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Windows Home Server

Introduction

In the event of a disaster it’s best not to have all your data in the same place.  The trouble with Windows Home Server backups, is that they are generally in the same building as the client PCs, so if you lose the building, you lose everything.  The following method will allow you to do an encrypted backup to a remote drive that could live, for example, in your garden shed. (more…)

These step by step instructions will allow you to install Squeezecenter, the software that streams digital music to Logitech’s Squeezebox range of players, on a Windows Home Server.  The hardware in question was a Tranquil PC T7-HSAi but any WHS will do.

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One of the laptops suffered a hard disk failure last week, luckily it was part of the backup regime controlled by a Tranquil PC running Windows Home Server.

Although the steps involved in the  recovery process are simple.  They don’t seem to be documented, so here they are: (more…)