Using the Green WD10EADS in a Mirror: What are the Pros/Cons of mirroring two of these for the OS in a Vista Home Premium Box, E8500, 4GB?
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If you have a Black and Green mirrored together, it will handle writes at only the speed of the slower drive - both drives must be written. Reads should be shared between the drives - I dunno if the OS would be smart enough to do more reads from the Black than the Green - I wouldn't count on it. Overall, not recommended. Best to use two of the same drives for a mirror.
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No problem at all, also works on Windows Server 2012 64bit, I have it running on RAID (mirror) set.
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The bad drive can be replaced while the unit is running and will rebuild itself, as long as the "Mirroring" default was not changed. New drives can be ordered from the Western Digital site.
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Hi One Builder, I have had every generation of these WD units and I have not seen that option you are asking about. I know exactly what you meen. If you had a ripped standard dvd in a folder with a VIDEO_TS & AUDIO_TS folder the machine will automatically cycle through the 0.99GB .VOB movie files in order without any pause. You can do some other little tweaks like when browsing the video movie files, the unit gets the case artwork and movie plot,cast and when you highlight a film the background will randomly transition through very High Quality Wallpapers for that film but the cast names you can add your name,etc.. Once the WDTV unit writes a few folders on any inserted usb storage you can remove the storage device and take a look at the factory written folders in the root of your device from a computer or even an android tablet or smartphone with OTG USB port capabilities, if you know LINUX OS you can make things happen with some notepad code. There are a couple forums with custom launchers, so replace the factory firmware, I only see what you are looking to do being added as a feature with a launcher by a code writing individual or you may get lucky and request this add-on in the forums and someone writes new code and releases a new firmware update with the feature. I Like Your Idea Though.
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When I got mine what I did was download a free copy of Macrium Reflect, then use the clone option. I had to call Microsoft to reactivate, but it was really easy (it was only on 1 computer - that's the only question they asked). Then I installed the Samsung Magician software, and told it to change all of Window's settings to maximum performance for a SSD.
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NOT that I'm an expert in this area (I'm not), but I'm surprised your computer doesn't recognize it. Stupid question, but I'll ask it, anyway. Are you using a PC, or an Apple? It was a couple of months before I hooked up mine, but I think that, at the time that I bought it, it clearly stated that it was for an Apple, only. That stood out in my mind, for some reason. I could be wrong, but I don't think so. Anyway, I'd definitely get a hold of WD. They are very helpful and I don't think you would have a problem with them. Let me know how you made out.
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Kevin, this is a splitter, so it can only mirror... I think what you are looking for is a dual-display video card, working with your OS to expand your desktop.
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Personally, I mirror my internal C drive to an external drive once a month on all 3 of my PC's in my house. I use a cheap USB3.0 drive dock and Macrium Reflect to mirror the internal drive to the external drive in the dock. Is pretty easy to do. I have SSD's in all 3 pc's which all started with a typical HD. I use the original HD to mirror to in the dock, then I put them in a static bag then into a fire safe in case one of my SSD's dies on me. I have external backups for all my music and videos as well. Those files are on my media server on internal HDD's and I just use a simple sync program with external drives to keep those backed up too. Personally, I mirror my internal C drive to an external drive once a month on all 3 of my PC's in my house. I use a cheap USB3.0 drive dock and Macrium Reflect to mirror the internal drive to the external drive in the dock. Is pretty easy to do. I have SSD's in all 3 pc's which all started with a typical HD. I use the original HD to mirror to in the dock, then I put them in a static bag then into a fire safe in case one of my SSD's dies on me. I have external backups for all my music and videos as well. Those files are on my media server on internal HDD's and I just use a simple sync... » Read More Personally, I mirror my internal C drive to an external drive once a month on all 3 of my PC's in my house. I use a cheap USB3.0 drive dock and Macrium Reflect to mirror the internal drive to the external drive in the dock. Is pretty easy to do. I have SSD's in all 3 pc's which all started with a typical HD. I use the original HD to mirror to in the dock, then I put them in a static bag then into a fire safe in case one of my SSD's dies on me. I have external backups for all my music and videos as well. Those files are on my media server on internal HDD's and I just use a simple sync program with external drives to keep those backed up too. « Show Less
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I'll be honest, I am a fan boy of Western Digital, and ASUS btw, but they don't make HD's. In the last few years, I've had more Seagate drives fail on me, than Western Digital. That being said, I am also hard on HD's, and being in Oklahoma, my PC runs real warm through half the year. I would def. go with the Blue WDEZEX for my money.
