Full backup: back up everything Differential backup: back up things that changed since the last back up.
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One RAID 0 drive at risk - can I back up data to the other drive?
I have a RAID 0 array with two 1TB hard drives. The RAID build came with the PC. I didn't set it up. Last week I started getting "Drive 1 at risk" message in the Intel Rapid Storage Technology ...
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Prevent data corruption when using dropbox
So i have a backup system running that basically stores all files in Dropbox using encfs. (In addition i do a nightly rsync of the complete Dropbox folder to Amazon S3). I'm quite happy with that ...
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Can I use Acronis to create and sync a mirror of my main drive?
Having had a complete disk failure the other day, and spending two days getting everything back to normal (read: i had backups of data, but re-installing apps and a million little configs were the ...
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remote backup FreeNAS and photos on OS X Lion
I've built a NAS for my home backups using FreeNAS 8 with 5 HDs and RAIDZ1. Everything works great except I haven't yet figured out a long term solution for handling my photos.
Currently I'm ...
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Hard drive size 'loss' using EXT3 Filesystem
We have an Ubuntu backup server with removeable hard drives in caddys.
They are standard IDE/PATA, it came to light that although the drives in the caddys are 160GB in size they where only ...
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rsnapshot stalled backup
Some months ago, I've installed rsnapshot on my local home-server in order to back up all clients in my home network. Since these clients aren't 24/7 online, rsnapshot does a lot of "roll-backs" of ...
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Backing up Mac OSX to Windows/Samba share
This should not be this hard ... is there an easy way to back up a mac to a windows share?
so far, I've tried the suggestions here, but am getting error:
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Restoring an Windows system image to a smaller drive
I recently had two 320GB HDDs on Raid 0 running on my main computer, and decided to split it in order to use one of the HDDs on another computer.
A windows system image of about 150GB was made on a ...
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what is the difference between rsnapshot and rdiffbackup?
What is the difference between rsnapshot and rdiffbackup?
Which is better for backing up a new snapshot of my laptop (over the Internet from some remote location) to my server (which already has the ...
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Software for making a backup of a offline harddisk
As a computer technician, I'm allways on the search for software which can make my work a little faster and more efficient.
Does anyone know software to make a backup of a mounted drive (as in ...
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Deploy / sync files with automatic archive of files to replace
Is there a Windows application that can deploy files from one location to another, but also move away the files that are to be replaced at the destination, into an archive location?
Example scenario: ...
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How do you manage/handle backed up Media?
I have started a procedure, where I backup my media (several servers, lots of TB) onto backup tapes.
These tapes are stored off site.
The issue I see is: how do I manage which tapes I need to order ...
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Is there any freeware software to ghost a RAID 1 disk?
Where I can find freeware software to ghost a RAID 1 disk?
I installed Windows XP on a Dell server with a supported RAID card. I tried to ghost it using FOG project, but I think it doesn't support ...
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using setfacl to give access to another user without giving access to a group
I have a user that I use for backup, and I use setfacl to give that user access to files. However, setfacl changes the base ACL entry for group and some applications require that the base ACL entry ...
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rsync: archiving over ssh
I'd like to use rsync to regularly archive a local directory containing upwards of 4G of data, using a low-privileges user account on a remote machine that has write access to only the backup ...
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Do I need to partition my external harddrive to use for both PC and Mac backups?
I have a Buffalo HD-CEU2 1TB external hard drive. I want to use it to back up my Mac and a Windows machine. If possible I would like to use the Time Machine software on my Mac to do this and just use ...
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Find modified files from rsync backup script
I'm using rsync on my Ububtu Linux server to take a time machine like backup of the system. Every hour, a cronjob runs the following script (partial excerpt):
rsync -a --link-dest=/backup/current ...
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Can Time Capsule make multiple disk images?
A simple question. Does the Time Capsule allow you to make multiple disk images for the same computer? I am thinking about getting a Time Capsule. It is not that I care much about backup it is just ...
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Does built in Windows 7 backup handle paths > 256 chars?
Does built in Windows 7 backup handle paths > 256 chars ?
I'm doing NTFS to NTFS backup using Cobain, from external drive to external drive, and it's simply NOT backing up those files that have ...
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Are programs also included in Windows 7 Backups?
The included backup mechanism that comes with windows 7 seems pretty nice and stays out of your way.
But does anyone know if programs are also included in the backup? That is if my hard drive dies ...
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Backup contents of a USB drive on Fedora
So this is starting to bug me, but I can't find a nice tutorial on how to backup all the contents of a usb drive in Fedora. When I open up the drive, it has 1.4 GB used but only 100 Kb split between ...
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Best online backup solution [closed]
I am getting tired of my external harddrives breaking, and would like to start backing up my computer online. It would be nice if it did this automatically every month or so, and it would be great if ...
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Downloading Images From a Colorspace UDMA to Lightroom Running Under Mac OSX Lion
Any advice on how to download images from this device (Hyperdrive Colorspace UDMA) to Lightroom in Mac appreciated. The images are present in the Colorspace device, but looks like the Mac is not ...
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How to add a (windows readable) backup disk to Netgear ReadyNAS?
So we have this ReadyNAS appliance with 2x1TB disks in Netgear X-RAID (read: mirrored), two empty disk bays and all three usb ports unused.
We'd like to add another 1TB disk to the NAS and schedule ...
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Backup Windows to Server
I have a server running Windows Server 2008 R2. Is there a way for me to back up my PCs to my server so that they can be recovered completely by the server?
