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Robocopy exclude Directories

Just trying to copy everything except a couple of directories from a drive to my NAS This is the secret incantation of robocopy when running in a Power Shell Terminal on Windows 11 robocopy d:\ \\mynas\toggen\DATA\ *.* /XD 'D:\$RECYCLE.BIN' 'D:\.Trash-1000' /E /Z From...

Create a Bootable Windows 11 Installation USB Drive on MACOS

Format the USB using the MacOS Disk Util with MSDOS (FAT) Format and Master Boot Record Scheme Secret sauce https://wimlib.net wmlib-imagex split /Volumes/path/to/sources/install.wim /Volumes/WIN10USB/sources/install.swm Youtube Video...

Synology DS1522+ Link Aggregation with Unifi UDM

Synology Configuration Plug in as many network cables between your Synology and Unifi Switch as you want to be in the bond. Each Network Interface on the Synology will receive an IP address via DHCP from the UDM. Login to your Synology using one of the IP addresses it...

Two companies I’ve had good Service buying Synology devices From

https://www.computeralliance.com.au RS422+ This was a seamless transaction https://www.centrecom.com.au DS1522+ Couldn't supply all the disks I needed and this caused a delay but alls well that ends well. Prices were better than elsewhere (Mwave, Scorptec, Computer...

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