Category Archives: deduplication

Running de-dup maintenance scripts after deleting hyper-v snapshots

Posted on September 13, 2020 by ncbrady

Introduction I deleted several hyper-v snapshots to free up some space on my deduplicated nvme drive  on my Lenovo P1 hyper-v lab, as it was starting to get low. Below is roughly how much space was on the de-duplicated drive … Continue reading →

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How to enable Thunderbolt on Windows Server 2019

Posted on June 26, 2019 by ncbrady

Note: This guide involves manually editing driver inf files and is for lab use only, modifying drivers is not supported by either Intel, Lenovo or Microsoft, so use at your own risk. I’ve used this method on my Lenovo P1, … Continue reading →

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Installing Windows Server 2019 on a Lenovo P1 for data dedup, my rough notes

Posted on February 9, 2019 by ncbrady

Note: First things first, the Lenovo P1 is usually shipped with Windows 10 Pro for Workstations, and installing a Server operating system on it is not supported by Lenovo.   I wanted to install Windows Server 2019 on my Lenovo … Continue reading →

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