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Keeping OEM software after reinstalling OS (Toshiba NB550D)
Ok, this is a problem i've had acouple of times over the years with laptops (But made worse by current trend of not giving CD's with computer, and instead have harddrive partitions with just a ...
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Living outside the cloud [closed]
[EDIT - to simplify and focus the question]
I want to reduce dependencies on cloud solutions for email, feed reading, backup, file sharing, etc. What desktop apps (or locally-hosted web apps) can ...
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IMAP and server data loss: what happens?
I know that when using IMAP, changes made locally in your email client(s) are reflected onto the server, and vice versa. So if you delete an email in your email provider's webmail, it'll no longer ...
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How to create snapshots of your server for backup in Cent OS 5
I'm making the move from VPS to Dedicate server. Unfortunately, most dedicated servers do not provide server backups like managed VPS's do and I really like the piece of mind of having a backup of all ...
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2answers
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Renaming or deleting files in backed up location
I have set up a backup on Windows 7. The problem is that when I delete or rename a file in a backup, then the information about deletion or renaming is not backed up. So when I run restoration, all ...
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1answer
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Encrypted Time Machine backups in Lion
I have an external drive that already has some stuff in it. It also has a lot of space left (twice as much as the data currently in use on my local drive), which is why I'm thinking about turning on ...
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1answer
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How can I backup my Debian VPS to my local Windows Server?
I've just set up my VPS (Debian 6) and configured everything nicely and I now want to get a backup in place. I have a Windows 2008 server running at home that I would like to use if possible. Is there ...
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Can I create a rescue DVD with an image created with Macrium backup
I have installed Macrium software free edition.
I have created an image file 3GB in size. I want to store the rescue media and Image file on ONE DVD.
How can I do that?
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Cheap Back up solutions with a public API
I am looking for relatively cheap mass storage solutions like http://www.backblaze.com/ that has a public API.
We are currently using S3 but need to lower the costs. This content will not be ...
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What is a good way to back up 20GB of photos? [closed]
I am considering loading the photos to a hard disk. However, if I lose the hard disk, then I lose all the photos.
Is there a web application that allows for efficient and reliable storage of so many ...
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Looking to backup content from online class [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I download an entire website?
Basically, I took an online class, and now I want to spider the content, and back it up locally. Any Suggestions on ...
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How to setup anonymous FTP for file upload
I want to have a FTP server setup that allows clients to upload large files (2GB+ database dumps) by SFTP. The important point is that I want clients to log into the server with a single username and ...
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How is WHS 2011 handling backups of a mirrored drive (RAID-1)?
I have Windows Home Server 2011 automatically backing up my PC.
The relevant specifications are that my 500GB system drive is a software mirror and my PC is running Windows 7 Ultimate SP1.
I expected ...
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Are Blu-Ray recordable disks reliable and cost-effective for backups and data storage?
I'm considering moving from DVD-Rs to Blu-Ray Recordable disks to backup my data. I don't have any experience with BD-Rs as of yet, though, and I wonder if it's worth it or I should wait another year ...
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Understanding Backup Media Set and Jobs in BackupExec 2010
I am learning all the backup world now, I am trying to figure out how does the Media Set idea works in BackupExec 2010, and its relation to the Data it backs up.
From what I understand:
A Media set ...
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Backing up files from an older Ipod (60G) - Photos are not being copied
My wife's computer died. Her ipod lives. It hadn't been used for some time It's an older 60G (thick case). I am trying to copy all files from the Ipod to the PC. I tried several programs, including a ...
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Why Can't I run a FreeFileSync batch file as Administrator?
I've created a FreeFileSync batch script with options that will preserve file permissions, this requires the script to be run with Administrative Privileges. I can't find an obvious way to run the ...
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1answer
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How to login a user with decrypted FileVault home directory?
I'm using OSX Snow Leopard and a FileVault protected home directory for my user. To backup my HDD I make a live rsync backup of a whole filesystem to external drive:
rsync [parameters] / ...
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What settings can I change in virtualized XP and W7 to minimise unnecessary image file differential size
I have several virtualized instances of XP and W7 on KVM, and each week I take an LVM snapshot of the qcow2 file and rsync it to a remote site. I'd like to reduce my bandwidth usage if possible - what ...
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1answer
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Is there a way to encrypt a mounted file system for off-site backup?
I want to efficiently back up an encrypted copy of my hard drive. I am currently using rsync to backup an unencrypted copy, and I find it quite efficient.
I looked at duplicity and rsyncrypto, but ...
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What is the alternative to Windows 7's Backup and Restore? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
What backup software for Windows?
I purchased Windows 7 Ultimate because it was supposed to have better software/utilities vs. Home version. It did have a BitLocker that ...
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1answer
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How to transfer a Time Machine to an NTFS partition (or how to copy HFS+ hard links)
Do you know a way to copy HFS+ hard links to a folder on a HFS+ or NTFS drive?
Before you say it can't be done, I don't want actual backing up functionality of Time Machine, just the ability to ...
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How can I copy a “*.img” image to a hard disc partition so that it will be bootable?
There is an option for doing it from a Mac using Disk Utility; but at the moment I don't have a Mac. So how do I do it using Windows or linux?
And how do I copy a *.iso image to a hard disc ...
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Same file, different file size
I made a backup from my FTP server, with lftp and Transmit (Mac app). Everything is fine, but there is a different in file size for 1-2 files, but they are identical.
First file:
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how to set a backup before update?
I just installed fresh CentOS and i found couple updates using yum check-updates. The questions are:
1. How can I do backups for all the files on each update? For example, rpm or udev.
I tried ...
