Windows Home Server Install, Part 1

I actually havent started the install. But my rage is now building up. The reasons are

1. that the 300Gb hardrive I wanted to use and that caome preinstalled with my PC physically can’t come out – I can’t reach the screws since only one side of the case opens.
2. i can’t use the Xp recovery console as its password protected my the manufacturer ( I was trying to fix the MBR for when Vista Beta 2  expires, so no luck there)

So my plan for a 380 GB Home server stopped before it started.  I’ll have to settle for 2x 80Gb drives. Given the fact that i have at least 30GB worth of downloads and 10GB of music (all legal), It only gives me 180 GB to back up 2 PC’s. Not ideal. Then you have to factor in room for growth.

if worst somes to worst, I have my eye on a nice Dell Poweredge server that will do nicely. But I’d rather use the hardware collecting round my feet before it gets too ancient.

Now if Microsoft could just make a handly MBR restorer…..

And the name of the infernal manufacturer that built my PC with the 300Gb harddrive? You’d never guess: Pc World.