SATA Hardrive, Problems booting/formatting from one drive

I have the K8N Neo and can not format drive without it crashing (blue screen)
I think its probally just a config problem in the bios. What setting in the bios should the raid be set at and do I need the raid drivers provided with the board? The serial hard drive is booting from one drive only not mirroring etc. This is the second hard drive I have tried both doing the same things.
Please help this is driving me crazy.

It doesnt say anything about setting up the raid on these pages in the manual I have.
Ok the initial option enables the raid then there ate 2 more options to enable, SATA1&2 etc and ones relating to master/slave etc do any of these need to be changed on when using single hard drive. I have the MSI Nforce 2 board running a singe hard drive settings are alot different. Also does the dive have to be configured in any way using the raid bios ie setting it to stripe as in the Nforce 2 boards etc

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I recently switched to Maverics, and got a new drive for home. Now whether I am at home or at work, time machine fails to automatically back up. It will alert me every hour that backups cannot be completed, and I must go to the time machine control panel and manually select a drive and click, "back up now". I also see an alert that says "waiting to complete first back up" even though each backup has been completed.
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I have reformatted the WD drive, and also spent time trying to change parameters in the time machine control panel, but so far no luck.
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Copy File From One Drive to Another & Missing Keyword Tags

Hi,
I use LR 2.7. I want to copy one file from one drive to another drive with the same file name. I thought you could drag the file, but it doesn't copy over the file in the other drive, can you explain what I have to do?
Also, I tried to import the folder into another drive, but it doesn't copy the keyword tags. Is there a way to do this?
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Barb

Hey Barb,
Well, if you use the Year/Month/Day/pictures_here format, none of the folders contains a massive amount of folders. It's not the number of folders that generates problems, it's having them all in _one_ folder that creates slow-down issues. Imagine if you had a deck of cards; look for one card... you have to go through all 52 cards to find it. But, if you broke it down into the 4 groups, you only have to go through 13, which is lots faster. Now imagine going through 15000 instead of 52...
Look at the way lightroom can automatically import by date; it has several preset formats. If you pick one of those, then when you import new photos, it will automatically create any missing ones, and you have lots less to do.
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I've just bought an external firewire drive to dedicate to my Sony HD camcorder material.
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Problems moving distribution from one environment toanother

