Ram's Technology Notes
I recently ran into an issue where I needed to reset my Surface RT (the original version released with Windows 8, but this tip is applicable to newer versions too). The problem was that I had deleted the recovery partition and of course long forgotten the USB drive or the place where I’d stored the…
In my home setup, we have a mix of devices (Windows 8.x, Windows RT, Windows Phone, Linux, Android and iOS). As part of my home server setup, I’ve setup Samba to share folders with the other devices – there are a few subtleties with setting up the Samba shares so you can access them with…
I am in the process of rebuilding my home server which will run Ubuntu Server – I will be putting up a series of detailed posts on my philosophy and experiences through this process. In the meantime, here’s the scoop on setting up the latest version of Samba on Ubuntu 12.04. This post provides a…
I have been using a Windows Home Server 2011 machine as my central backup and quasi-NAS solution for the past three years. About 6 months ago, I had a rather terrible experience with Windows Home Server – I have 3 other computers at home that regularly backup to the WHS every night. On my main…
I use Windows Home Server to backup all my home Windows PCs to a central location. However, lately, I have decided that I would also like to have a copy of what I deem to be critical data available offsite (in this case, outside our home) as well. I investigated cloud backup solutions – Backblaze…