A backup is where you make a copy, or copies, of data, settings, preferences and other such information that would allow you to restore to the original state in the event of a data loss. It's also used for archival and historical retention. Backup methods Full - back up everything Differential - ...
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New type of backup system
I'm currently using Windows based backup system. However, I would like something that makes accessing files easier so I can access files individuality and restore them and not have them all locked up ...
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iphone upgrade 3.1.2 to 5.1.1 lost all messages and notes [closed]
I just upgraded an iphone 3gs from 3.1.2 to 5.1.1 and it properly updated the firmware then at the end tried to restore the data.
While restoring it kept prompting me for a password which I don't have ...
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Using an encrypted external disk to restore windows backups (system image)
I have an external hard disk that I have encrypted it using windows
bitLocker
and I have made a backup of windows 7 using system image in
windows backup and restore and saved it to that hard disk.
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Using the link command to keep backups on another drive
I have a folder that contains a not so large amount of space called /data/backup.
I have been told that if I link that folder (/data/backup) to an even bigger folder area like /bigdata/backup for ...
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Automatic Backup of Open Google Chrome Tabs Upon Crash
Are there any chrome extensions or scripts out there that periodically saves your open tabs, even upon a crash?
If not, would it be possible to make an autoIt script to do so?
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Time Machine + WD my book studio 1 tb
Situation
iMac 27" metà 2011
Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4
WD my book studio 1 tb
it's been 3 weeks of problems with my time machine, every time i want to overcome the problem i've to delete the last backup ...
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How much space is required to keep a backup of 500 GB of data
How much space will be required to keep a backup of 500 GB of data.
Is there any standard way to find an answer for this question?
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How to backup my Windows Mobile 6 device from PC?
It was an option in ActiveSync previously which is now gone -- to backup all device content into file on connected PC. Please, recommend software, which can do this with WM6 and Windows Mobile Device ...
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Windows Server Config Management
I am looking for software for Windows server that a system admin would be able to use. It would need to backup windows configs (DNS,DHCP etc) and store them for easy access. Change management would be ...
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MySQL - Avoid table locks during backup
I am running nightly backups on my server using mysqldump. Unfortunately that pretty much kills my site for half an hour or so every night, since the tables are getting locked during the backup.
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How to enable Windows 8 File History for all files?
Windows 2008 and Windows 7 had Previous Versions feature which consisted in keeping the previous versions of files and allowed the user to restore them or copy the previous versions to a different ...
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Amazon s3 as backup and remote file access [closed]
Looking to use Amazon s3 as storage backup and remote file access.
What are any pitfalls I should be aware of?
Any comparisons between Cloudberry and Dragon Disk as a backup client?
And has anyone ...
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How do you backup your computer? How do you keep a record of everything? [closed]
How do you backup your computer? How do you keep track of:
productivity software
installed languages
databases
files (media, documents)
code
plugins
passwords
online accounts
etc...
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Merge incremental backups created by tar -g
(forgive my poor English. I'm not native)
As is known, I can make incremental backups using tar:
tar -g testbk -cvpf test0.tar test
(After test/ is modifyed...)
tar -g testbk -cvpf test1.tar test
...
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Windows XP Backup [closed]
How does the Windows XP Backup Utility work?
Does it just backup files? Does it backup the entire system?
How does restore work? Do you restore the file and it restores the entire system settings and ...
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Tar backup with progress bar
I would like to add a progress bar to my tar backup command. I found out that bar should be able to do this, but I am unable to figure out the correct command.
sudo tar pzcf - /media/data | bar > ...
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Backing up Nokia 6300 phone
Nokia's own Ovi Suite is glittering piece of designer's wet dream - full of custom widgets, animated logos, sliding screens and zero functionality. After banging my head on famous "suite is busy" ...
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2answers
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How do i install a remaster sys backup of a cli only ubuntu install to a hard drive
I'm currently in the process of migrating a system that runs a minimal install of ubuntu 10.04 from the system it was on to a VM. The approach i'm taking is to run remastersys to create a bootable ...
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Backing up Windows XP Files
Scenario system crash. I've decided it's going to just be easier to run and restore from a system disk then trying to reload backups should say a disk failure(after all the system backups are stored ...
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2answers
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Any disadvantages to using Google Drive for personal backups? [closed]
I'm currently using Mozy for offsite backups of my personal files. I can get more space for the same money with Google Drive, and there are additional advantages (such as sharing files), but do you ...
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4answers
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RAID 1 on 2 external HDDs
I have an Ubuntu 12.04 server based on my old laptop. It's HDD (160 GB) is too small for the file storage I need, so I'd like to attach a couple of external HDDs to it (through USB ports). The data ...
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1answer
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Why does rsnapshot not back up /var/lib/mysql/*?
In rsnapshot's config file I added /var/lib/mysql/ as another source directory to back up.
But rsnapshot does not back it up. Why?
/var/log/rsnapshot does not list a relevant warning.
The owner of ...
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1answer
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How can I copy my Windows installation to a smaller HDD?
I'm almost certain my "new" hard drive I bought last August is the cause of constant BSODs. I've re installed Windows and they keep happening, so...
I have a smaller hard drive (320gb vs the "new" ...
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How do I clean Windows 7 backup catalog
I've got WindowsImageBackup catalog which takes up 900GB on my hard drive, of which System Image takes 823 GB. This becomes a problem as it takes nearly half of my data drive.
I'm using "Keep only ...
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windows 7 back up defaults to system 32 folder
I am trying to back up my laptop (to an external hd).
I select 'Back up your computer' under Control Panel/System & Security.
A new windows opens up called 'Back up and restore your files' which ...
