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In the meantime, the previous generation of hp mediasmart servers remains widely available, with hp offering refurbished units of its 500 gb ex470 server otherwise identical to. Hp mediasmart v3 upgrade on an ex475 ms windows home server. This appears in openmediavault as a 250mb drive connected to devsda. The hp mediasmart server includes several security measures. Apparently, its not just a server update cd you get a whole new set of cds server, recovery, and pc restore. Hp mediasmart v3 upgrade on an ex475 hp have decided to release their mediasmart v3 software to owners of the ex47x and ex48x range of windows home servers. Plug in a big box of drives, and it serves as a repository for commonly. Hp mediasmart server hp data vault added software and more. When attempting reinstall of software, a dialogue box appears saying the home connector software is already installed. I was able to dig up the pc restore disc and the software installation disc. Hp mediasmart server specifications internal drive storage. Well, my original ex495 mediasmart server is working so well and has been for so long that ive forgotten the login password.
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I built an ex470 for my boss a while back, need to do server recovery and of course we have no idea where that disc is. Disk defragmentation to improve hard drive performance perfectdisk 10 windows home server. Apr 27, 2014 the ex470 mediasmart server features a 500 gb internal hard drive sata, 7200 rpm, 512 mb of installed ddr2 ram, four hard drive bays for additional expansion using offtheshelf sata i or ii hard drives, a gigabit ethernet port for ultrafast networking and connection to a wireless router, four usb 2. Hp mediasmart ex470 gg795aa windows home server nas with cd software. I have an hp mediasmart ex470 server and today i used my server recovery disk to put my system back into its original state. Sheekamoo, i think you should be able to access your hp. Looking for software for hp ex475 mediasmart server. I am trying to install hp mediastorage server on vmware from ex470 ex475 recovery cd,i. Would one of you be able to provide an iso for the server recovery disc. The hp mediasmart server provides a central location to keep all your files for easy access.
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