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You can just plug in the old hard drive and transfer the files to the new PC. Don't let it boot to Vista though. It might try to. You might have to take ownership of the files if the users are named differently. It's fine to do that. Do a virus scan after moving the files though.

FreeNAS isn't easy to virtualize other OSes in (like Windows). Amahi is probably too bare bones. If you want to use Amahi you may as well use your own linux build. If I were you, I would just use Debian. It's the middle of "does everything for you" and "you do everything yourself". i.e. in terms of ease of use it goes Ubuntu > Debian > Arch/Gentoo. FreeNAS has plugins for it that are run in jails. Jails are isolated environments that are effectively virtual machines, but jails don't support Windows and other OSes like it. They're always unix or linux. But you can run VirtualBox in a jail. https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/virtualbox-in-a-jail-in-freenas.20185/ So that's an option, it just takes added work. FreeNAS is focused on storage, yes, but it has plugins like ownCloud and Plex Media Server that are literally one click to install in their own jail. They can be a bear when configuring the permissions for the files so that the jails have access to them like they should. There are guides though. https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/tutorial-how-to-install-plex-in-a-freenas-9-3-jail-updated.19412/ There's a huge caveat to FreeNAS and plugins though. And that is that to use plugins, you must use ZFS as your file system. When setting up FreeNAS for the first time, you will be asked what you want to format your drives as. ZFS or UFS. ZFS is a powerful and feature filled file system. UFS is more general and easy to use. ZFS has certain hardware requirements. Specifically, minimum: 8GB of RAM. And it is beyond highly recommend that RAM is ECC RAM. Your server does not fulfill either of those. You will not get help on FreeNAS' forum because there is no good way to troubleshoot an issue with a system that did not follow those requirements and still used ZFS. You can still use ZFS with that system. There are people who have used ZFS on FreeNAS without issue with less than 8GB of RAM and non-ECC RAM. That's not really the point though. Some people run a system for years with that setup and never have issues. Others wake up one day and all their data is gone or 100% corrupt. You don't want to mess with that if you care about your data at all. This guide is fairly old, but should be helpful if you do decide on Debian. If you want something more along the lines of a complete guide, you should try Arch or Gentoo. Both require you to essentially manually do everything in terms of installation. It's a good learning experience, but it's easy to mess up. The Arch and Gentoo wikis are fairly detailed but don't hold your hand. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/KVM <for virtualizing OSes like Windows and other Linux systems. https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/QEMU <Same, but for gentoo. Generally speaking, the guides I linked above for gentoo and arch can work for other linux distros (like Debian). You just have to find Debian's packages that do the same thing the arch/gentoo packages do and remember to adjust commands accordingly. i.e. debian's package manager uses apt-get while arch uses pacman. https://wiki.debian.org/QEMU Usually if you google the thing and the distro name, the distro's wiki has a page on how to install it and what to consider.

Windows 7 has briefcases enabled by default. Windows 8 and 10 should be able to still use briefcases even though you can't create them without editing the registry. Meaning, you should be able to make the briefcases on a Windows 7 machine and have them sync correctly on a Windows 8 or 10 machine without enabling briefcases. I would try it, but I don't have multiple Windows versions available to me.

What you want is a Windows feature called a Briefcase. This feature is not enabled by default in Windows 10/8 for some reason. This gives you the option to have some things update automatically and some things not update. i.e. put everything you want to update in the briefcase on the 2nd external drive, but put things you don't want to update outside that briefcase. I would put those registry files for enabling briefcases on both drives but outside the briefcases so you can just double click them to enable the feature on other computers.

Having used a 34" 1440p Ultrawide, I would say save up for it. Definitely worth it.

I prefer Blender. It is free. It's actually intended for 3D Modeling and animations, but it is a very capable video editor as well. Because it's free and used by many, it has a lot of tutorials and other "how to" type stuff.

Ah, well, RAID 10 four of them and I'm sure you won't notice as much. I don't know though. I may buy one to try it out.

Dude, four of these HDDs, and a 5.25" bay converter for 2.5" drives = storage 4 life. Unfortunately, the 5TB versions are 15mm thick. Most converters for 5.25" bays only support up to 10mm. Still, so much storage potential. Soooo much.

