Find used IP addresses

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Open command prompt and try the following: FOR /L %i IN (1,1,254) DO ping -n 1 192.168.0.%i | FIND /i “Reply”>> c:\used-ipaddresses.txt Make sure all devices on the network is powered on.

Raid 1 replace failed disk – partition.

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Prepare a new disk/partition. Depending on the partition type it may be necessary to clone the functional disk which can be done with ddrescue. After the cloning you should replace the UUID of the new disk as it is and exact copy of the … Continued

Clone disk drives

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If ddrescue is not installed then start with installing the GNU ddrescue program. On Ubuntu you need to enable the Universe Software Repository. sudo apt-get install gddrescue Make sure you specify the source disk first and then the target disk. The -v option … Continued

Change UUID on a disk partition

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Make a new uuid uuidgen Replace n with the number of the partition tune2fs /dev/sdan -U uuid_generated_by_uuidgen Check the new uuid with vol_id /dev/sdan use xargs to make that a one liner uuidgen | xargs tune2fs /dev/sdan -U ; vol_id /dev/sdan

Format external drive in FAT32

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Open a command prompt and type this command: format /FS:FAT32 X: Replace X: with the actual drive letter, make sure that it is the drive letter by opening explore and identify the disk and the drive letter.