windows home server Some not-so-great news for Windows Home Server fans. It appears that Home Server is still suffering from the same data corruption bug that appeared several months ago. Originally, the problem appeared to be fairly small in nature but as the weeks and months have come and gone, it clearly was much larger than expected. If you look at the Microsoft support page for this bug, the list of applications affected by this problem has been growing larger and larger. At least Microsoft appears to know what  the cause is as the page states:

“This issue may occur because of a recently discovered problem with Windows Home Server shared folders and with certain programs.”

Another interesting piece of information - this problem apparently only affects Windows Home Server systems that have more than one hard disk drive added to the server storage. Ahh.. certainly sounds like a problem with the way files are mirrored across multiple drives (assuming one has set up Home Server to replicate content that way). Then again, the problem could also arise from just having multiple drives be “seen” as a single volume. What do I know?

One thing is for sure.. if Microsoft intends on making Home Server an integral part of a digital living room, they need to isolate and fix this problem right away. I love what the company has to say about this bug:

“Before you store files on a system that is running Windows Home Server, make sure that you have a backup copy of any important program files.”

If I remember correctly, Home Server is how we’re supposed to back up our content and data no? haha ok.. to their credit, Microsoft is referring to the Windows Home Server backup process but I still found the comment humorous.

[Check it out via Daily Tech]

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