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Scheduled Personal Software Audit / Inventory
Im trying to be very pro-active with getting a good backup now as my entire digital life as it were is on my laptop inc music etc.
I currently take a USB drive backup and an online backup, however i ...
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Copying from WHS 2011 backup very slow
I'm setting up a new computer to replace one of my old ones, and part of doing so is extracting my Home folder from a backup I made just before wiping the old one. However, copying from the mounted ...
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1answer
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Copying/backing up data from an encrypted hard drive while connected via USB
I need to be able to create a copy or backup of a hard drive that I have connected via USB -> SATA. The hard drive is from a MacBook Pro and it appears to be fully encrypted (disk management says the ...
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3answers
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what is the best backup solution for 400GB? [closed]
I currently am using a 500GB external hard drive for backup. A friend's external hard drive recently crashed so I wanted to verify if i can come up with a more secure backup solution. I have about ...
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2answers
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Rsync statistics number of files
I'm using rsync with -vrlHh --delete --stats --force options to mirror two directories.
The first directory is the source and it's my external hd, the destination directory is empty because I've just ...
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Time Capsule backup using Netgear ReadyNas
I work at a small company who have had the backup done to a Time Capsule device, but since a Time Capsule device is not raided in any way they bought in a ReadyNas Duo Ultra with 2x2tb hdd:s.
Since ...
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How to back up OS and application preferences on Mac OS X Lion for reinstalling?
The title pretty much says it all. I'm happy to copy folders, or use a utility. I know a lot of preferences are kept in ~/user/Library/Application Support.
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how to restore email from only a full website backup?
I am in a helpless position right now.. Till last month, I was hosting my website and email accounts with hostgator and everything was going fine till I decided to switch hosting for some services ...
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Recover files deleted from Windows 7 with no backup
I accidentally deleted important files, for which I do not have a backup. My thesis files worth four years of sweat is gone and when I tried to go back to a "previous versions" I get the message:
...
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2answers
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Can I restore a Windows backup on Ubuntu?
I have a laptop running Windows 7, but now I want to use Ubuntu, so I need to transfer my data to Ubuntu.
I have backup of all my important stuff made with the backup and restore utility provided ...
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Time machine to perform back up once per day instead of hourly [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Change Frequency of Time Machine Backups?
I use OS X Lion and have an external hard disk where time machine backs up data several times per day. I wonder how could I ...
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Windows 7 back up creating one large backup set--not incremental. Space now full
For the last year I've been doing backups on a regular basis. But, the only backup set displayed is from 3/12/2011 - 3/10/2012. That is, there is one large backup set. After trying to run manually ...
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Backup Exec - Overwrite policy
Hopefully some people here have some experience with BE 2010! Essentially we have a 1.8TB drive which is large enough to store 5 full backups - but we backup from Mon to Sat at 23:00 so 6 backups a ...
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Git to keep snapshots of a full Windows environment?
Is it possible/convenient to use Git to keep snapshots of a full computer running Windows?
I wonder if it could use simple Git branching to jump from one state to another and have different ...
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2answers
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Backup extensions, bookmarks and other customizations from Google Chrome
I am reinstalling my OS and I would like to keep the list of installed extensions, bookmarks and other customizations in my Google Chrome browser.
How can I re-create the setup on the new system?
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Did you finally find a solution to backup the specific emails on Gmail? I need to do that (lawsuit) [closed]
I read your question with interest and I wondered if you could finally find a solution to that. I too need to provide a full copy of specific emails to a lawyer and they need to be originals (the ...
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3answers
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What is the preferrable way to archive a private DVD collection?
The problem: a big collection (about 100 DVDs) of old home videos which have been burned to DVDs. Some of them are already damaged and are barely playable (often depending on the used DVD player).
...
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ESXi 4.1 Do i need backup vmfs metadata files
I've done a backup of the content of my datastore in order to move it from RAID 0 to RAID 5.
I've backup every files except vmfs file (.fbb.sf, .fdc.sf, .pbc.sf, .sbc.sf, .vh.sf).
Do i need those ...
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1answer
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Backup virtual machines from VMware ESXi 5 to network storage
I'd like to be able to create snapshots of the VMs on my VMware ESXi 5 server, which can be saved on external network storage. The solution should be free.
I already found Trilead VM Explorer, but ...
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1answer
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Trying to restore Library files from backup made with Windows7
I wish I knew this before I backed up my info and restored my laptop but, here I am. I back up my info using windows backup. I want to restore specific files, NOT ALL OF THEM, I started making my ...
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Identifying a recovered back-up file from ProSoft Data Rescue
I recovered some files from a lost backup using ProSoft Data Rescue for OS X, but without any extension or indication of the filetype.
I've tried the file utility but to no avail, all I get is a ...
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Backup plan for laptops on home network
I'm currently in the making of a backup plan for my 2 laptops (windows 7) to my HTPC (windows 7).
Right now the two laptops is running EaseUs Todo Backup Free with full disk/image backups to my HTPC. ...
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How to get back run history?
How to get back run history in win7? I didn't touch anything from registry, but for some reason my run history doesn't appear any more, it just show blank listbox, so how can i get back options to ...
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Best way to capture a disk state
I'm more of a developer, but I have a Dev Environment I'm creating at home for a personal project.
I want to install Server 2008 R2, SharePoint 2010, VS2010, and then take a snapshot of the hard ...
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Does Service Control Manager support verbose logging?
I'm seeing persisistent errors logged in the System log time a nightly backup process runs:
Event 7005, Service Control Manager. The LoadUserProfile call failed
with the following error: The system ...
