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Dell Studio XPS Factory restore
I have a Dell Studio XPS 1645. I want to perform a System Restore to the Factory Settings. I want a clean restore, and the software tells me that all my data will be deleted. Does this apply to ALL my ...
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Remote restore gz mysql database
I tried
$> ssh root@ip "gunzip < [backupfile.sql.gz] | \
mysql -u [uname] -p[pass] [dbname]"`
but get the error:
ERROR 1044 (42000) at line 42: Access denied for user '[uname]'@'%'
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Old Windows server 2000 won't boot
I have a very specific problem. A client of mine has an old server that has some very old software that cannot be re-installed (or maybe it can? I can read from the drive when mounted to another ...
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I have a drive that is 750 GB's, It is my media drive. I wanted to know how much restore space I should allow for it [closed]
I have a drive that is 750 GB's, It is my media drive. It contains all my songs , movies , pictures and so on. It is a separate drive than the rest. It has 250 GB of used disk space. I wanted to know ...
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WAMPstack (BITNAMI) Mysql not working anymore
Ok, I'm in big trouble. On my computer I have bitnami WAMPstack installed. And today my MySQL stopped working. I changed nothing really. The service just stops by itself. If I restart the service ...
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How should I restore Windows 7 using shadow copies?
I had some rogue or poorly-written software execute the equivalent of CTRL+A -> SHIFT+DEL on my C: drive right after a reboot required by a driver install. Every file that hadn't been running and ...
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Saved file1 into file2, how to rescue original file2?
That is the question, accidentaly saved empty file into a good file. It was an adobe illustrator project.
Is there any way to get it back?
I'm on Os X.
Thank you!
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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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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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Treating two windows as if they were one for minimization and restoration purposes
There are some programs that I use that naturally fit into two windows side by side, and work well when I drag them to the sides.
Example:
However, when I am working on a document, I will often ...
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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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Deleting buffalo ministation caused my window 7 to crash
When I deleted the programs related to the buffalo ministation my windows 7 computer crashed. I used the system repair disc and then I ran the system repair, system restore, system image recovery, ...
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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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Switch back to IDE from RAID
I have a RAID configuration on a P8Z68-V LX motherboard. I want to convert back to IDE mode. Will a Windows-7 system image work as a restore when I go back to IDE mode? Or does this system image ...
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linux + Backup & Restore tool for Blade IBM/HP machines
OUR target - Backup & restore tool that can be put on a PXE server so that a client can be booted via network:
I hope that I ask the right question, there are allot of backup & restore tools ...
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How to fix the boot sequence and/or restore a deleted partiotion
I have a computer with a 250GB HD on which there were installed a few operating systems. When the computer boots, I got the GRUB menu with all these Ubuntu installations (about 10 versions - I don't ...
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Which Files located under C:\ are Necessary for Win7 to Boot?
I had my greatest moment of incredible stupidity and deleted all hidden files of the Windows partition, most commonly known as C:\, while running Gnu/Linux. All the directories are intact.
I ...
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Windows 7: User icons in login screen absent after update
After a routine windows update, I restarted and now there are no icons on the login screen. There is nothing to click. It is the same in Safe Mode. I also can't click the keyboard icon at top left, so ...
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Backup Un-Bootable Windows 7 Partition with Ubuntu Live CD, then restore partition to fresh Windows 7
My Windows 7 computer can not get past the Windows 7 Splash Screen, cannot enter safe mode (stops loading at \Windows\system32\DRIVERS\cbvd.sys), cannot be system restored (from restore point), and ...
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Restore fstab.bak backup in Linux Mint
I've tried to used the Storage Device Manager in Linux Mint to try to auto mount a partition on boot, but it didn't work so well.
Now that partition is doing weird things, so I would like to restore ...
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Restoring the Fonts folder by using a restore point
I am an idiot. Who would have thought that installing 2 gigs of fonts would be detrimental to the boot up time for the most common design programs such as adobe illustrator. I would like to restore ...
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I cannot open any old files after restoring Win7 from Win8
I followed the instructions on how to revert to Windows 7 after installing Windows 8, and this worked. My only issue, however, is that I can see the files on my desktop but I cannot open them (e.g. ...
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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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Restore bootmgr on encrypted Windows 7 (truecrypt)
I had Windows 7 and XP on my laptop (win7 had been installed before xp). I encrypted Windows 7 and after that I removed XP. Today truecrypt welcome me with message "bootmgr is missing".
Is it ...
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Re-install Windows 7 to a smaller hard drive on a laptop that I just bought
I just bought a new laptop with Windows 7 pre-intsalled.
It has a 500GB hard drive. I would like to remove this hard drive and then re-install Windows 7 to smaller 256GB SSD that I have.
My issue ...
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Restore Home Folders
I accidently deleted my home folders. Those are:
C:\Users\myname\Downloads
C:\Users\myname\Dokumente
C:\Users\myname\Bilder
C:\Users\myname\Videos
C:\Users\myname\Musik
How can I restore them? I ...
