Why is the Lenovo Touchpad Driver always Broken?

The Lenovo Touchpad driver has had a problem for years and it never seems to really get fixed. Turn off "tapping" and then reboot the system. Most of the time "tapping" is re-enabled; not what the user would want or expect. Sometimes it reboots and is actually still disabled; but the user never knows what state it will be in after the reboot. This is really annoying for those of us who need "tapping" always disabled. And yet, Lenovo engineers never appear to be able to fix the problem. This doesn't appear to be a "rocket science" type of problem. Makes you wonder...

An Unanswered Open Letter to Geoff Barrall of Drobo Inc.

9/8/2013 update: This post was originally written to Tom Buiocchi who was CEO at the time. It is now addressed to Geoff Barrall who is again CEO of Drobo Inc.

Hi Geoff,

Below is a direct quote from your support knowledge base. It is the one thing that continues to keep me awake at night! My understanding is that for a network attached Drobo, like the FS, that there is NO way to protect against File deletion. If all of my high level folders (12) were deleted, then TBs of data would be permanently lost.

This, no matter how you look at it, flies in the face of having a Drobo in the first place. A quote from your overview page: “…so you get the data protection you need along with the speed and interface you want.”

This isn’t a lot of data protection when all of the data can be so easily destroyed. Windows has spent considerable effort in file/folder level permission, trash cans, shadow copies etc to help users protect their data. But you dismiss this with a glib “we didn’t design it to protect against that”. But let me tell you that there is NO comfort in your lack of design!

Your users pay for and deserve these basic protections. They urgently need full windows permissions, a Drobo homed trash can, and automatic file versions (aka system protection).

Sincerely,

Jon

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Is there any way to recover a folder that I accidentally deleted on my Drobo storage device which I access over a network from my PC?

Answer ID 312   |    Updated 02/10/2010 10:36 AM

Unfortunately, while Drobo devices are designed to provide data protection from hardware failure, they do not protect against files intentionally (or accidentally) deleted by users over a network. So, unless you have duplicates or backups of those files, they may be permanently lost. The following Microsoft technical article may provide a solution to your problem if you are on a network: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc787329.aspx.

Note that if a Drobo device is directly connected to a host computer, rather than via a network, you should be able to recover deleted data from the Recycle Bin or Trash in normal fashion, just as you would with other drives.

Thinkpad X230, T240... Buyer Beware

- 6 row island keyboard; not 7 row professional keyboard
  separate microphone, volume up/down, ThinkVantage keys gone
- poor keyboard rearrangement
- no dual set of mouse click buttons
- no thinklight; just backlit keyboard
- Bluetooth status gone
- dark gray vs black finish

Keyboard
- smile shaped keys; so was the prior keyboard?
- larger forgiveness zone between keys; again...was it a problem?
- 30% larger keyboard surface but beveled edges gone
- soft landing mechanism; the prior version worked just fine
- 25% larger mouse pad; nice but the prior version worked just fine
- shiny keys vs matte finish
- application key replaced by PrtSc
- medium ESC key vs large
- numeric keypad/NmLk gone
- medium Delete key vs large
- PrtSc/SysRq, ScrLk/NmLk, Pause/Break gone
- raise/lower brightness moved to F8, F9 from Home/End
- reverse, play/pause, fast forward moved to F10-F12 from cursor pad
- stop key gone
- switch display gone
- hibernate gone
- almost undetectable F and J key index bumps
- thinkvantage key black; not blue or identified


Clearly Lenovo doesn't get it. Oh that's right, cheaper keyboard -- more profit.
They keep going backwards...very sad.