WHS - Windows Home Server

Monica Lewinsky · 11-09-07, 11:13 PM

Any of you folks got an old junker PC and wonder what to do with it?
Took an old crappy 2Ghz Dell box, stuck two [2] 250 gig hard drives in it. Stuck a crappy AGP video card in it. Junked the 512 meg RAM, and stuck 1 gig in it for a grand total of 1.5 gig ram in the server box. Made sure the thing had a DVD drive in it. Made the primary boot device the DVD drive. Stuck the DVD-OEM version of Microsoft Home Server Edition [10 users/PCs] and 56 minutes later after the format and install WOW!!!!!!

Total investment right now is under $300.
WOW ... and AWESOME! it is so ......... cool!

Ease of setup - AWESOME!

Backup program for all the PCs in your house AWESOME!

Speed of the backup - AWESOME!

Sharing files - AWESOME!

Setting up shared printers - AWESOME!

Publishing your own WEB site with no $money$ spent - AWESOME!

Published the home sever on the Internet and had the spouse 10 miles away accessing her own files in minutes of the install. AWESOME!

More experimenting to follow. Might need some help from you someday.

It is so DAMN EASY!

Look into it for your own family/setup - assuming you have an old junker laying around.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...r/default.mspx

I don't play games too often anymore since I got this. I have been working on this (setting up a WHS - Windows Home Server). Here is MY server:

https://learnabit.homeserver.com/home/

It is in the >VERY< rough draft mode. IF you click on Learn A Bit's place on the right - you will get my WEB site.

http://learnabit.homeserver.com

or

www.learnabit.net

The [HOME] button [LINKS] button and [CONTACT US] button are working. The rest of it is in the crapper. The entire thing is in my house, spent no $Money$ and can host pictures, videos, music, etc. and it feels GOOD to be independent of other hosting sites.

The "server" resides in my house, in my utility room that has the furnace/air conditioning unit next to it. It resides 4 feet off the floor. It has no monitor, it has no keyboard, it has no mouse on it. All "controls" are from my PC, spouse's PC, or my laptop. The thing is way fxcking cool.

Wiped out my SH-3/SH-4 gaming rig hard drive by design via FDISK this past Saturday. Booted off the CD labeled PC Emergency Restore that comes with WHS. Restored my PC back to its original state in about 75 minutes. No hassles - NONE! And NEVER asked me for any other CD/DVD to re-install something.

500 Gigabytes available for any of you. Send me a PM for details if you want to wash your hands of Image Shack and those turds with their crappy limits and speeds for hosting a picture or video.

It would be a high honor to host something for you.

This product is HOT! Like your women.

kiwi_2005 · 11-09-07, 11:33 PM

Sounds good, i've been trying to get a old PC working the last two days, [[ intel 2ghz, 512ram, Radeon 9600XT 128ram OS Windows Media Centre running on a 40g hdd ]]
i was thinking when i do get it up what should i use it for more just tinkering with it at the moment, just read about this WHS i might convert it into a home server would need larger drives tho:hmm:.

Im stuck with the loading up, i get two long beeps im not sure if this is the ram or the video card i have replaced both and still get the long beeps, she was working for a couple of hrs then it crashed so i reboot & ever since all i get is two long beeps and no monitor display

Its a PhoenixBios.

Monica Lewinsky · 11-09-07, 11:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

Im stuck with the loading up, i get two long beeps im not sure if this is the ram or the video card i have replaced both and still get the long beeps, she was working for a couple of hrs then it crashed so i reboot & ever since all i get is two long beeps and no monitor display

Its a PhoenixBios.

Sir, if you are getting "BEEPS" at boot up you have a MAJOR problem that needs fixing first! "BEEPS" at BIOS startup are BAD!. You need to fix that to be perfect, first. Then, and only then, contemplate installing WHS.

WARNING!
The hard drives in your spare PC are going to get a total wipe out of ANY data on them!

Forgot to mention this:
Once you do have it working, the backups can be kept for 3 MONTHS!. Also, when it "sees" multiple files dupicated accros several machines, it only backs it up ONCE and indexes it for restoration to the correct PC. So if you have music or pictures duplicated accross several machines it only backs up the file once!

KEY point:
Server does NOT need some fancy video card, does NOT need an audio card. does NOT need any big butt RAM - it only needs 512 meg of RAM.

Chock · 11-09-07, 11:50 PM

I have an older desktop for this purpose. It has both Win98 and XP installed on it and has twin hard drives, it's actually still on the wired network at the moment, as I only switched to wireless networking the other day so that the laptops we have could go online, so I've not got around to putting something in that one for it to receive stuff wirelessly.