I would wait on VR til it's wireless. Which will be the next iteration or the one after, I'm sure. You mentioned the Predator X34. I can tell you, I've used Ultrawide displays. For me, personally, it goes 144Hz > Ultrawide > 4K. The Predator X34 is everything I'd want in a monitor. Ultrawide, 1440p, 144Hz, and a type of syncing (FreeSync or G-Sync). I don't personally want 4K for reasons further down this post. What made 144Hz matter to me was it in combination with FreeSync (or in your case, G-Sync). I had realized why games never impressed me the way they did at E3. Trailers never, ever, have frame tearing. I would use the word "cinematic" to describe how it feels, but I can easily tell the difference between 60Hz Vsync and 144Hz Freesync. Huge difference imo. Ultrawide is great because more screen real estate but no bezels. It's more immersive because you can up your FOV in games and see more of the world. Games have to support those types of resolution of course, and not all do though. But the big ones like you mention you play definitely do AFAIK. 4K, to me, when not gaming, is painful to use. Windows scaling isn't good enough to make the text and such large enough to easily use on a display at 4K. You'd need the monitor to be very large (well over 34"), imo, to not have that issue. That, and you can always super sample or "super resolution" your 1440p display which gives a boost in clarity anyway (not that it's the same as 4K, as it's not, but I just think the advantages to 4K aren't worth the disadvantages).

https://www.blackdesertonline.com/ You pay, as in, you buy it once. IIRC, Elder Scrolls Online is the same way. More "MMOJRPG" but still. Pretty detailed system honestly. I spent a while playing it. Just a heads up. You can technically play it through Teamviewer. It's finnicky as helk, but you can. Useful for when out and about, say, on the bus and bored. I used my phone at times. I no longer play it. I should get back into it because they've released a lot of content. I personally despise combat in MMORPGs, but everything else in BDO is what attracted me. i.e. crafting, fishing, horse taming, etc etc. I would like to point out that Black Desert Online does have a cash shop, but for all intents and purposes, it's cosmetic stuff only. And if you do care about cosmetics, you earn currency you can use in it anyway, so it doesn't have to be real money. Just takes time.

I would argue 144hz is more important than 4K, by a long shot.

@LordGabeNisBae This, except I recommend this Pixio 1440p 144hz monitor if GSync isn't a major requirement. For VR, wait until Wireless standard 802.11ad is readily available in VR headsets.

I recommend amahi. It is a linux distro that is focused on ease of use. Meaning, you don't have to know much about Linux or Servers to use it. https://www.amahi.org/ Assemble your PC. Install the OS. Configure it from a web interface. Install useful plugins (ownCloud, Plex, etc). That's basically it. For Installing the OS, it's no different than a normal OS install. Just take the image downloaded from their website and burn it to a disc or flash it to a USB drive and plug that into the computer you wish to be your server. Then, boot from that drive and enter the information it asks you. It will need you to create an account on amahi.org, but this is so that you can access your server when away from home (which is very useful imo). All a server is, is a computer that exists to give other computers on a network it's resources. To offer them services (thus, server). In this case, your server, being a NAS (Network Attached Storage), exists to share it's storage with other computers on the network. Depending on your other computers, you will need to use one of three network sharing protocols. For Linux, it's NFS, for Apple, it's AFP, and for Windows, it's CIFS (sometimes called Samba). Once you install Amahi and are going through the setup process, it will cover creating network shares with one of those three protocols. It's fairly simple to do. FreeNAS is a bit harder to deal with than Amahi. Think of it as the bridge between automated setup and the "learn all the command lines and linux" setup way. You can use FreeNAS' GUI exclusively, but if you want certain things done, you have to use the command line interface. I don't recommend it for a beginner at all.

I mean... why would you? Intentionally using a more obtuse word that means the exact same thing? I understand language evolves and new words get added to it all the time, but there are some things that just don't make sense to do. I could use "lol" in regular conversation and it would be understood but only because of its adoption rate. It'd be weird otherwise, and people still choose not to do it because it comes off as strange. I will probably never use irregardless in regular conversation unless for this very reason (to explain why I don't), and I will always find it strange when other people do use it. I mean people can do whatever they fancy. I'm just saying I have good reasons to find it strange to use that word. I'd even say it's technically a word, but I'd still find the need to correct you regardless.

