I have a PCI-E SSD as my boot drive, and a win7-created RAID 1 on two 3TB drives. My boot drive has my user folder on it, but my documents, music, pictures, videos, etc folders shortcut to their respectable folders on the RAID. I would like this to be a full redundancy scheme and it is, but I've run into several nags and I would like to know how to fix them and prepare a fix-it plan before any of the drives fails.
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posted by ihavearedcouch
on Mar 19, 2013 -
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I've come into possession of an antique oak filing cabinet, and need help figuring out how to make the interior of the drawers functional. Restoration advice needed, please.
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posted by MonkeyToes
on Mar 17, 2013 -
4 answers
I'm taking up restoration of mechanical calculators as a hobby. To what extent would repairs/part replacements constitute "restoration", and when does it become "reproduction" instead?
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posted by jackbishop
on Mar 1, 2013 -
2 answers
Metafilter! Help me clean up this vintage trunk about which I know very little.
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posted by torisaur
on Jul 22, 2012 -
9 answers
Wifey and I are looking for bathroom and kitchen tile, and we're frustrated by the amount of 'earth tone' colors -- yellows and browns and tans, which are generally the color of the things you want to flush away in the bathroom, if you get my drift. Where do we find bright, clean color tile these days?
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posted by AzraelBrown
on Jun 18, 2012 -
17 answers
I have a beautiful old book of poetry by Yeats but, at some point in its past, the binding has been badly water damaged. A few years ago, to my great excitement, I noticed that it was signed by Yeats.
I am not intending to sell the book, but I want to look after it. What should I do? Will getting the book properly restored reduce its value?
posted by BadMiker
on Apr 9, 2012 -
4 answers
We're under contract to buy a house. Two weeks before closing, a contractor performing agreed-upon presale repairs caught the house on fire. We've got a lot of questions about what happens next.
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posted by treblemaker
on Apr 4, 2012 -
19 answers
I'm renovating my office, which is currently a monument to 80 years of bad decor. Help me modernize and brighten.
Overview. Many details within.
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posted by zvs
on Mar 28, 2012 -
15 answers
As owner, how involved do I need to be for a full residential restoration construction project?
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posted by zagyzebra
on Mar 12, 2012 -
8 answers
Furniture Restoration: Please give me your suggestions for books and web resources for furniture restoration.
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posted by Busmick
on Aug 1, 2011 -
3 answers
I want to buy a vintage vespa (pre-1970) and I keep seeing a lot of sites selling them out of Vietnam and other parts of Asia.
Does anyone have experience with buying them from one of the websites? Am I better off buying a junker and getting it restored locally? Also - what are the licensing requirements for a Vespa in Massachusetts?
posted by joshuamcginnis
on Jul 26, 2011 -
14 answers
What's the best way to find a career in historical preservation/art restoration from where I am now?
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posted by billypilgrim
on Oct 22, 2010 -
12 answers
I'd like to restore the original appearance of a 70 year old musical instrument that was spray-painted black some 40 years or so ago by the fellow that I bought it from. Is this something that can be accomplished with sandpaper and patience?
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posted by waxboy
on Jul 12, 2010 -
9 answers
My roommate has a rather nice piece of wooden furniture that my cats have scratched all up. It's real wood, basically just stained and maybe somehow varnished. What are my options for restoring it and how much are they likely to cost? (She is aware of the damage, so it's not like a sneak job.)
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posted by kensington314
on Jul 9, 2010 -
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Should I buy a 1972 Volvo that needs work? I'd be doing it as a DIY project, as well as to gain a new source of transporting myself. How feasible is a restoration project for someone with no experience working on cars?
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posted by Candide
on May 18, 2010 -
21 answers
Flat Roof Filter - We're trying to get our garage roof replaced and are having problems locating a supplier for the clay tile end caps that run around the edge of the roof.
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posted by octothorpe
on Sep 1, 2009 -
9 answers
How do I restore a grave headstone. My son's
headstone has faded over the past 20 years. The engraving (once highlighted with black) has faded, the writing is now hard to read.
I could use a small brush and, with my shaky hands try and fill in the letters, but there has to be an easier (and more effective) way... ideas?
posted by HuronBob
on Aug 21, 2009 -
13 answers
Trying to restore a 1951 factory prototype auto (US). Need to match some seat upholstery cloth (printed canvas -
image here). Any textile folk that can help track down the manufacturer or a source for high quality reproduction?
