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Can I use Microsoft SyncToy to auto-backup my drives without me taking action?
Can I use Microsoft SyncToy to backup my drives without me taking action? I want to to back up often, like every 30 minutes.
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RunDLL ~$WT.FAT error when accessing HDD
I can't access my hard drive. When I try to do it, I get the following error:
RUnDLL, there was a problem starting ~$WT.FAT The specified module could not be found.
My computer was infected with ...
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Can an external backup drive became uninitialized on its own?
I have a brand new Toshiba 3Tb external that I used once to store by back-ups while I gave my computer a clean state, (after a couple years she was starting to lag.) After backing up, I tested the ...
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What is the exact capacity of 1000GB HDD?
1 GiB = 1024 * 1024 * 1024 bytes
1 GB = 1000 * 1000 * 1000 bytes
That is easy!
I don't want to talk about this!
I have laptop which should have (according to seller) 1000 GB. That is 1000 000 000 ...
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Replicate Windows 7 Backups
Like many users, I'm cautious about losing data. My primary drive uses the built-in backup utility in Windows 7 to backup onto a pair of larger mirrored drives. I want to a way to automatically ...
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Memeo Instant Backup from external drive to local drive
I just got a Seagate GoFlex external drive and would like to do something which is the opposite of what most people do: I'd like to do periodic backups from the external drive to the local drive. The ...
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Backup data from a faulty external hard disk
I'm using a 1TB USB 3.0 HDD from Western Digital. Since last month, the hdd has been so slow that it takes almost 30 minutes for my laptop to recognize the device! Opening a folder is a 10 minute ...
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How to automatically take daily HDD backup?
I think my HDD might have crashed. I don't want to lose data if this happens again. I have dual boot Windows/Ubuntu system. What is the best way to backup data and other software settings in Ubuntu? I ...
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Wireless back up speeds
I'm thinking about buying a wireless router with usb capability and attaching an external usb drive to it. This drive would only be used for wireless backups from a Windows 7 machine.
Does anyone ...
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Encrypt Windows 8 file history
File history in Windows 8 is great, but it saves my files on an external drive without any encryption, and stores them using the exact same folder structure as the originals.
If a bad guy gets his ...
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External Harddisk back up
I have a seagate external 1 tb external hard disk. It's USB doesnt work properly, whenever i plug in it takes time and lots of efforts to detect. Once it connects it doesnt copy the files and ...
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What storage device is commonly used to keep backups? [closed]
I think I'm out dated on this. Back in the bad old days I would back everything up to CDs. Then I used an external hard drive. What do people use these days? I'm considering purchasing a USB 3 ...
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Use Windows 7 offline sync with external usb hd
Yeah, truly the whole question in the header. Is there a way to use Windows 7 offline sync (which we know from network mapped drives) with a external usb hd?
When not, are there similar built in ...
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Creating multiple factory images on one external hard drive
What is the best way, or should I say most logical way, to create multiple factory images of different PCs on one external hard drive? The company I work for, we order multiple computers each month to ...
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Partition Recovery for files corruption
I was using SOny Vegas pro the other day, using videos directly from y HDD, a 2To Western Digital My Book External Drive, when the software suddenly crashed ... and the HDD too ...
So, I'm now trying ...
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Effective system to backup this setup? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
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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Ways to recover data from external hard drive
I use an external hard disk for backup of my mac with time machine (OS 10.5.8).
I have made something wrong and I have found important folders in the recycler bin. These folders come from external ...
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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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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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Are USB hard drives really reliable enough to backup to?
I've been reading about backup solutions and have come across a number of people saying they use a USB external hard drive as part or all of their backup solution.
Are USB hard drives really ...
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Best way to encrypt 100GB+ of data
I have an external hard drive with a couple hundred gigabytes of backups (music, photos, video, etc). I want someone I know to back it up on their hard drive, but I want to password protect my files ...
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Recover overwritten external hard-drive
I had some data in my external hard drive (eHD), and performed a dd to backup my ubuntu filesystem onto the eHD.
I thought it would maintain the data that was previously there, plus the backup.
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Keep connection to external HDD alive on Mac OSX
Currently I have an external hdd connected to my Mac Mini and (as a temporary measure) we are backing this up to Dropbox using a Symbolic Link. This works fine but the main problem is when the ...
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What is a good software for periodic backups on Windows? [duplicate]
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Back-up software for vista
I just ditched Nero's backup utility because of it being incredibly bad and clumsy.
Does anybody know of a good solution for periodic backups ...
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Windows 7 Backup & Restore makes backup of external hard drive partition although unchecked in backup settings
I ran into a strange problem with Windows 7 Backup & Restore.
I've got the following setup:
Internal ssd with c: (system), 80GB
Internal hard drive e: (data), 320GB, 100GB used
External hard ...
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Using DD-WRT and a network storage in my router's USB port for backup - feasible?
I'm planning in creating a backup storage, via rsync and SSH for all machines at home, using my new router that has an USB port (It's a TP-Link Tl-WR1043ND). I'm not planning to create a full-blown ...
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Windows 7 won't recognize backup set can I script extracting the files in some other way?
The Windows 7 Backup/Restore created multiple backup sets and I was able to restore the oldest version, but not the most recent, which is not seen by the application.