Regardless* Better stand is arguably worth it if you don't plan on buying a custom mount. Not sure what the "better support" thing is about. I emailed Pixio about the Dynamic Contrast Ratio issue I noticed. Where it would go off if the screen had enough black or dark pixels on it. They answered all of my questions in detail and are working on a firmware fix for the issue now. Take that as you will. @rphawks The Freesync refresh rates are the same for this panel on all the monitors that use it. It's 55hz to 144hz. I also want to point out that the ASUS MG279Q is currently on sale for $480 from Newegg. The sale ends in 4 days. Then it (supposedly) will go back to it's $600 price tag. If I were you, I'd either make a decision within the next 4 days between the ASUS MG279Q and the Pixio PX77, or I would just get the Pixio PX77 and a custom stand with a USB 3.0 Hub separate. It would cost less overall if you can't buy within the next 4 days, and then you'd have a custom stand that works with all your monitors, so that the crappy stands, if you ever change monitors again in the future, don't matter at all.

I forgot to mention something. That Crossover model you listed? Same exact panel in that monitor. It's the same panel in the Asus MG279Q too. Any "IPS" or "AH-VA" 144Hz FreeSync or non-FreeSync monitor is almost certainly using this panel. GSync is different though AFAICT.

My monitor mounts are special. They're expensive and sold by a company named "humanscale" who specifically make mounts for disabled people or people who otherwise have trouble maneuvering such things. I'm not disabled, but their mounts are very nice (and unfortunately expensive). https://www.humanscale.com/products/product.cfm?group=mflex I had good reasons for purchasing those when I bought them. I'm not using them for their intended purpose at the time tho. I wouldn't say the VESA mount holes are a problem. Part of the reason they are shallow is because they are built into the frame of the monitor. Some VESA holes don't go into a frame of the monitor and instead go into the casing of the monitor. Which, as you can imagine, is much weaker than what the frame is made of (maybe metal, maybe harder plastic, but generally it's better to have the holes in the frame). I wouldn't worry about the monitor falling off because the holes are in the frame, but I would consider if your stand would have issues if the screws don't go in a certain amount. I doubt there's a stand like that, but I don't know about all the stands that exist. My stand doesn't have issues with it. One other thing to point out is that this monitor's panel is not IPS. It is AHVA. AHVA is a hybrid-like panel type between IPS and TN. It's technically part of the IPS family, but it doesn't have the same characteristics of what you might call "true IPS". The panel is from a panel manufacturing company named AUO. Many brands use their panels. You can describe AHVA as their version of IPS. AHVA has high refresh rate like TN, better colors than TN, but worse than IPS, and the same viewing angles as IPS. That's why I call it a hybrid. I own (or used to own) an LG 34UM95 Ultrawide IPS 1440p monitor which I used to compare to this Pixio. LG is essentially the ones who have the "true" IPS panels. They're the ones IPS got it's name for anyway. I compared the two to see and the above description of what AHVA is is what I found to be true. This Pixio monitor has an anti-glare coating. If you look hard enough, and I mean put a 1440p image on it and look at individual pixels, you will notice a slight blurring. I imagine this is the anti-glare coating diffusing light, since that's what anti-glare does. You can't notice it unless you're looking for it. In terms of color, this monitor looks slightly yellow compared to "true" IPS as I saw on my LG. I was comparing the same 1440p image on both. I tinkered with this Pixio's settings to get it as close to what the LG IPS was showing. It is still ever so slightly yellow, but I only notice it when I really look for it now. Overall, I don't regret getting this monitor over a "true" IPS after owning a "true" IPS for a while. If you're wondering why I put quotes around "true", it's because it's a weird thing to say. AHVA is part of the IPS family of panels. It's just not what you expect IPS to be when you see it. So it's is and isn't truly IPS in a way. I bought my Pixio off their website: https://www.buypixio.com/products/px277 I didn't pay for pixel perfect. You can if you want to there though. If you want to know how I found the information about the panel out, their website has the specifications for the monitor including the exact panel model number. Google it and you find the manufacturer and such on this website here: http://www.panelook.com/M270DAN02.3_AUO_27.0_LCM_overview_23628.html