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Add a new partition to Windows [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Partition C disk running Windows 7 in half
I just got a new laptop with 750GB with Windows 7 pre-installed, office and some extra apps for the laptop.
The thing is I ...
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RAID 5 Recovery Reset CMOS and drives show up as 2 Member 4 non-Member
How do you restore a raid array (not part of your C drive) after resetting BIOS and installing a new C (Windows) drive.
My setup: (its a LOT of data, i cannot afford to lose it, most of it is ...
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Need advice on HDD imaging software
I am trying to decide on imaging software.
My system:
Desktop running Vista 64 and 750GB hard drive.
I need to create an image file of this entire disk, including the MBR, and put it on an external ...
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Restoring XP using Linux Live with fdisk tool
I am trying to create a restore a windows operating system using Linux Live.
I have formatted the hard drive using FAT 32 format (mkfs.vfat) command.
I have created the partitions using the fdisk ...
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Windows 7 restore wont recognise backup files
Worm has crashed my PC, somehow got under the kaspersky security? (thats another story)
Completely wiped user accounts and access. Have managed to get back into windows and onto new user account.
But ...
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Restore Windows 7 Libraries links without reinstalling?
i did something rather stupid and now i don't know how to fix my mistake.
i built a new PC with an SSD and a HDD. the SSD is for the system files and most applications, but the HDD is for data. for ...
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OS X Server Snow - how to abort installation process? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
OS X Sever Snow - how to abort installation process?
Here is the story... I wasn't aware that "OS X Server" was an actual operating system to install, I thought ...
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Recover undected existing partitions
Is there anyway of restoring the partitions? They exist and have all data inside (test it with testdisk), they are three (1 linux 2 NTFS). The disk shows as unallocated/not initialized.
I'd like to ...
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Restore a Win7 machine to factory.wim
I have a Dell XPS L702X laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit that was throwing a lot of BSODs and so I reinstalled Windows 7 from the DVD. After this had completed, I noticed that the machine was ...
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Duplicating contents of a VDI file to a larger one?
My overall problem is that I filled my current virtual hard drive, so I want to move everything over to a larger VDI file and boot from that one instead.
If it matters, I have XP host and Crunchbang ...
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System-Wide Undo Operations
Many, if not all applications have undo and redo operations available, but sometimes I want to undo or redo actions I have done outside a program that has affected it.
For instance, say I have ...
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How to restore a previous version of file in Notepad++
I would like to restore a previous version of file that has been saved. My computer has crushed during work on one of the Files in Notepad++. When I started it again it went blank and few days of my ...
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iCloud backup merges or overwrites?
The following happened today (it was six AM my time, so yeah, I was dumb and dropped stitches in this process):
A friend had a problem with her iPhone and needed to reset it. Unfortunately she did ...
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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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How do I reset the factory capacity of harddisks on win7 or ubuntu
I have a 3TB Hitachi HD () which progressively 'lost' displayed capacity to currently just above 740 GB.
Explorer, Installation-DVD and harddisk manager (win7) all agree on this size @ 1.5 billion ...
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Windows system restore prior to truecrypt system encryption?
If I restore my system using Windows restore to a point prior to implementing Truecrypt total disk encryption, will Windows 7 fail to boot due to the fact that the Truecrypt drivers are no longer ...
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HP System Recovery Verification
Is there anyway to verify that the hidden recovery system on a HP computer is in the state expected, or download it from HP?
UPDATE: The context of the request is that while I know nothing about ...
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Alternative to Roxio/Norton GoBack that restores on each reboot
am setting up a PC with Windows 7 for a kid (5 years). It is his first PC so he will be messing with it a lot. In the past I used software such as GoBack (Roxio and Norton) to restore the system to a ...
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How is the computer able to save things before it crashes?
I was under the impression that when a computer has crashed, something went wrong and it can't perform anymore.
I was wondering how is the computer able to save things before it crashes?
Is the ...
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Windows 7 Unable to See VHD Backup Image on External Hard Drive
I created a VHD backup image of my C partition some time ago. I copied this VHD file to my USB external hardrive.
I can successfully attach the VHD file on my USB HDD and explore its content.
Now, ...
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Should Windows 7's built-in image restore really be so slow that it takes DAYS?
When I restore a ~500 GB disk image made with Windows 7's built-in system image tool, it runs for 8-10 hours with very little progress, and even after 3 days it is still only about 30% done.
Why is ...
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Windows kiosk / restore functionality
I have a Windows 7 Professional machine used as a kiosk. However, I want to be able to use Microsoft's system restore to basically restore the machine after each reboot.
I believe this will:
Revert ...
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Is there a way to “Auto-Restore” a Mac on every startup? (OS X Lion)
I have a project where Mac Minis will be used to run different applications. Each Mac Mini will have ONE application that it will ever have to run in its lifetime, and it will have to run it all day ...
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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 ...
