U410: Windows from scratch

Hello,
I bought a Lenovo U410 (HDD: 750 GB, SDD: 32 GB, 8 GB RAM) in Germany in August last year. It was working really good until I tried to install Ubuntu on it. When I was trying to do it, I got lots of problems because of the RAID configuration (I read many users had the same problem). I wasn't able to do it, and as I needed the laptop to work and I didn't have the time to investigate how to install both operating systems without problems, I just managed after a while to reinstall Windows on the HDD. So now I'm not using in fact the SSD drive, and I even have a problem with the partitions on that drive, as you can see in the image (I couldn't a partition bigger than 8 GB in the SSD).
Now I need to format everything again and install Windows, but I would like to have one partition for the OS and another for data. I'm not sure which is the best configuration:
OS on the SSD, data on the HDD (I think the SSD won't have enough spcae for the OS and all the programs)
HDD + SDD in RAID, with 2 partitions (OS and data): I'm not sure how to do this properly, beacuse of the problems I had before.
Could anyone give me advice on this and a set of instructions to do it right? In addition, I have the drivers which came with the laptopt, but should get the new versions?
I would really appreciate your help, as I need to get this ASAP.
Thanks in advanced!
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hi maxi_m_88,
The Lenovo U410 uses the Intel Smart Respose Technology for it's caching needs. If you want to have two partitions for data and OS with your current setup, try to:
1. Delete the SSD volume using Disk Management to make it an unallocated space
2. Follow this instruction on how to install Intel Smart Response Technology.
3. When done, Windows should now have a single Drive C:\. From here, use Disk Management to shrink the HDD into two (this partition will be for your Data).
Let me know if you get any errors
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Options/Segments include: Add book(s), Delete book(s), View list of books, View books requests, View books returned, View all Students, Request for book(s), Register Student, Return books
(All of these Options can be done/carried out on this one screen without having to bring many different screens to do the different tasks)
>>Add book(s) Area
This area FEEDS info DIRECTLY INTO the Books DB. To accept Data input into the Application this has following text boxes: Book Title, Author, Edition, ISBN, Category Name
>>Delete book(s) Area
Presents the options for deleting a book. It also relates DIRECTLY with the Books table in the DB. It presents the list of books as they are available in the Books DB and places a DELETE action button for EVERY book so that when this button is clicked it removes
the book from the Books DB.
>>View list of books
This will simply bring up the list of books Screen since already we have a screen for this.
>>View books requests
This reads DIRECTLY from the UsersRequest table and just presents the info to the user in a tabular form.
>>View books returned
This reads DIRECTLY from the BooksReturned table and just presents the info to the user in a tabular form.
>>View all Students
Lists out all the students that are registered in the Application System. It READS DIRECTLY from the Students table. This area is used by the Admin/Operator of the Application to view a List of all the Students that have had transactions with the Application.
>>Request for book(s) Area
This area relates DIRECTLY with the UsersRequest table in the DB. It FEEDS in Data into the UsersRequest table. This area allows the admin to collect info of the student that's requesting for the book. It provides texboxes such as: First Name, Middle Name,
Surname, RegNo, BookTitle
>>Register Student Area
This area relates DIRECTLY with the Students table in the DB. It FEEDS in Data into the Students table. This are allows the admin to input info of students that are new to the system.
In other for the Admin to keep track of NEW students who are coming in to request for books this area is very important. It allows the Admin to register a new student so that the student can now request for books.
There are text input fields on this Screen that allow the Admin to collect certain infomation about the student and feed it into the Students table of the DB. Textboxes inculde: First Name, Middle Name, Last Name, RegNo
>>Return books Area
This area relates DIRECTLY with the BooksReturned table. It FEEDS Data into the BooksReturned table. Textboxes include: Book Title, Author, ISBN, First Name of student, Last Name of student
Release Notes Screen
This Screen has three tabs that contain their own individual MESSAGES. The tabs are: Version, Known Issues
Version
Refers to the version of the Application. This tab provides info about the version of the Application
Known Issues
Known problems with the Software Application
Splash Screen
A very simple/ moderate graphic (nothing fancy)to introduce the Application

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I-tunes is downloading my purchase from scratch every time I open it up...

