Category: WHS

The Home Server Show 39 – OS Drive Failure Options.  In today’s episode, Dave briefly talks about the article he wrote on replacing a hard drive in your Windows Home Server but the questions that came up were what do I do if I have a failure of my system drive.  He goes over your options and provide some excellent links! Book Give-Away Andrew Edney’s Book – Windows Home Server Users Guide Andrew Edney’s Site – http://usingwindowshomeserver.com/ Listen to the show to see if you won! Congratulations to Ian Dixon and The Media Center Show for reaching show number 200!

Show #38 of the Home Server Show is now out!  The show includes discussion on PP2 for Windows Home Server that you will not hear or read about anywhere else!  Andrew Edney was nice enough to interview and he and I discuss the newly released PP2. Links and News Items mentioned on the show Andrew Edney’s Book and Site – http://usingwindowshomeserver.com/ Nick the author of AutoExit2008 Add-In for WHS has a PDF discussing the new options for developers with PP2. AutoExit2008 Add-In Home Brendan grant article on new PP2 API’s Alternatives for Media Center Users Recorded TV Manager – http://www.fjdrasch.com/

Show #36 is a follow up to the Before you Build show.  It’s a short show this week. News and Links mentioned in the podcast Microsoft’s New Server, Foundation HP Upline is calling it quits.  Did we kill it? Windows Home Server February Update Add-In:  Update to WHS Outlook Norco SS-500 Hot Swap Backplane Review What should we do with a VIA A2000? Acer’s EasyStore H340 Windows Home Server Windows Home Server Drive Balancer Utility Quick & Easy Windows Home Server OS Backup and Restore. | 4Hak3rs How to run HP Upline inside your Windows Home Server Console

Regardless of whether you have built your WHS or it arrived all in one piece there are certain steps you should take to get up and running with Windows Home Server.  This is not a step by step guide to installation.  They are all different.  This is more like Cliff Notes.  It’s the stuff you need to know before you get started and some tips and tricks before, during, and after installation.  I will publish a check list or a cheat sheet list to go along with this podcast. News Items mentioned on the show The Home Server Show’s new