Hi all,
Problems moving distribution from one environment to another
Initially we have the environment as below:-
Production :-
Server1 : AIX Environment manager (dealing with conductor, web, db)
Server2 : NT Node manager (dealing with outlook)
Development :-
Server3 : NT Environment manager (dealing with conductor, web, db)
Server4 : NT Node manager (dealing with outlook)
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manager, while the node manager unchanged.
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1) Pointing to Server3 instead of Server1, by changing Forte
Control Panel and changing registry entry.
2) Re-deploy the needed libraries in the new environment, so
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3) Re-olegen the vb component.
4) Re-deploy the whole application.
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2) Failed to bind to object named (/wfuseraccessobj/emailso/1)
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Errors:
ERROR 1:
registering agent anchor /WorkFlow/centrale/lmseng/Agents/EngineUnit_Unit1
Attached to manager for node CHARON.
23-Nov-1999 17:38:32: EngineShell.SetEngine: Unit1: changing engine state
to
ONLINE
23-Nov-1999 17:38:32: EngineShell.SetEngine: Unit1: trying to remove old
shell anchor
23-Nov-1999 17:38:32: EngineShell.SetEngine: Unit1: creating engine object
23-Nov-1999 17:38:32: EngineShell.SetEngine: Unit1: engine object created
23-Nov-1999 17:38:32: EngineShell.SetEngine: Unit1: attaching database
service
23-Nov-1999 17:38:33: EngineShell.SetEngine: Unit1: connected to database
23-Nov-1999 17:38:33: EngineShell.SetEngine: Cold-starting engine... 0
23-Nov-1999 17:38:35: EngineShell.SetEngine: Unit1: registering shell
anchor
23-Nov-1999 17:41:31: Build: Exception raised of type ProtectionException
and severity 3: An user exception caught in ValidateUser().
23-Nov-1999 17:41:33: Build: Exception raised of type ProtectionException
and severity 3: An user exception caught in ValidateUser().
23-Nov-1999 17:41:34: Build: Exception raised of type ProtectionException
and severity 3: An user exception caught in ValidateUser().
23-Nov-1999 17:41:34: Build: Exception raised of type ProtectionException
and severity 3: An user exception caught in ValidateUser().
23-Nov-1999 17:42:54: Build: Exception raised of type ProtectionException
and severity 3: An user exception caught in ValidateUser().
23-Nov-1999 17:42:56: Build: Exception raised of type ProtectionException
and severity 3: An user exception caught in ValidateUser().
ERROR 2:
registering agent anchor /WorkFlow/centrale/lmseng/Agents/EngineUnit_Unit1
Attached to manager for node CHARON.
13-Oct-1999 16:45:40: EngineShell.SetEngine: Unit1: changing engine state
to
ONLINE
13-Oct-1999 16:45:40: EngineShell.SetEngine: Unit1: trying to remove old
shell anchor
13-Oct-1999 16:45:40: EngineShell.SetEngine: Unit1: creating engine object
13-Oct-1999 16:45:40: EngineShell.SetEngine: Unit1: engine object created
13-Oct-1999 16:45:40: EngineShell.SetEngine: Unit1: attaching database
service
13-Oct-1999 16:45:43: EngineShell.SetEngine: Unit1: connected to database
13-Oct-1999 16:45:43: EngineShell.SetEngine: Cold-starting engine... 0
13-Oct-1999 16:45:47: EngineShell.SetEngine: Unit1: registering shell
anchor
13-Oct-1999 16:49:58: Build: Exception raised of type ActivityException and
severity 3: A TOOL execution exception caught in ReadyAction().
13-Oct-1999 16:49:58: Build: Exception raised of type ActivityException and
severity 3: Exception in activity TempReview (4) will cause an abort of
process LMSPD (10).
SYSTEM ERROR: Exception in activity TempReview (4) will cause an abort of
process LMSPD (10).
Class: ErrorException
Error #: [2, 122]
Detected at: OfferedActivity.Activity.AbortProcessInException()
Error Time: Wed Oct 13 16:49:58
Exception occurred (locally) on partition "WFEngineUnit_cl1_Part1",
(partitionId = E3C2D7C0-5934-11D3-A63F-EB531FA4AA77:0x913, taskId =
[E3C2D7C0-5934-11D3-A63F-EB531FA4AA77:0x913.138]) in application
"WFEngineUnit_cl1", pid 2441 on node CHARON in environment centrale.
INFORMATION: Stack Trace for Exception:
No 4gl Traceback
Class: qqsp_ErrorDescriptor
Error Time: Wed Oct 13 16:49:58
Exception occurred (locally) on partition "WFEngineUnit_cl1_Part1",
(partitionId = E3C2D7C0-5934-11D3-A63F-EB531FA4AA77:0x913, taskId =
[E3C2D7C0-5934-11D3-A63F-EB531FA4AA77:0x913.138]) in application
"WFEngineUnit_cl1", pid 2441 on node CHARON in environment centrale.
SYSTEM ERROR: A TOOL execution exception caught in ReadyAction().
Class: ErrorException
Error #: [2, 107]
Detected at: OfferedActivity.ReadyAction
Error Time: Wed Oct 13 16:49:58
Exception occurred (locally) on partition "WFEngineUnit_cl1_Part1",
(partitionId = E3C2D7C0-5934-11D3-A63F-EB531FA4AA77:0x913, taskId =
[E3C2D7C0-5934-11D3-A63F-EB531FA4AA77:0x913.138]) in application
"WFEngineUnit_cl1", pid 2441 on node CHARON in environment centrale.
INFORMATION: Stack Trace for Exception:
No 4gl Traceback
Class: qqsp_ErrorDescriptor
Error Time: Wed Oct 13 16:49:58
Exception occurred (locally) on partition "WFEngineUnit_cl1_Part1",
(partitionId = E3C2D7C0-5934-11D3-A63F-EB531FA4AA77:0x913, taskId =
[E3C2D7C0-5934-11D3-A63F-EB531FA4AA77:0x913.138]) in application
"WFEngineUnit_cl1", pid 2441 on node CHARON in environment centrale.
