Tag Archives: Operating Systems

Server has the RAID configuration intact but still can’t find the OS to boot up

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Sreeraj Nair

I think all of us would have been in this situation sometime or the other where we have a server whose RAID config has not been lost but the server is still not able to find the OS. It is … Continue reading →

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WINSXS

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Sreeraj Nair

Who ate my disk ????????????????????????????? It’s that folder which resides in C:\Windows and takes up a lot of space on your Windows Server 2008 machine and which didn’t used to do that in Windows Server 2003. What does it contain?, … Continue reading →

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The “SERVER” and “WORKSTATION” services

Posted on August 8, 2010 by Sreeraj Nair

Why are they named so?? The file and printer sharing service in Windows is called the “SERVER” service but every other server service has a name which explains what it serves, like DNS Service or the DHCP service then why does the … Continue reading →

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Hiding Folders with Access Based Enumeration (ABE)

Posted on August 8, 2010 by Sreeraj Nair

Invisible Folders We have a heavily used Windows File Server which acts as the only way to share files within a department and with other departments in the corporate head office. The folders are all secure with NTFS permissions wherein every user is … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 Supports RAID1

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Sreeraj Nair

Disk Mirroring for Desktops, umm interesting!! I just found out that Windows 7 Supports RAID 1 or Disk Mirroring as it’s commonly known as. It’s the first MS Client OS to support RAID1. For me it’s interesting to see RAID for … Continue reading →

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Windows 7

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Sreeraj Nair

On October 22 Microsoft will launch it’s next version of Windows, Windows 7 (Originally posted at my previous blog address on 07 September 2009) I have been running the RC (Release Candidate) version on my laptop since the day it … Continue reading →

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