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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...
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How can I recover a non-dumped MySQL database from a previous Windows machine?
I recently replaced my Windows machine with a Mac. I backed up the entire hard drive of the Windows machine, but made the terrible mistake of not dumping the MySQL databases.
So I have MySQL up and ...
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Automated Clonezilla like backups?
I have a laptop with two hard drives; one SSD (64gb) and one HDD (750gb). My SSD contains important files and OS (Windows) files.
I would like to store an image of my SSD on my HDD for backup ...
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Backup client for Windows: open source, rsync and VSS
I'm looking for a sync/backup client for Windows with:
Open source license (BSD/GPL)
rsync deltas to a remote rsync server
VSS support
Command line interface is preferred to a GUI.
The less of ...
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Effective system to backup this setup? [closed]
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Software to backup data and files on a Windows computer
I currently have my development environment on a usb hd. It has things like portable xampp, virtualbox with ...
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Windows Backup fails with 0x80070002: “The system cannot find the file specified”
Windows 7 Backup is failing. When backing up even a single insignificant directory (e.g. I chose only the empty "Contacts" directory, leaving all other directories unchecked), I get this error within ...
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How to back up non-standard directories in my user profile with Windows Backup?
I'm using Windows Backup to back up my Win7 Pro laptop. I'd like to use it to back up my complete user profile, but I only see standard profile directories (e.g. C:\Users\JohnstonJ\Documents) in the ...
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Ghost Imaging with a deployment server
I have a server to tinker with and I figure it can be used as a deployment server; as I have multiple pcs at home which don't have ghost software.
My question is - Does anyone know the best ghost ...
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Ubuntu Live CD not seeing windows files
I have booted using an Ubuntu Live CD as my Vista installation hangs after startup, I want to try and copy all files on the drive to an external drive.
The internal drive was partitioned so in vista ...
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Is there a way to backup all my files and replace with 0-byte files with same name?
My main drive on laptop keeps filling up so I take a backup on a USB and delete the original files. But then I find myself getting (downloading or getting from someone else) files that I already have ...
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mac & windows backup solutions - Offsite Backups
Im looking for some advice on a system Im looking to impliment within our company, but so far I have not found an adequate solution too.
I need to provide my users with a way to backup there laptops ...
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Backing up difference in windows system
I have various systems with windows xp installed. After fresh installatios I installed some softwares like visual studio etc. Now lets call this IMAGE1 of the computers.
I give out these pcs to users ...
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Which software can I use for backups? [closed]
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What is a simple home backup software which works with a variety of OSes?
I need software that will take incremental backups of a few folders on my drive and back them ...
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System disk image backup
Looking for poweruser suggestions for incremental system drive backup.
My system is a laptop, and main backup would be a disk at home. Though would also like to "backup/restore on the road".
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Why do I have some “encrypted” files on my Win7 Pro drive
For reasons I can't fathom I appear to have a lot of files on my drive that are considered as encrypted (I just tried to xcopy /s /c /y /d a_dropbox_folder\*.* \\somewhere_on_my_nas_drive\ and got ...
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Fastest way to transfer an mssql database backup from one windows server to another?
Would it be by copying it onto a hard disk or is there a faster way?
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Automated weekly capture of a web page
Looked around for an hour but I'm not getting anyplace quickly.
I want to capture one web page weekly that has prices on it. The site is an auction site for livestock.
The twist here is that the ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Proper way to backup and restore my python installation
I am about to re-install my WinXP. I have Python 2.7.2 installed on it with many standard and third party libraries. I would like to back up the c:/python27 directory before reinstalling the OS, ...
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backup firefox bookmark and other personal files bash script
i am migrating from windows to ubuntu for my personal desktop and i want to know an easy way to backup personal data such as firefox bookmark, personal documents, etc....
in windows i copy everything ...
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How to mirror a hard disk and restore it later without OS installed?
My windoes 7 has been installed on a 128gb SSD drive C:. Unfortunately I screwed some programs that now I require to reinstall windows again.
But before formatting my OS drive I want to make a mirror ...
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Freeware Backup utility - with shadow copy ability?
I search for a free software that can use Shadow Copy.
In XP I can use Cobian, but in Win2008/x64 that Shadow Copy cannot accessable.
With Windows Backup I have problem that I have only one HDD.
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Best backup solution for multiple hard drives?
I've got many hard drives. However I cannot find a decent application to keep two partitions in sync (master-slave).
I've got:
2x 2TB
1x 500GB (USB/External/Portable)
1x 500GB (Boot, Win7)
1x 400GB ...
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Windows backup didn't restore any of my applications
Virtually everything under program files were skipped. I can't start re-installing of my programs. I am currently transferring all the files under program files to a new directory so I can place them ...
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Bootable backup for Windows (7) - Like Super Duper for Mac
Just got an SSD installed on my notebook and as people suggested I want have my bases covered in case it fails and I expect it to fail.
Here is what I have in mind... keep a partition on the main ...
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Windows, same mountpoint for two different Drives
I want to use two different HDD's to making backups. The backups I make with acronis.
So I need a path for the Backup Destination, what have always to be the same, when Drive A is attached and when ...
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How to verify NAS is configured in Windows 2008 Server?
How can I verify that my NAS is configured to backup to my Windows 2008 Server?
I have checked the mount devices on my server using the following command.
diskpart list volume
But I can see there ...
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Rsync and Windows 7
Can someone give me any tips on setting up some sort of Rsync server/client on Windows 7 to run rsync between both my web hosting server, and a backup server that I have running Ubuntu? I've tried ...
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Mounting old home directory from Windows 7 Image
I used dd to create an entire image of my hard drive before I reformatted. Windows 7 was installed. I've mounted that image using OSFMount (which, by the way, works great!). The problem I'm ...
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Backup and Restore Windows on Virtual Machine [closed]
What if I make backup of Windows XP (say, with Acronis) on VMware and store it on shared folders with original Windows and after restore this backup on my Windows XP installed on hard drive? Thanx.
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How do I backup a partition?
I want to backup a partition of my present harddisk to another hard-disk. If I use Windows Backup, it only offers to backup the system drive. I have a partition/drive which contains some precious ...
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FTP backup for Windows 7 that works like iDrive
I am looking for a backup program that has the following features.
Backup to FTP server.
Only backups the changes in the files.
Keeps tracks of file versions, so I can go back in history of each ...
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Windows Batch File that zips files from ftp location? [closed]
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What kind of window's batch file allows zipping of ftp files?
Basically I want to keep backups of my xbmc files on my xbox, that is on the home network.
I already ...
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Hidden Backup HDD
I have a spare HDD in my computer which I use Backup and Restore in Windows Control Panel to backup to automatically. I only want this hard drive for this one feature. How can I hide the Hard Drive so ...
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Windows incremential copy files keeping all versions with datetime in filename
I need to track changes to folders with files like jpg or docx, and make a copy to another folder.
I need to make a copy of the file when it changes, keeping the filename and adding the current ...
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What NAS product / software allows me to securely map a drive letter to Windows 7 over the internet?
I want to put a NAS drive at a relative's house to serve as my offsite backup. Can you suggest a solution:
Not too expensive
Minimum 1TB of storage
NAS must be stand-alone: no help from router ...
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Sleep Computer when Windows Backup completes?
My laptop is set to run weekly backups, but unfortunately it often takes many hours to backup the small drive (for whatever reason). I like to leave it running at night-time while I'm not using it, ...
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Is it possible to restore a Windows 7 installation from a Windows backup?
I bought an HP laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium preinstalled. It has a label with Windows serial number. However a Windows Installation DVD was not provided. I want to repartition the HDD to install ...