SYSTEM ERROR: The attribute firstReviewerID is not available in this
accessor.
Class: qqsp_UsageException with ReasonCode: SP_ER_PARAMETERERROR
Error #: [15, 1206]
Detected at: AttributeAccessor.AttributeAccessor.Find()
Last TOOL statement: method TempReview.OnReady
Error Time: Wed Oct 13 16:49:58
Exception occurred (locally) on partition "WFEngineUnit_cl1_Part1",
(partitionId = E3C2D7C0-5934-11D3-A63F-EB531FA4AA77:0x913, taskId =
[E3C2D7C0-5934-11D3-A63F-EB531FA4AA77:0x913.138]) in application
"WFEngineUnit_cl1", pid 2441 on node CHARON in environment centrale.
Begin Stack Backtrace
==========================================================
Trace caused by a segmentation or access violation in the Forte executable:
Application: WFEngineUnit_cl1
Platform: PC / NT
Partition: WFEngineUnit_cl1_Part1
Generated: 02-Jun-1998 19:10:20
By: ftexec Version 3.0.G.2
Fault at 13-Oct-1999 16:49:58, pid '2441', node 'CHARON':
User Name: SYSTEM
Machine Name: CHARON with 2 CPU(s)
OS version 4.0
Loading symbols for ...
d:\forte\install\bin\QQCT.dll
d:\forte\install\bin\QQSH.dll
d:\forte\userapp\wfengine\cl1\wfengi1.exe
d:\forte\install\bin\QQKN.dll
d:\forte\install\bin\QQSM.dll
d:\forte\install\bin\QQDO.dll
d:\forte\install\bin\QQCM.dll
d:\forte\install\bin\QQRT.dll
d:\forte\userapp\ofcustom\cl0\libofcus.dll
d:\forte\install\bin\QQHD.dll
d:\forte\install\bin\QQDB.dll
d:\forte\install\bin\QQDS.dll
d:\forte\install\bin\QQDD.dll
d:\forte\userapp\wfcustom\cl0\libwfcus.dll
d:\forte\userapp\wfenvdef\cl1\libwfenv.dll
d:\forte\install\bin\QQEM.dll
d:\forte\install\bin\QQFO.dll
d:\forte\install\bin\qqtlnt.dll
d:\forte\install\bin\w3tpwss.dll
C:\WINNT\System32\rpcltc1.dll
C:\WINNT\System32\comctl32.ocx
d:\forte\install\bin\QQRP.dll
C:\WINNT\System32\OLEPRO32.DLL
C:\WINNT\System32\WINSPOOL.DRV
C:\WINNT\System32\MFC40.DLL
C:\WINNT\system32\OLEAUT32.dll
C:\WINNT\System32\rnr20.dll
C:\WINNT\System32\IMM32.dll
C:\WINNT\system32\msafd.dll
C:\WINNT\System32\wshtcpip.dll
C:\WINNT\System32\WS2HELP.dll
C:\WINNT\System32\WS2_32.dll
C:\WINNT\System32\WSOCK32.dll
C:\WINNT\System32\MSVCRT40.dll
C:\WINNT\system32\COMCTL32.dll
C:\WINNT\system32\ole32.dll
C:\WINNT\system32\SHELL32.dll
C:\WINNT\system32\comdlg32.dll
C:\WINNT\system32\ADVAPI32.dll
C:\WINNT\system32\RPCRT4.dll
C:\WINNT\system32\USER32.dll
C:\WINNT\system32\GDI32.dll
C:\WINNT\system32\KERNEL32.dll
C:\WINNT\System32\ntdll.dll
C:\WINNT\system32\MSVCRT.dll
C:\WINNT\System32\MSVCIRT.dll
Stack backtrace ...
wfengi1 004edd89 (017bb4f0,019e85e0,046bfe34,016a0c08)
wfengi1 004e29d1 (017bb4f0,019f1fc0,00000000,00f039d0)
wfengi1 004e2ecb (017bb4f0,00000024,019e85e0,019f1f98)
wfengi1 004e4503 (017bb4f0,019e85e0,01a20025,01a22868)
QQKN 005dc66f (017bb4f0,019e85e0,019f0025,01a22848)
QQKN 005df7a5 (017bb4f0,019e85e0,01a22890,01a22848)
QQKN 00697109 (017bb4f0,00000000,00f039d0,00f039d0)
QQSH 0027c47b (017bb4f0,0161b9d8,00000000,017bb4f0)
QQKN 0067f24f (01619c14,017bb4f0,f34a8eb8,046bffb8)
QQKN 0067e2d5 (01619c14,00000000,00000000,00f039d0)
MSVCRT 780099ed (00f039d0,00000000,00000000,00f039d0)
KERNEL32 77f04f2c (78009990,00f039d0,00000000,00905a4d)
QQCT 00000000 (00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000)
End of Stack Backtrace
=========================================================
13-Oct-1999 16:50:10: Build: Exception raised of type TimerException and
severity 3: Exception in timer OneWorkingDayTimer (3) will cause an abort
of
process LMSPD (10).
SYSTEM ERROR: Exception in timer OneWorkingDayTimer (3) will cause an abort
of process LMSPD (10).
Class: ErrorException
Error #: [8, 111]
Detected at: ElapsedTimer.PTimer.FinishExpiration()
Error Time: Wed Oct 13 16:50:10
Exception occurred (locally) on partition "WFEngineUnit_cl1_Part1",
(partitionId = E3C2D7C0-5934-11D3-A63F-EB531FA4AA77:0x913, taskId =
[E3C2D7C0-5934-11D3-A63F-EB531FA4AA77:0x913.138]) in application
"WFEngineUnit_cl1", pid 2441 on node CHARON in environment centrale.
INFORMATION: Stack Trace for Exception:
No 4gl Traceback
Class: qqsp_ErrorDescriptor
Error Time: Wed Oct 13 16:50:10
Exception occurred (locally) on partition "WFEngineUnit_cl1_Part1",
(partitionId = E3C2D7C0-5934-11D3-A63F-EB531FA4AA77:0x913, taskId =
[E3C2D7C0-5934-11D3-A63F-EB531FA4AA77:0x913.138]) in application
"WFEngineUnit_cl1", pid 2441 on node CHARON in environment centrale.
FATAL ERROR: System segmentation/access violation caught.
Class: qqos_SystemException
Error #: [101, 321]
Detected at: qqos_MainExFilter at 1
Error Time: Wed Oct 13 16:50:10
Exception occurred (locally) on partition "WFEngineUnit_cl1_Part1",
(partitionId = E3C2D7C0-5934-11D3-A63F-EB531FA4AA77:0x913, taskId =
[E3C2D7C0-5934-11D3-A63F-EB531FA4AA77:0x913.138]) in application
"WFEngineUnit_cl1", pid 2441 on node CHARON in environment centrale.
ERROR: qqlo_LomTaskInitiator::Run: Asynchronous task exiting:
The following error was not on the error stack:
FATAL ERROR: System segmentation/access violation caught.
Class: qqos_SystemException
Error #: [101, 321]
Detected at: qqos_MainExFilter at 1
Error Time: Wed Oct 13 16:50:10
Exception occurred (locally) on partition "WFEngineUnit_cl1_Part1",
(partitionId = E3C2D7C0-5934-11D3-A63F-EB531FA4AA77:0x913, taskId =
[E3C2D7C0-5934-11D3-A63F-EB531FA4AA77:0x913.138]) in application
"WFEngineUnit_cl1", pid 2441 on node CHARON in environment centrale.
ERROR: TMgr.Terminate: fatal error terminated partition

