Author Archives: krylon

In this situation, the boot drive of ESXi was to be replaced. The existing ESXi installation was version 7.0 U3 and the boot drive also had a local datastore.  First a backup of the ESXi configuration was made and all … Continue reading →

After installing ESXi 7 (specifically Update 3f, Build 20036589) on a 128GB boot device, I found that a datastore had not been created.  When I tried to create a VMFS datastore I found that it was not possible because a … Continue reading →

I had a PC system based on an ASRock Z97 chipset motherboard with a Haswell generation i7 processor and integrated graphics.  Before considering the system stable, I was attempting to do a stress test using the latest version of UBCD … Continue reading →

You may find updating the firmware on an enterprise class Samsung PM863a SSD difficult. In this case I had a specific part number of MZ7LM3T8HMLP-00003. The first step is to check the label on the drive and look for the … Continue reading →

I was attempting to wipe and reinstall MacOS X on an older Intel based Macbook by following this guide: https://support.apple.com/en-us/102639 To begin this process, the directions have you press and hold Command-R. The Disk Utility to wipe the computer was … Continue reading →

I was replacing a failed drive in an existing array in OMV.  After I connected a replacement disk, I went to Multiple Device -> Recover. However the list of available drives for recovery was blank.  The next step I tried … Continue reading →

When performing a manual apt-get upgrade command from the OMV CLI, I ran into this error when it tried to upgrade the grub-pc package. grub-install: error: unable to identify a filesystem in hostdisk//dev/sdx; safety check can’t be performed. where x … Continue reading →

I was trying to perform a backup of the system C drive to another local storage D drive by using the Create a system image feature.  Each time the system image was attempted, it would result in the same error: … Continue reading →

This guide is how to resolve error 0x80070643 in Windows Update when trying to install an update related to the Windows Recovery Environment: 2024-01 Security Update for Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5034441). The issue is related to … Continue reading →

I was looking to delete a specific restore point on a Windows 10 machine using the command line.  There are several guides available out on the web. For example: https://www.majorgeeks.com/content/page/how_to_delete_some_or_all_system_restore_points_on_windows_10.html https://softwarekeep.com/help-center/delete-windows-restore-points Also the ofifical Microsoft guide: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/vssadmin-delete-shadows You can also … Continue reading →