For example, if your external drive was drive E (as it was for me) then select the files and/or folder you wish to copy then double click this icon (right) on the desktop. You can now drag and drop to your heart’s content without fear of messing up the WHS file system.
Dear HSG: I have a HP Home Server that I am currently using to backup my home PC. I also have a 64 bit HP Pavilion Laptop that I cannot install the Home Server software on. Is the updated software for 64 bit PCs now available and if so where can I download it?
64-bit supported is included in Power Pack 1 which is currently in public beta. The release date has yet to be announced, but I would expect is before too long (weeks not months).
Hi Home Sever Guy: Maybe you can help me with this. So far HP support hasn't been able to, though they've given it a good try (Thanks, Marc at HP). The connector CD installs great on all my PCs except for one, running XP Media Center (SP3). When I go to open the console, I get a message telling me:
"The pre-release version of Remote Desktop Connection has expired. To download the full version of Remote Desktop Connection, go to Windows Update or contact your system administrator."
Any ideas?
I have never seen this problem personally, but there is a long discussion about this topic here. Good luck and let me know if that fixed your issue.
Home Server Guy, How do I get my HP EX470 MediaSmart Home Server to reboot after a power failure? It would seem that for an "always on" server, this would be automatic.
You can “fix” this BIOS setting by following the instructions here. Be very careful if you attempt this as you could potentially brick your server as you are changing BIOS settings blind. I have NOT attempted this on my MediaSmart Server. If you build one of the VGA adapters then by all means, go right a head. The easy approach is to buy the cable from this enterprising individual and then safely change the settings.
If I haven’t gotten to your question yet, I’m working on it so please be patient. As always, If you have a question for the Home Server Guy, send it to 
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2 comments:
I had the "The pre-release version of Remote Desktop Connection has expired" problem last week. Turns out I had installed the Beta Version of WinXP Service Pack 3. This told Windows Update that I didn't need the full version when it came out (which is silly because it left me with expired up dates). To see if you did the same, Control Panel->System (version should be listed there) I had a 3000 build and the system should be on 6000 (I think).
Search Microsoft Downloads for an ISO of the final version of XPSP3 and install it that way. Fixed the problem in no time.
I've seen this before but I've never understood exactly why. So out of curiosity why should you never copy files directly to the Shares area? Does this have to do with folder duplication? Is it a problem if you have only one HD?
Thanks.
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