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However, if I import pictures at a later date that I want to move to an existing film roll, there is a problem if scrolling is required to bring the existing film roll into view in the display pane.
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This was not a problem with earlier versions of iPhoto on slower Macs. I really appreciate the much improved iPhoto/Mac performance but I wish there were some way to control this aspect.
I hope this helps.
Thanks.
Mike

Best way to copy large VM files from one drive to another?

Hi all, I am wondering what the best and fastest way there is to copy a large VM file from one drive to another (external drive to internal drive). Should the .pvm folder (in my case with Parallels) be zipped first? The files I need to copy range from 50 to 70gb. thx for any insight! ps. Even Bombich admits it's difficult for CCC to do...not clear why, but it does slow a full clone down to a crawl. I also have Chronosync at my disposal, but suspect the same is true there as well. Cheers!
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I've moved my VM files to a second partition that does not get cloned to my bootable backup that I create with SuperDuper. I've excluded my entire VM folder from Time Machine and just make zipped backups for each system after any large Service Pack Updates from Microsoft, or any intricate program installations. These get copied to a second partition on my Time Machine drive manually.
My VM's sizes are kept under control by using common Documents-Movies-Music folders for the Mac and the VM's. My VM's do not have the data files the programs use, they are on my Mac and get backed up every hour with Time Machine.
Reinstalling a VM just means deleting the broken copy, unzipping my latest backup, and putting into the same folder that Parallels knows to use. The data files are always accessible, even if they were created after my latest VM backup.

Plan to move photos from one drive to another - Need advice

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40+ mbps Transfer from one drive w/ FW800

I have a 2011 MBP, 2.3ghz i7. I am attempting to back up a couple of drives and using the FW800 port to do so.
I am transfering from an external RAID 0, to another external drive via FW800.
I have the RAID attached to the computer via the FW800 port.
I am only getting an average 40+ mbps transfer of data, despite being on FW800 which I thought was to be around 100mbps!!!!!?????
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or Super Duper.
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How can I move paragraph formats from one document to a new one?

How can I move paragraph formats from one document to a new one?