It's handy as a large back up device and it's also good in a pinch if the main desktop goes down or your keyboard explodes or whatever, as it does have a reasonably decent AGP graphics card in it and a fairly okay processor at 2.8 Ghz. Also handy to run older programs that will not run on XP if you boot it up in Win98. The one thing to be aware of is that if you do stuff like that, it is likely to be a weak link in your anti-virus chain, so watch out for that. Other than that minor caveat, I'd recommend doing that sort of thing to anyone, as if you get a main PC meltdown and you don't have a laptop, it's a good backup system while you sort out your normal use PC.

@ Kiwi: Your motherboard handbook (if you can find it) should tell you in the front few pages what the beep sequence signifies. Normally it is not a good sign, but it may just be a loose connection or something as simple as the battery telling you it's on its last legs (a not uncommon problem when reviving old banger PCs). If it won't crank up on the default BIOS settings, it could mean it's breathed its last, as a last resort a BIOS reflash might work. In rare cases, a virus can reconfigure the BIOS, so be careful before you pop it on a network to your good stuff.

Chock

bigboywooly · 11-10-07, 08:08 AM

Hmmm interesting
Mine has always beeped since I got it

Beeps once when I power the PC up and once more after the POST routine
Maunual says nothing about beeps
:hmm:

Oops sorry for hijack

kiwi_2005 · 11-10-07, 10:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigboywooly

Hmmm interesting
Mine has always beeped since I got it

Beeps once when I power the PC up and once more after the POST routine
Maunual says nothing about beeps
:hmm:

Oops sorry for hijack

Those beeps are ok, its when you get long beeps eg beeeeeeeeeeeeeep.....few seconds go by... beeeeeeeeeeeeeeep THATS when your got problems

Anyways i found the problem its the ram thanks to Chock i checked the manual and it states PC accepts 200/266 ram. The PC had 333 ram so i insert a 184pin of 266 ram and the beeeeeeeeeeeeeep was no more!

bigboywooly · 11-10-07, 10:06 AM

Ah

Yes I had some of those too till changed the DVD rewriter
Solved
danke

Onkel Neal · 11-10-07, 10:11 AM

I had a home webserver, we used to run the original Wolfpack League scoring system on it, until my ISP shut it off. Like you said, it was not a up-to-date PC, and it had a limited number of connections (I thought mine was 50...:hmm: ) but it was neat to host a WWW website and Access database from my office. Yeah, that's a pretty cool experience.

Monica Lewinsky · 11-10-07, 11:02 PM

This gentlemen, ROCKS

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...r/default.mspx

Letum · 11-11-07, 12:20 AM

Is the lettering on your caps lock fading away yet?

elite_hunter_sh3 · 11-11-07, 12:24 AM

leave her alone, shes simply expressing her opinion on windows home server editon OS... i shud give this server thing a try:hmm:

i can store all my games music and videos:hmm:

kiwi_2005 · 11-11-07, 01:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elite_hunter_sh3

leave her alone, shes simply expressing her opinion on windows home server editon OS... i shud give this server thing a try:hmm:

i can store all my games music and videos:hmm:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Monica Lewinsky

Published the home sever on the Internet and had the spouse 10 miles away accessing her own files in minutes of the install. AWESOME!

Notice the word her

elite_hunter_sh3 · 11-11-07, 10:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by elite_hunter_sh3

leave her alone, shes simply expressing her opinion on windows home server editon OS... i shud give this server thing a try:hmm:

i can store all my games music and videos:hmm:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Monica Lewinsky

Published the home sever on the Internet and had the spouse 10 miles away accessing her own files in minutes of the install. AWESOME!

Notice the word her

ur saying M.L is not a chick???

Letum · 11-11-07, 11:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elite_hunter_sh3

ur saying M.L is not a chick???

Well done.

JSLTIGER · 11-11-07, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elite_hunter_sh3

ur saying M.L is not a chick???

What...it's not like you tried to pick him up, is it? But if you did, hey, at least you know he's married now...

