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Unless you specifically enabled a feature to write protect the thumb drive (which very few support) the issue is hardware related. First check the capacity as shown in drive management (ctl panel > admin tools > computer management > drive management) to see what it's showing. If it shows 0 as...

A lot would depend on your RAID controller. But, I know that in many cases after upgrading all the drives it's just a matter of adjusting the partition table to take advantage of the extra space.

If you look at this PDF from HP it explains the specs as far as max capacity is concerned: http://h20195.www2.hp.com/V2/GetPDF.aspx/4AA5-4926ENW Looks like the mSATA is limited to 512Gb and the M.2 to 256Gb I'm pretty sure it's a 30mm long from the picture, but a ruler can verify that pretty...

I would assume that you can put just about any size mSATA SSD in to replace the 32Gb one, and yes you should have no issue booting from it. As for the slot to the left of it in the picture, it is an M.2 slot which also can be used for an SSD, and should also be able to boot independently. It's...

You could try TrueCrypt. It's an open source software that can encrypt entire drives. They discontinued the software because someone found a security flaw that could allow it to be compromised. However no one short of the NSA seems to know how to actually do it so I don't think you need to...

I've never actually used that software, so its hard for me to say. Possibly there is too much data on the partition for it to be resized as small as needed to fit on the SSD. Perhaps you should just use Paragon SSD migration tool. It costs a few bucks, but it will allow you to actually choose...

You upgraded from windows 7 to windows 8. Is there perhaps a windows.old folder in there full of data from the previous install? But yeah, to agree with USAFRet 50Gb is way too small for an OS partition. 120 is the minimum.

No, it won't. Those USB ports are to connect other devices such as printers, or even other hard drives to the NAS making them available over the network as well. However no NAS that I know of will allow access to it's storage over the USB. Most often these ports are used to connect another...

HGST Drives are great too.

Part of the problem with using a server for a media server is the power consumption. Lets face it, you want the server on 24/7 but that adds up quick on a server burning away 350W or even a desktop at ~175W for an entire year. Whereas a NAS will likely run under 50W so it'll pay for itself in...

One word my friend: Synology If you don't believe me, try finding them used on ebay. Virtually non existent because no one ever gets rid of them (unless they are buying a newer or bigger one).

There is data called "Configuration Pages" stored on a ROM chip on the PCB. Cold swapping Toshiba PCB's has never worked. The best (lowest risk) way is to have a data recovery professional read the CP and reprogram a new board. However if it isn't worth the money you can physically move the...

I'm pretty sure the newer 840's have a fixed OP that isn't user adjustable. At least that's what Samsung says: http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/minisite/SSD/global/html/whitepaper/whitepaper05.html So you might not have to worry about it.

How are you attempting to connect the SSD to another computer? SATA or USB? Many USB adapters will not work with SSD's because of the 4K sector size.