Why is i-tunes downloading my purchase from scratch every time I open it up? This means I can't watch the episode as it freezes after 10 minutes and says it has 12 hours to go until download is complete...
I have also found that the words get out of sync and I have to pause it for it to catch up. This happened on my old computer but I now have a new one and it is still doing it...

Launch System Preferences and click on the “General” icon
At the bottom of the “Number of recent items” list, uncheck the checkbox next to “Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps”

How can I delete all of my calendars and start over from scratch?

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Do you have any advice on how I can go about doing so?
Thanks!
Rod

Rod,
Select the calendar(s) you want to delete in the Calendars list on the left side of the iCal window. Then hit the delete key or select Delete from the Edit menu.

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setting up a single mac mini 10.6.6 server in a small law firm and want to create a sso environment from scratch. i have currently got everything working fine as an open directory master, but every reference to sso that i can find, talks about joining an existing sso environment, or joining ad, creating a triangle, but never a stand alone od master to create the sso. am i missing something, or is it not possible or practical to do in such a small office with just a few users?
thanks for any help understanding this.

i appreciate your input Rikakiah, although i am glad i don't have to pronounce your alias out loud
anyway, that's starting to sound like something i might want to try, because so much of what i want to do is not really working the way i'm doing it. it had crossed my mind, but wasn't sure i was going to avoid problems by using network home folders instead of mobile accounts. at this point, i have only one of the four workstations bound to the server, which was purchased as a mac mini snow leopard server with the dual internal drives, and was set up as a mirrored raid with the 2 internal 500 gig drives.
i am seeing what seems to me like some odd behavior with network accounts working with the log in screen (all the users show up in the log in screen properly as network accounts, but only one account, the one that matches exactly the local account user name and password and allows log in) and auto mounting group shares are not seeming to work at all. what seems odd, is that management of the local account seems to be working great, and has merged management with the local account. the user still has all their existing documents and settings, but i can see that the things like the control panels i locked them out of are grayed out. so to be try to be clear here, i have 4 network accounts set up in wgm, and on the log in screen, i see 3 network accounts with the typical network user icon, and what looks like the original account with the original icon. i can only log in using that account, but when i get in there, it's managed ok. i expected to see the original local account and 4 network accounts, but evidently using the same user name on the server as the local account caused this. when i try to log in with one of the other network accounts, the login screen shakes it head no.
for the record, from another post talking about network log in issues, on the local system, setting System Preferences>Accounts>Login Options>Allow network users to log in at login window>Options>Only these network users: can mess this up, but my settings there are fine, since i had never messed with that. it says "allow all network users" or something like that.
here's what i am trying to get to: auto mounting group shares and single sign on for afp group folders and ichat, and as you said to allow the users to move around from workstation to workstation as needed. as you know, there's a myriad of settings to make this all happen. i don't see how anyone can help me fix the 2 things that aren't working, unless i give a long winded explanation of what my settings in workgroup manager and server admin are, so here goes…
i have dns and open directory running fine, a static map of ip addresses so that i can do authenticated directory binding, which seems great so far. in wgm, i have under preferences / computer list the one computer i have bound - computername$ and under window checked always, heading - directory status, list of users, show local users, network users, computer administrators, and other. under options checked always, enable fast user switching, computer administrators may refresh or disable management, and start screen saver after 5 minutes. under access checked always, clicked the gear button once which caused network users - allow - * to appear in the access control list, local only users may log in, local only users use available workgroup settings, and combine available workgroup settings. scripts and items have never checked.
then for workgroup folders to auto mount, i have set afp auto mounts for each of my 2 groups, partner admin and support staff in server admin / afp. under accounts / groups / support staff / group folder, the support staff auto mount is selected, and the user i am working with is obviously a member of that group under the members tab. finally, under preferences / groups / support staff / items, always and add group is checked and the support staff volume shows up in the list. authenticate selected share point with user's login name and password is grayed out and not checked, and merge with user's items is grayed out and checked. i'm not sure what i am missing to get auto mounting group folders here. btw, the user can for sure log into the group folder with the same user name password that she logs into the workstation with, if she does so manually under the go / connect to server menu.
oh, and ichat seems to work as expected. she gets sso there! sweet!
if i do end up trying to go for network home folders, (i would like to see auto mounting group folders working first, before i try) i found something that looks like a no-brainer to add to the mix…
http://tools.mconserv.net/NHR.html
thanks everyone for your interest in helping me deploy this server.

MSI K8N neo 2 Plat System still to be Built from Scratch!!!

Hi to all,
My first post and it's gonna be lengthy I think!
I am not a gamer ever, most of what I do is Video encoding (mainly this 100% CPU hogging activity) and Graphics manipulation.
Below is a list of what I have to start my build:
Note that I do not overclock ever so please, no reference to this!!!
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (7025)
Athlon 64 3500+ 92nm Winchester Core (retail)
Cooler = Zalman CNPS7000B-CU Ultra-Quiet CPU Cooler (think I might have fitting probs with memory slots DIMM's 1+2(G/P) on the MSI Neo2 Plat board, DIMM's 3+4(G/P) might be my only option if I want to stick with this cooler but for fault finding purposes I can always use the stock cooler?)
Corsair TwinXL PC3200 - CMX512-3200XLPRO 400Mhz 2.2.2.5 LL
Antec True Power 550W with SATA supply (X2)
1 X Western Digital 74Gb SATA Raptor HDD (I want this as my C: main boot, no Raid)
2 X Seagate Barracuda 300Gb 7K2rpm SATA HDD (I want these as RAID 0/stripe=performance only)
GPU: On order!
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/vga/vga/pro_vga_detail.php?UID=636
Will use my old trustworthy and reliable GeForce 2 Ti 64 Mb card for XP+SP1 instalation only.
1 X 120 Gb 7K2 HDD (IDE 1 Master) (from old set up)
1 X 120 Gb 7k2 HDD (IDE 1 Salve) (from old set up)
1 x PlexWriter 52x/24x/52x CD-ReWriter (IDE 2 Master)
1 X Pioneer DVR-108 Black16x DVD±RW Dual layer (IDE 2 Slave)
PCI = Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Value 7.1 PCI Sound Card - OEM
Case = Lian-Li PC V1100 Black Aluminium Midi-Tower
Everthing is new in this set-up apart from my old IDE HDD's, still in boxes and ready to go ready for your input?
Q1. Quote
Keep in mind that you will need the special drivers to install your SATA Raid drives if you have any. When the windows install starts you need to keep tapping the F6 key to load those drivers from the diskette MSI supplied. "If you are using an Nvidia3 chipset with a single SATA drive and not raiding, you can skip this step, it will automatically be recognized by windows." (Tip Provided by timkessler)
Straight forward if you are using one or the other methods mentioned in Tiresmokes thread Basic Building Tips(which is gr8, thnx for that Tiresmoke). But as above I want my W/D raptor as my C: main boot drive only, no RAID?
Can I use the F6 option at the XP instal and then go on to set up the Raptor drive accordingly - and from there set up my 300Gb Seagates as RAID 0 (Seagates wont be attached till Raptor is set to C: main boot)???
Once I get to this stage I will start asking about board BIOS and Driver details which I dont know as of yet, like I said everything is still boxed.
I thought personally that starting this thread - people wanting to use this board would benefit from a brand new instalation from scratch guide from a relatively newbie point of view?
I know there are alot of issues regarding the boards features, but I thought if I done this in public the relevant problems could be linked as I go along, either with problems or without - depending on the individual experience?
pheeeewww, I said it was gonna be lengthy didnt I?

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Originally posted by Supershanks
On install windows will see 3 drives all sata which is why i suggestd the configuration, i did you dont need to set up your raid array at all as the drives are just going to be data drives.
If you wish you could even install windows without f6 & loading any drivers
Having then got widows installed.
Seperate project to
enable raid in bios, creating the raid & let windows install drivers later.
assuming you have an original windows cd ie pre sp1, the quickest method of installation is to slipstream windows.
Basically you download latest service pack sp1 or sp2 insert your OS cd & run a program which merges the 2 & creates a new OS cd with the SP integrated. Any updates needed then are miimal.
see
Slipstreaming - Autostreamer Neowin - i'ts so easy i've heard grannies can do it
hope this helps
Looks like they moved the AutoStreamer thread, and updated to 1.033---> AutoStreamer 1.0.33

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