> How can I move paragraph formats from one document to a new one?
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[*] Paragraph Formats
[ Import ]
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Moving OS from one drive to another

Hello,
I need to move my operating system from its original drive to a new faster drive. I am using a 350 MHz blue and white G3. My original drive is a 12GB Ultra ATA hard disk and it has OS 9.2.2 as well as OS 10.1.5. My new drive will be an Hitachi T7K250 SATA 250 GIG hard drive. I will also need to move all the data from the 12 GIG drive to the 250 GIG drive.
What would be the appropriate sequence of steps I would need to follow in order to move these two OSes from their original 12 GIG ATA drive to the new 250 GIG SATA drive?
I will need to format the T7K250, partition it and then install the two OSes on the new the T7K250. I would like to make a special partition on the outer edges of the 250 GIG disk for a fast scratch disk for large photoshop projects. Would I use Disk Utility in OS 10.1.5 to partition and when would that step be accomplished? I hope Disk Utility will give me an option to create a partition in the outer edges of the drive.
I will also need to reset the PRAM. At which point would that need to be accomplished?
I would also like to format the original 12 GIG drive at some point in the process so I could re-use it for something. I am not sure what the best use of the old slower 12 GIG ATA drive would be. Maybe I will use it for my stock photo collection because they are not accessed very often. What would be the best use of this old 12 GIG ATA? Should I remove it - if possible?
I would like to be able switch once in a while between OS 9 and OS X and I am not sure if it would be best to run OS9 in OSX's Classic mode or simply have the OSes completely separate. Should I install OS9 in a separate partition than the partition used for OS10? In the past, I have found Classic mode crashes a lot and so I just run OS 9 completely separately from OS 10. Maybe I will continue to work in this way if that is recommended. I hope to soon be able to completely abandon OS9. (However today, I still have some OS9 files I need to access).
I currently have OS 10.1.5. Should I consider moving to 10.3 or 10.4? I am on a tight budget and am not sure if I am willing to buy 10.4 at this point however is there a place someone could recommend where I could find 10.3 for a lower cost? You see, I am debating whether I should stay with my OS 10.1.5 or buy 10.3. Would there be much noteworthy difference (between 10.1.5 and 10.3)?
Thank you for any suggestions on the order of the steps I would need to take,
A quick note about my controller card: I will be connecting the Hitachi 250 GIG SATA drive to the b&w Mac G3 with a FirmTek SeriTek/1S2 controller that is both OS9 and OSX compatible. This card also supports a bootable system and enables a G3 to recognize large hard drives.
Mike
g3 b&w Mac OS 9.2.x

Thanks again Kappy,
I found this info:
http://www.macgurus.com/forums/showpost.php?p=83012&postcount=7
"Whether or not your system (or your wallet) can accommodate multiple hard drives- always try to use a modern, fast hard drive for the Operating System. The basic speed of all processes- Photoshop filters and opening and saving files- is directly affected by the performance characteristics of the Startup System volume. If you need to format multiple volumes from this drive, always reserve the first volume for the Operating System. In disk-formatting software programs, the first partition or volume is always created on the outside of the hard drive platter, and is always the fastest."
However, as you indicate, maybe new drives are so fast that the difference between outer and inner track speed is insignificant. Maybe that doesn't matter today. Who knows. I don't have the time to pursue the truth to this any longer.
In any case, my understanding of photoshop scratch disks was incorrect (When you only have one drive, I thought it was a good idea to create a scratch disk partition out of it but in fact it is best, if you only have one drive, to leave the single large drive as just one large volume - keep the OS/apps and the scratch disk on the same partition [1]) Of course, it is always best to allocate a second drive for a scratch disk if you have a second disk drive however I am not in a position to do that because I only have one fast drive and so here is what I plan:
TOTAL: 250 GIG 7k250 7200RPM Hitachi SATA drive partitioned in two partitions:
70 GIG boot partition: OS, applications and scratch disk
180 GIGS partition: data and other "static files"
I should note that, yes, I also have the old original ATA/133 Quatum 12 GIG drive still in my computer - its probably only 5400RPM however and I didn't think it was fast enough for anything. However maybe I should reconsider it and use it for scratch disk #1? Then I could also assign my 70 GIG boot partition as scratch disk #2. Or is simply better to keep my 70 GIG boot partition as scratch disk #1?
You see I only have one fast drive and I am trying to make the best of what I have without having to buy another drive.
Thanks
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http://www.macgurus.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20963l
http://www.macgurus.com/forums/showpost.php?p=83274&postcount=13

Can't connect to LAN when booting MBP from external drive?

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