That is possibly insulting. I've owned both an ASUS monitor and the Pixio monitor. Saying one brand is higher tier than the other, to me, is nonsense. I will mention I don't think highly of ASUS' product quality. They do everything, and like most people who do everything, they do nothing well. They just do everything "ok" or worse in my experience. Their monitors, imo, are ok. Their X99 Motherboards are trash, for example. I actually look down on ASUS products because I've had bad experiences with them. I wouldn't say Pixio is better by default since I only own one of their monitors, but I can tell you, for monitors, between the two, I'd pick Pixio because of the price difference. This PX277 monitor is pretty cool imo in that it can split the inputs it receives into separate displays. So 1440p is effectively 720p times 4. So I can have HDMI1 use 1/4th the screen, HDMI2 use another 1/4th, etc etc. Or I can have two display inputs use 1/2 of each (but weird aspect ratio). Why would you want that? IDK. Good for trouble shooting or something similar, but it's a cool feature to have imo. I don't use it much though. Maybe when gaming on Console and still needing to google things or read walkthroughs. Adaptive brightness doesn't work very well though. I believe the feature is referred to as Dynamic Contrast Ratio. I just have it disabled. If the screen is displaying a notably dark image over 70% of it, the screen literally goes off. I emailed Pixio about it and they are working on a firmware update to fix it. The only reasons I would choose another monitor over this one, as long as that other monitor has 1440hz at 1440p and Freesync, was for a better stand. That's it. I can't give another reason to choose another monitor that I can think of. And imo, a better stand isn't worth $140. And I have custom monitor mounts, so that point is moot for me anyway.

Hmm, thank you. My greater issue now is converting that into Arch commands. Examples: command a2ensite doesn't exist. apache is known as httpd I do not have a "sites-available" sub-directory within /etc/httpd and /etc/apache2 doesn't exist. Guess I'll have to do more research. Thanks for the direction tho! Well, that and I'd prefer them all use the same domain. This may mean they aren't different virtual hosts though. The two ways I'd be fine with accessing them is the following: crm.192.168.5.40 192.168.5.40/crm I tried the first one, but that didn't work out for me.

I'm not sure if this is the right section of the forum, but I figured it was related. I'm trying to set up my Arch Linux server to host multiple web apps locally for me, such as a mail client and CRM. What the apps are don't really matter for my question though. I'm trying to figure out how to properly set it up such that I can use the following ways to access each app: 192.168.1.40/mail 192.168.1.40/crm 192.168.1.40 The way the CRM explains to add the site to Apache's config file is to use a virtual host and set the DocumentRoot to the app's folder. My general DocumentRoot for Apache is /srv/http. I've created a directory within it called "crm" and symlinked the app's folder there. Same for the mail app. However, the VirtualHost example the CRM's guide gives states to put the DirectoryIndex for the app as app.php. I don't know how to do this without locking everything through the IP address to that app's folder. i.e. I'd like to go to 192.168.1.40/crm and it use /srv/http/crm/app/app.php as the DirectoryIndex there, while I want 192.168.1.40 to just be a listing of the apps (an index), while I want 192.168.1.40/mail to use /srv/http/mail/app.php as the DirectoryIndex. The reason I want to do that is because the CRM's example worked fine for the CRM. The app's setup page came up correctly. But then I couldn't access /srv/http/mail or just /srv/http for the index. So I'm thinking that's what I should do. If that's not the right/best way to set this up, then please explain what is. I'm not entirely sure how to do that because I don't know enough about Virtual Hosts and how Apache handles these things to understand how to do this.

Wow, that's pretty great compared to the ones I've found so far. This is exactly why I asked. Thanks.

I figure this is the right section of the forum for this kind of post. I'd like to add LED lighting to my desk. I'm not sure where or what are the best LED strips (in terms of quality:price:features ratio) for doing this. I don't intend to put them inside my PC. Just on the backside of my desk and maybe behind my monitor. Thanks for suggestions. I found this: https://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/top-emitting/outdoor-led-light-strips-weatherproof-led-tape-light-with-18-smds-per-ft-3-chip-smd-led-5050/1622/ Which they look pretty good. Just checking if there are others I should know about. But these look good as well: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00QAX8YPY

It checks the disk for errors. It looks like a driver and/or service from Windows maxing the disc. The disc shouldn't be at 100% with only 6.5MB/s which probably means it has issues like errors.

If that's not it, I'd then do the same but instead of sfc /scannow, I'd do "chkdsk /r C:\" then reboot.