http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/ Engadget Comments for Windows Home Server bug corrupts files http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/Dec 27th 2007 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16832116395&SortField=3&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&SelectedRating=-1&PurchaseMark=&Page=]]>Dec 27th 2007 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/Dec 27th 2007 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/Dec 27th 2007 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/Dec 27th 2007 6:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/Dec 27th 2007 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/
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MS still can't match OSX's backup destroying bug. It works so well, so easily:

"Just connecting a FireWire 800 drive to a Mac running "Panther" can ruin the data on the drive"

http://www.macintouch.com/panfirewire.html]]>Dec 27th 2007 3:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/
http://tomkarpik.com/articles/massive-data-loss-bug-in-leopard/
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repeat after me kids: "ALWAYS WAIT FOR SERVICE PACK ONE!... ALWAYS WAIT FOR SERVICE PACK ONE!... ALWAYS..."

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However, I feel the real point to be made here is: with all the cheap, easy to use NAS devices and the fact that the majority of the true target home users don't even know the difference between a "server" and a "client", why did Microsoft even bother? (well I don't really need to ask that.) Anyone who'd really understand and fully utilize this product probably wouldn't be using this product to begin with.]]>Dec 27th 2007 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/
I'm sorry, but that's an ignorant comment. Even for people "in the know" there is definite attraction to something like WHS: a device with an OS that promises to integrate a bunch of "server-type" functionality seamlessly and with a common and hopefully "easy" remote management interface, along with the ability to plug in future new functionality without a lot of fuss. Currently I run Ubuntu Server on a crappy old box with webmin for remote management and MediaTomb for music and video serving to my Soundbridges, Omnifis and XBMC. It works fine, but updates and new installs are not always as smoooth as one would like to, especially if no deb packages are available. You still feel that you are administering a full-blown server, which you essentially are. There's always the nagging feeling that the entire device could be abstracted and generalized to some extent to take some of the drudgery out of it, sort of like XMBC or MythTV integrated all the various multimedia functions into one smooth interface with plugins and stuff. There was the faint hope that WMS was it, especially with HP pushing their slick-looking MediaSmart server lately. But alas, that doesn't seem to be the case just yet, and I'm glad and didn't jump in head-first. Maybe in a couple of years it will reach an acceptable level of maturity. Then again, by then there may very well be some Linux based projects trying to scratch that same itch, doing it all for free and in a similarly slick fashion.]]>Dec 27th 2007 9:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/Dec 27th 2007 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/Dec 27th 2007 6:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/Dec 27th 2007 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/Dec 27th 2007 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/
I reported this problem back in Sep / Oct... and still no fix. Its worse than that - WHS corrupts avi / jpg's in just using it from Vista Media Center and plugins like ffdshow. Forget about it corrupting files from Word and the like - just playing and copying files does it. Microsoft are saying its their highest priority - but nothing for months !!!

Other users report that backups can not be restored that they are corrupted. On AVI's the headers appear to get corrupted - the metadata is overwritten with null values as part of its balancing effort.

LOL (if it did not hurt) - A home backup solution for the masses which corrupts data - how rediculous or how embarrasing is that --> spread the word !!!]]>Dec 27th 2007 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/Dec 27th 2007 4:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/Dec 27th 2007 5:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/Dec 27th 2007 5:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/Dec 27th 2007 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/Dec 27th 2007 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/Dec 28th 2007 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/Well, I can't wait until Apple gets back near 100% market share.
The trolls are wrong. Apple and Linux are not the downfall of Microsoft! Microsoft will bring it's own demise!]]>Dec 27th 2007 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/Dec 27th 2007 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/Dec 27th 2007 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/
I've been using Windows Home Server for the last few weeks and I haven't had any corruption issues. Is Ubuntu or some other distro a better choice? Perhaps, but then it depends on your technical expertise, your interest in and knowledge of Linux, what specific capabilities are important to you, and the software environment that you're running at home. Is the OS and Connector software perfect? No, far from it, but its not all doom and gloom either. The adage that one should wait till Service Pack 1 is often correct insofar as it applied to those who are seeking a more complete, stable platform.

Though I would venture to guess that most users/viewers of this site are technology enthusiasts... as such, we tend to accept bleeding-edge platforms and software, and by-and-large, the associated risk as well. Microsoft will fix the bug and other issues that have arisen since it was released from beta, just like any other piece of software and over time it WILL become a more stable and complete OS - where is the great mystery in that!?

So settle down kiddies, lay off the sugar for a while, and remember to never mix Pop Rocks and Jolt cola :-)]]>Dec 27th 2007 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/Your failures have made a pile of shite to high to climb.
I will from this day forth preach Linux, fore I have seen the light!]]>Dec 27th 2007 6:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/
A problem with software that is used for the distribution of very little legitimate media, but a great deal of pirated media is fatal for a media server only if you happen to be a pirate. Do you do a lot of media pirating, Nilay Patel?]]>Dec 27th 2007 6:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/Dec 27th 2007 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/Dec 27th 2007 8:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/Dec 28th 2007 1:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/
* There are, of course, legitimate uses for BitTorrent such as downloading things—including media—with the permission of the copyright-holders, but realistically, for a BitTorrent problem to be a fatal flaw for a media server, a significant portion of the media for that server would have to be obtained via BitTorrent and when it comes to media shared via peer-to-peer networks, the majority of it just doesn't seem to be legitimate.]]>Dec 28th 2007 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/
1. A number of reports of data corruption that appeared to be related to this issue turned out instead to be traceable to faulty network cards, hard drive failures, or old routers with outdated firmware.

2. Backups stored on a Windows Home Server are completely safe, as are files copied to the server for safekeeping or streaming. This issue affects only files that are saved directly from one of the listed applications to a shared folder on a Windows Home Server.

3. This is not an issue that affects every Windows Home Server installation, and the symptoms require several factors that are not mentioned in the KB article. The largest contributing factor is when a home server is under extreme load. If you’re doing a large, highly demanding file copy operation in the background and you’re using one of the listed applications to edit a file that’s stored on a shared folder on the home server, and you save the edited file to the server, then you might see this bug.]]>Dec 27th 2007 8:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/
To all the other M$ BASHERS out there yelling "Im going to switch linux" Go ahead and switch the #1 reason more people don't use linux is because of the software avalibility and the intigration. I use MS WinXP Pro @ work. While I don't do Much work from home I do on occasion and when I need to I need to have the information there that I need (Full integration no questions asked) This is why people are tied to MS Office & their OS's. Its not always as easy as saying "M$ pissed me off again im going to switch to linux" and go running away crying like a little baby who didn't get their way! ]]>Dec 28th 2007 7:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/Dec 27th 2007 11:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/
All in all though, I am still a fairly huge fan of WHS. It's been awesome having an easily expandable server that dare I coin an Apple term... "always works".]]>Dec 28th 2007 12:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/Dec 28th 2007 7:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/Dec 28th 2007 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/windows-home-server-bug-corrupts-files/http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/941914 dated November 19th, 2007]]>Jan 7th 2008 5:06PM