11-09-07, 11:13 PM	#1
Monica Lewinsky Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 845 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	WHS - Windows Home Server Any of you folks got an old junker PC and wonder what to do with it? Took an old crappy 2Ghz Dell box, stuck two [2] 250 gig hard drives in it. Stuck a crappy AGP video card in it. Junked the 512 meg RAM, and stuck 1 gig in it for a grand total of 1.5 gig ram in the server box. Made sure the thing had a DVD drive in it. Made the primary boot device the DVD drive. Stuck the DVD-OEM version of Microsoft Home Server Edition [10 users/PCs] and 56 minutes later after the format and install WOW!!!!!! Total investment right now is under $300. WOW ... and AWESOME! it is so ......... cool! Ease of setup - AWESOME! Backup program for all the PCs in your house AWESOME! Speed of the backup - AWESOME! Sharing files - AWESOME! Setting up shared printers - AWESOME! Publishing your own WEB site with no $money$ spent - AWESOME! Published the home sever on the Internet and had the spouse 10 miles away accessing her own files in minutes of the install. AWESOME! More experimenting to follow. Might need some help from you someday. It is so DAMN EASY! Look into it for your own family/setup - assuming you have an old junker laying around. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...r/default.mspx I don't play games too often anymore since I got this. I have been working on this (setting up a WHS - Windows Home Server). Here is MY server: https://learnabit.homeserver.com/home/ It is in the >VERY< rough draft mode. IF you click on Learn A Bit's place on the right - you will get my WEB site. http://learnabit.homeserver.com or www.learnabit.net The [HOME] button [LINKS] button and [CONTACT US] button are working. The rest of it is in the crapper. The entire thing is in my house, spent no $Money$ and can host pictures, videos, music, etc. and it feels GOOD to be independent of other hosting sites. The "server" resides in my house, in my utility room that has the furnace/air conditioning unit next to it. It resides 4 feet off the floor. It has no monitor, it has no keyboard, it has no mouse on it. All "controls" are from my PC, spouse's PC, or my laptop. The thing is way fxcking cool. Wiped out my SH-3/SH-4 gaming rig hard drive by design via FDISK this past Saturday. Booted off the CD labeled PC Emergency Restore that comes with WHS. Restored my PC back to its original state in about 75 minutes. No hassles - NONE! And NEVER asked me for any other CD/DVD to re-install something. 500 Gigabytes available for any of you. Send me a PM for details if you want to wash your hands of Image Shack and those turds with their crappy limits and speeds for hosting a picture or video. It would be a high honor to host something for you. This product is HOT! Like your women. __________________ Sink them all! Last edited by Monica Lewinsky; 11-10-07 at 12:11 AM.

11-09-07, 11:33 PM	#2
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	Sounds good, i've been trying to get a old PC working the last two days, [[ intel 2ghz, 512ram, Radeon 9600XT 128ram OS Windows Media Centre running on a 40g hdd ]] i was thinking when i do get it up what should i use it for more just tinkering with it at the moment, just read about this WHS i might convert it into a home server would need larger drives tho:hmm:. Im stuck with the loading up, i get two long beeps im not sure if this is the ram or the video card i have replaced both and still get the long beeps, she was working for a couple of hrs then it crashed so i reboot & ever since all i get is two long beeps and no monitor display Its a PhoenixBios. __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

11-09-07, 11:50 PM	#4
Chock Sea Lord Join Date: May 2005 Location: Under a thermal layer in chilly Olde England Posts: 1,842 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I have an older desktop for this purpose. It has both Win98 and XP installed on it and has twin hard drives, it's actually still on the wired network at the moment, as I only switched to wireless networking the other day so that the laptops we have could go online, so I've not got around to putting something in that one for it to receive stuff wirelessly. It's handy as a large back up device and it's also good in a pinch if the main desktop goes down or your keyboard explodes or whatever, as it does have a reasonably decent AGP graphics card in it and a fairly okay processor at 2.8 Ghz. Also handy to run older programs that will not run on XP if you boot it up in Win98. The one thing to be aware of is that if you do stuff like that, it is likely to be a weak link in your anti-virus chain, so watch out for that. Other than that minor caveat, I'd recommend doing that sort of thing to anyone, as if you get a main PC meltdown and you don't have a laptop, it's a good backup system while you sort out your normal use PC. @ Kiwi: Your motherboard handbook (if you can find it) should tell you in the front few pages what the beep sequence signifies. Normally it is not a good sign, but it may just be a loose connection or something as simple as the battery telling you it's on its last legs (a not uncommon problem when reviving old banger PCs). If it won't crank up on the default BIOS settings, it could mean it's breathed its last, as a last resort a BIOS reflash might work. In rare cases, a virus can reconfigure the BIOS, so be careful before you pop it on a network to your good stuff. Chock __________________

11-10-07, 08:08 AM	#5
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Hmmm interesting Mine has always beeped since I got it Beeps once when I power the PC up and once more after the POST routine Maunual says nothing about beeps :hmm: Oops sorry for hijack __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

11-10-07, 10:06 AM	#7
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Ah Yes I had some of those too till changed the DVD rewriter Solved danke __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

11-10-07, 10:11 AM	#8
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	I had a home webserver, we used to run the original Wolfpack League scoring system on it, until my ISP shut it off. Like you said, it was not a up-to-date PC, and it had a limited number of connections (I thought mine was 50...:hmm: ) but it was neat to host a WWW website and Access database from my office. Yeah, that's a pretty cool experience. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

11-10-07, 11:02 PM	#9
Monica Lewinsky Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 845 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	This gentlemen, ROCKS http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...r/default.mspx __________________ Sink them all!

11-11-07, 12:20 AM	#10
Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Is the lettering on your caps lock fading away yet? __________________

11-11-07, 12:24 AM	#11
elite_hunter_sh3 The Old Man Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,376 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	leave her alone, shes simply expressing her opinion on windows home server editon OS... i shud give this server thing a try:hmm: i can store all my games music and videos:hmm: