Partitioning a 2tb hd for Windows 7 64 bit

[GreyCloud]

just as an aside (I'm probably teaching granny to suck eggs here)
Windows has "Windows File Protection" which can be invoked by 'sfc
/scannow'. This will check for corrupted system files.

But I agree that in mission critical applications, it's best to do
error-checking in hardware, identifying memory faults *before* they have
the opportunity to cause corruption.

Very much so. In Solaris 10 there is a background daemon that is
constantly checking out the hardware, and if it starts seeing problems
then the error log starts to get messages and makes recommendations of
what to start replacing before real problems arise.
In vms, the situation is a bit different but takes it a step further by
mapping out bad memory and disk blocks that are bad plus reporting it on
the operator console.

 

[Mike Tomlinson]

In vms, the situation is a bit different but takes it a step further by
mapping out bad memory and disk blocks that are bad plus reporting it on
the operator console.

Yes, DECevent, DIAGNOSE and DIA$MGR.

I like VMS. It's a *proper* OS. Something that Woddles' tiny brain will
never comprehend.

 

[GreyCloud]

Yes, DECevent, DIAGNOSE and DIA$MGR.

I like VMS. It's a *proper* OS. Something that Woddles' tiny brain will
never comprehend.

A lot of people that came from the UNIX environment to VMS really didn't
like it at first... till they had to do a system backup.
The backup command had a lot of different qualifiers and was easy to
understand. I liked to just assign a function key (out of the way of
course) and just hit the key to perform the backup. Very easy after
that. Then along came DECWindows.

 

[Mike Tomlinson]

The backup command had a lot of different qualifiers and was easy to
understand.

Indeed. I needed to clone a system disk and was astounded to find it
was as easy as backup/image/verify dka0: dqb0:

Then along came DECWindows.

That has BACKUP$MANAGER, which is just a point'n'drool front end to the
backup command.