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I am running 4 X 2tb hard drives in a "mirror" config. That only gives me 4tb of actual storage space but the hot swap feature was what I wanted.
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Sorry, but I installed it on a Late version Vista machine, and it works wonderfully! Next June I intend to rebuild this computer, and run on the latest version of Windows. I want to add more RAM than the motherboard on this machine can support (6Gb). Having bought two of those Pioneer drives, I also installed one Pioneer Blu-ray reader/burner on a new custom built PC, where I run Windows 8. I have experienced only good to great performance with the Pioneer units.
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Hi Rebecca, I bought this external optical drive primarily for my Asus 1215N notebook computer running WIndows 7 Home Premium. It works fine there. It also works fine on my newer Lenovo TCM82 running Windows 7 Professional and my older Dell machines still running WIndows XP. I have intentionally stayed as far away from WIndows 8.x as I could based on early reviews of that operating system, so I can't directly confirm that it would work there. However, I would be surprised (amazed?) if it did not. I think it would be totally safe to buy it from a reputable vendor who would accept a return if it did not work on your system(s). Good luck. Hi Rebecca, I bought this external optical drive primarily for my Asus 1215N notebook computer running WIndows 7 Home Premium. It works fine there. It also works fine on my newer Lenovo TCM82 running Windows 7 Professional and my older Dell machines still running WIndows XP. I have intentionally stayed as far away from WIndows 8.x as I could based on early reviews of that operating system, so I can't directly confirm that it would work there. However, I would be surprised (amazed?) if it did not. I think it would be totally safe to buy it from a reputable vendor who would accept a return if... » Read More Hi Rebecca, I bought this external optical drive primarily for my Asus 1215N notebook computer running WIndows 7 Home Premium. It works fine there. It also works fine on my newer Lenovo TCM82 running Windows 7 Professional and my older Dell machines still running WIndows XP. I have intentionally stayed as far away from WIndows 8.x as I could based on early reviews of that operating system, so I can't directly confirm that it would work there. However, I would be surprised (amazed?) if it did not. I think it would be totally safe to buy it from a reputable vendor who would accept a return if it did not work on your system(s). Good luck. « Show Less
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It is 2x2TB drives and you end up with 4TB of usable space because this drive is hard-wired as a raid0 so it is not mirrored. Hope this helps.
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Yes, it is not the chassis only. The mirror includes two, so for example the 4gb has two 2gb hard drives pre-installed. So depending on how you configure, the "4gb" may actually only have 2gb of space because of the redundancy.
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You would need to create a copy to your external USB or similar attached drive. In my case I installed a fresh copy of the OS on this drive once installed and had previously copied basic machine (Toshiba) drivers to that OS to a USB flash drive since I was installing from scratch to my Toshiba laptop. I do not believe such drive duplication or mirroring software was included in this drive's purchase (but I could be wrong).
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I am a Vidotron customer with a Illico DVR (Explorer 8300HD+ with 320GB hard drive). Western Digital web site reports compatibility with my Explorer is only with their 500GB model. I requested compatibility report to WD with their 1TB model and my Explorer but no news yet. I see many people with my Explorer model have installed the 1TB version and it appears to be working fine. I am undecided about buying either the 500GB or 1TB version. Do both versions work with my Explorer unit ? Can anybody confirm this? Please advise if you can. Thanks very much, regards.
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Go to WD site support. It seems simple however there some reviews in the web forums indicating some application in the PC is required.