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posted by skyscraper
on Aug 4, 2009 -
4 answers
What is the least destructive method I could use to determine what if any mold might be growing in drywall? You see, there's this roof leak...
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posted by cavalier
on Jun 8, 2009 -
5 answers
Can anyone recommend a photo restoration service in Toronto? My wife has a photo of her grandmother as a young woman in the 1920's that I'd like to have restored. I'm only interested in getting the actual photo cleaned up rather than a digital restoration.
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posted by bonobothegreat
on Apr 16, 2009 -
5 answers
I'm restoring an upright piano and need a good online source for parts.
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posted by Benjy
on Feb 25, 2009 -
3 answers
I have a very old patchwork quilt (est 1910) that my mom bought as an antique. It's been stored for many years now, and is looking really stained and sad. How can I bring it back to life?
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posted by nkknkk
on Nov 19, 2008 -
7 answers
A book that is very personal and valuable to me got damaged due to a leak in a car which allowed rainwater in. The book cover acted like a sponge dragging up the water as well as dirt from the upholstery. I've talked to two book repair places, but I have my reservations. Any suggestions? Even more desired: anyone have EXPERIENCE with book repair shops?
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posted by arniec
on Jul 15, 2008 -
7 answers
I'm trying to cover all my bases for my budding book repair business. I'm sure in the process people will be asking me to appraise their books.
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posted by ikahime
on Apr 16, 2008 -
4 answers
How is the
meaning of art and artefacts being altered by the methods we use to:
Experience,
Define and
Preserve them... In other words, in what ways have technologies been used to experience, re-define and/or preserve art and artifacts?
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posted by 0bvious
on Feb 5, 2008 -
12 answers
How do I repair a leather chair with a hole and significant cracking?
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posted by jmd82
on Oct 17, 2007 -
6 answers
I'm taking a road trip through the southwest, and I'd like to see places with an interesting backstory or that show you "behind the scenes." I'm interested in places with political, economic, environmental, or industrial significance. Can you recommend some?
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posted by salvia
on Sep 30, 2007 -
9 answers
I just bought an old danish-midcentury modern type dining set. Its wood with a finish (lacquer or shellac, I don't know). It has a couple of nasty scratches. I live in San Francisco....know of any businesses/individuals that do wood furniture repair?
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posted by hazel
on Jun 15, 2007 -
5 answers
Antique Print Restoration: I have 6 or 7 original c. 1860 Gould humming bird prints. These are large (14" x x21" +/-) hand-colored lithographs. In wonderful condition EXCEPT there is slight black "text transfer" visible on the print. This sometimes happens to antique prints when there was no tissue-guard to separate the print from the text on the opposite facing page.
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posted by toucano
on Jun 11, 2007 -
2 answers
How do I safely flatten old diplomas? I have two diplomas from 1927 and 1931 that I'd like to frame. They were rolled up in a box with other items for many decades. They are a little squished (but not creased), and they want to retain their rolled up squishedness. Both are printed on a heavyish material with a plasticy feel and a slight sheen; I don't know if it is imitation vellum, or actual animal skin. The documents are from the Mary Institute at Washington University at St. Louis (1927) and Mt. Holyoke (1931) if that helps.
posted by thinman
on May 26, 2007 -
12 answers
Please help my father find as-original decals for the 1955 Ferguson 35 Deluxe tractor he's restoring!
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posted by Alterscape
on May 13, 2007 -
5 answers
I have a couple of intricately beaded African ceremonial sashes, ca. 1960, that need cleaning (desperately! profoundly!), but I can't afford professional art restoration at this time, and don't trust non-specialists to clean them. Can I (should I?) try to do something (anything?) on my own?
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posted by taz
on Apr 25, 2007 -
8 answers
I have a bunch of wooden casing moldings around the interior doors of our Washington, DC home, and over the past 75 to 100 years, they've taken quite a beating. I'd love to slowly replace the worst of them with identical moldings, but despite a pretty exhaustive search on my own, I can't find anyone who still carries anything with the same profile. Does anyone have any tips for molding manufacturers/sellers that have good variety, especially of moldings that are accurate to the turn-of-the-century period?
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posted by delfuego
on Apr 13, 2007 -
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