I do see all of the zip files ...
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Backing Up Whole System Partition Onto External Source That Will Be Used As Spare System Partition
I am not talking about backing up to 1 file. I am talking about making exact copy of system partition on auxiliary external source that will be used as direct boot and not restoration source in case ...
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How much time until an unused hard drive loses its data?
Do you guys know how much time needs to pass until the data stored on a hard drive starts to degrade?
To keep the data intact for long periods of time, I heard you need to periodically rewrite it on ...
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Mac - External hard drive backups
I have two external hard drives, WD 320GB and a WD 1TB.
I would like to backup my WD 320GB on a regular basis. Please could you inform me of a good application which could provide these needs:
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MacBook Pro not recognizing external HDD
My hard drive is about to flake out, and I'm trying to back everything up before it dies. However, it is now not recognizing my LaCie external hard drive. I can see the drive in Disk Utility, and I ...
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SimpleBackUp with multiple hard drives
I have a lot of hard drives from old computers (6-7 years old). i want to get an external enclosure with USB 3.0 and use them for back up.
To my understanding SimpleBackup copies everything the first ...
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How to backup on a external hard drive that is not always connected?
I am looking for a backup software that detects if my USB-Hard drive is connected and then starts a backup.
Windows 7 can backup on external hard drive, but if the hard drive is not connected it just ...
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if i have two external hard drives connected to my computer by USB (2.0 i think) will they load with consistent letters?
(I'm using windows-7 and the hard drives are western digital with whatever formatting they came with from the factory)
i'm thinking of setting up two different back-ups one through windows and one ...
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faster dd backup by differential copy
im looking to use dd to back up my whole hard drive regularly but it takes around 1.5 hours and want to know if there is a faster way to back up.
possibly just by updating the bytes which are ...
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Mac Time Machine drive is “too small” or “permanately damaged”?
I have a 80gb HD in my Mac Mini... but only about 30gb of it is in use. I thought an old 60gb HD would be MORE than enough space. (Since I don't need to keep many duplicate copies of old files. ...
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Backing up external drives
I have a WD 320GB external drive and a WD 1TB external drive. I would like to backup my 320GB on a regular basis. I have tried using the built in compressor in mac, but that fails saying unable to ...
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turn off esata hard drive like mac
I'm running Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit, i have a eSata hard drive for backups, is there a way for it to function like Time Machine does, and turn the drive on and off for the backups?
I'm not ...
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Can External Hard Drives be Permanently Mounted for Routine Backing Up?
I have a couple external hard drives I use for backing up data. The way I use them is simply keep them stored until needed, and then I plug them in, let them get recognized and then backup data... I ...
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Format external HDD to NTFS
I've just bought 2 TB HDD to be able to backup my desktop and laptop. I will have some files bigger then 4 GB, and I'll use it on at least 2 computers for backup.
Is there any downside to format ...
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Can I resume backing up in Time Machine on my Mac?
I'm in the process right now of creating a backup in Time Machine, but I don't think I have enough time to fully make the back up.
If I cancel now (Press the little X button next to the "Backing up x ...
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Internal or external drive for backup?
I've got a spare drive, and thinking about using it to keep as an internal bootable backup to replace my current external bootable backup. It would free up an external drive, and a usb port.
Is there ...
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Volume formatting for network backup using Macs and PCs
I'm trying to use a LaCie 2TB drive as an AirPort drive, for backup on a home network. We have one mac and two PC laptops.
My plan is to create a Mac partition and a Windows partition. However, Disk ...
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How to configure Time Machine to also backup an connected external hard drive?
I've inserted a sweet SSD into my MacBook Pro, but it had limited space. So I had to export 60 GB of Data to an external hard drive. But now, when I run TimeMachine to backup my stuff, of course it ...
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How could I copy my laptop's hard drive onto an external drive or separate computer without booting into the OS?
My laptop's video card is dead, and while the Apple store says they'll give me a replacement, I'd like to grab some things from my hard drive before I take it in. Is there some way I could connect my ...
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How to backup iTunes on Windows to folder/share, i.e. without “Back Up to Disc”? No DVD writer available!
(Surprised I didn't already find an answer here to this!)
I've got a computer on which I'd like to back up the iTunes library – music, movies, apps, everything. We're talking multiple ...
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please help archiving and backing up to an external hard drive
Firstly I know nothing about computers so please bear with me. I have been searching Google but am now mega confused.
I have just bought a WD external harddrive 1TB to backup my Windows PC and store ...
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What is the quickest reliable way to backup a NAS drive to a USB drive?
How would you backup 600+ GB of data on a NAS (Network-Attached Storage) drive to a USB external drive?
The NAS drive does not contain mission critical data nonetheless I wish to make weekly copies ...
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Windows Boot disc to save files?
Somehow after updating my legit windows 7 OS with no pirated or mod software on my PC i was welcome to a black screen. I popped in my ghost disc and copied the files i need to an external HD. IIRC ...
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Best way to use my windows box as a backup?
I put a 1.5 TB HD in my Windows 7 box and my main computer is a MBP. I have a lot of professional files/folders in a FireWire 800 external HD connected to the MBP and I want to use the 1.5 TB HD in my ...
