Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2013 May 3

= May 3 =

Syncing files between home and work Win 7 computers including files on network via VPN
I have a laptop and desktop PC at home and my work station at work runs Windows 7. I can access network drives via my work station and via my home laptop and desktop PCs when connected via VPN. Is there some way I can keep copies of files in sync between these systems? I'm not allowed to install anything on the work machine but perhaps there is software that will work via the VPN to update files as needed? --129.215.47.59 (talk) 09:23, 3 May 2013 (UTC)


 * I’d use a script combined with rsync. ¦ Reisio (talk) 11:55, 3 May 2013 (UTC)


 * I'd be more comfortable using something with a GUI so I can tell it's working. --129.215.4.176 (talk) 17:10, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Check rsync and/or list of backup software. ¦ Reisio (talk) 23:28, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
 * So you can’t, you mean? :p

Windows installation not finding new SSD
Hi, I recently bought a SSD and am trying to install a new copy of windows 7 on it. I am finding that the BIOS is recognising it correctly as it appears in the list of booting priorities. However when booting from the windows CD and trying to install it, it isn't finding the drive as a potential place to install. I have tried to switch around SATA cables/power cables, also trying with the original drive and without, with no luck. Booting to the original drive works fine. Is it just that I need to boot to the original drive and install some firmware? Or is there anything else that I need to do? Thanks! (Specs for info: Samsung 840 SSD, WD Seagate barracuda 1.5 Tb, Intel core i7 920, X58 chipset DFI lanparty Motherboard, ATI 4850, usual bits and bobs) Thanks! 80.254.147.164 (talk) 10:48, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
 * You might find some useful information in http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/294328-32-unable-boot-windows-samsung, particularly the item near the bottom that begins "I found the solution...". (Or maybe not.) Looie496 (talk) 15:11, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
 * I fixed it after some googling, not being able to access the internet at home was the main problem! 80.254.147.164 (talk) 12:15, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

make optical disk look as normal drive
They were this page that work with the depracated ata driver, but how to do this with the new scsi driver or with usb optical reader.

The main purpose is for use with non udf(iso) file system.

Using packet writing is also accepted.I want a sequential access to the block device and not an UDF FS.2A02:8422:1191:6E00:56E6:FCFF:FEDB:2BBA (talk) 12:59, 3 May 2013 (UTC)


 * To be clear, your goal here is to install an iso file system on some kind of optical disk, in Linux?  If so, could you say what kind of optical disk, and what Linux distribution you are using? Looie496 (talk) 15:20, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
 * I am currently using (enhanced)systemrescuecd but I could accept any other unix even windows/OS2 (it would be the cd-rom handle rather than block device in this case).
 * By using block device i can do things like put any filesystem (ex:squashfs) on top of the media.
 * I could accept any media (exept blu-ray and DVD-RAM) but I would prefer CD-RW >700M or CD-R if it doesn't exist.2A02:8422:1191:6E00:56E6:FCFF:FEDB:2BBA (talk) 16:27, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Are you sure you can use OS/2? A few days ago, somebody - perhaps you - answered a very confused question with a very confused response that also mentioned OS/2.  Either this obsolete system is making a surprising resurgence, or you are mistakenly calling something else OS/2.  On the other hand, you did link to a help sub-page hosted on a defunct computational physics project... Nimur (talk) 05:21, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
 * You may look at ecomstation for "recent" realeases not developped by IBM.They made a live CD
 * Windows and OS/2 had the "same kernel" the userland was different2A02:8422:1191:6E00:56E6:FCFF:FEDB:2BBA (talk) 23:49, 6 May 2013 (UTC)