General act of restoring a system to its previous state, also found in "System Restore" for Microsoft Windows
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Restore system settings after windows\systems32\config file corrupt
I have dual boot win xp system (both OS win xp).My Windows XP showed windows\system32\config\"some file" to be missing or corrupt. Without giving a second thought I booted to my working second win xp, ...
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Restore Windows system image on larger partition (Bootcamp)
I'm using Bootcamp to sideload Windows (7 Pro) on MacBook Pro. Current windows partition has not enough free space. I've created a Windows system image using Backup and Restore. I wonder if can I ...
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Windows 8 - automatic repair loop :(
I know that this problem has been reported many times before, BUT so far there has not been a single solution.
So yesterday, I switched off my pc from the main plug (windows 8 32bit pro), today when ...
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System restore always fails on Windows 8
I'm trying to run system restore to go back to a restore points from two weeks ago. I tried running it from windows and running it from the advanced tools repair menu that appears right after launch. ...
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Windows 8 - What all and how should I backup?
So last month my HD crashed and I lost almost everything I had. Now, I keep regular backups. I store everything on the cloud.
For my HD backup, I use an external hard drive and create a system image ...
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Windows 7 PC crashes / stops upon reboot
I have an Hewlett Packard (fairly basic) Windows 7 PC, that crashed (no blue screen, the screen simply went black with no response from any peripherals) and then once the machine is powered off and ...
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Slightly Corrupt Boot Drive - Can't AUTOCHK because I installed software and need to Restore. Can't Restore because the volume needs to be Autochk'd
After solving this Video card problem, on my Windows 7 box, I find myself with a slightly corrupted boot volume. It boots, but wants to run Autochk.
Autochk refuses to run because I've reinstalled my ...
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What user files does System Restore affect?
Microsoft's website states that "System Restore does not affect personal files, such as e-mail, documents". However, they do not define what personal files are.
Today, I installed a new AMD graphics ...
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Moving an OS installation to new hardware? [closed]
When hardware eventually goes bust, it would for my use cases nearly always be the best thing if I could just plug the old harddisk (or, if that one was broken, a new harddisk with the backup disk ...
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Create Windows XP restore partition
I have a computer without CD Drive and use to install windows XP regularly as I am using for my cyber cafe. To make it easily install my window XP I would like to create a restore partition in my ...
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Windows 7 restore - will it remove files in C:/myfolder?
My Windows 7 laptop has developed a problem due to a driver. The laptop will not start (not even in safe mode) - it shows a blue screen and shuts off.
I've tried running StartupRepair which says it ...
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Windows 8 restore
I currently run Windows 7 on my laptop, but it is on the way out and need to purchase a new one. Can I purchase a Windows 8 machine and know that Carbonite will successfully do a full system restore ...
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Would installing Windows 8 be better than System Reset
I'm trying to fix a fairly new windows 8 system, it has crashed from what seemed a windows system corruption. I tried doing a system reset, it worked fine then i gave it back to the owner. Again it is ...
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Restoring Windows 7 from a system image
I am asking now so when the time comes, I can restore from the image on my NAS drive drive.
I have Windows 7 Home Premium, and used the anytime upgrade to upgrade to Windows Professional, for the ...
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Restore partitions from another pc
I have 4 identical HP ProBook 4520s.
They come with an HP recovery partition that resets the OS (Win 7 Professional)
One of these is completely screwed up.
I made with partimage copies of the ...
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Windows 8 - wininet no internet connectivity while online [closed]
I have some weird internet connectivity problem. I'm using WiFi or dial-up connections in my laptop. When I'm connected with internet a few applications reports me 'No internet connectivity' though I ...
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Recovering Windows and/or system restore after faulty driver install
I installed HP's sound driver yesterday and it BSOD-ed my windows and crashed it. System repair didn't help. System restore is corrupted, and startup recovery just says patch is preventing windows ...
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Boot Disk that can Intiate Restore Partition?
I'm working on a Dell Dimension E520 that has a corrupted Windows XP installation:
http://www.dell.com/support/troubleshooting/us/en/19/servicetag/9RXB9C1
Using an Ubuntu Live CD, I was able to ...
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How to downgrade Linux kernel
I have a Linux machine running RHEL3.8 with kernel release 2.4.21-66.ELsmp.
How can I downgrade the Linux kernel to 2.4.21-47.ELsmp?
Second:
About the last kernel upgrade, can we find logs somewhere ...
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Restoring a system image to create a dual-boot machine [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Restore some files out of SystemImageBackup
A while back I added a new SSD to use as a boot drive. After backing up my 1 TB HDD onto an external, I wiped it and now use ...
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Which files to select when doing a Windows 7 system restore from external hard drive?
I have an ASUS computer running Windows 7 Home Premium and I am attempting to test my system backup/restore. I created the recovery DVD and system backup images (from the tools included with the OS) ...
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Driverpack Solution makes a whole bunch of programs
I am using Driver Pack solution 12.3 to update my drivers. I used it and installed 55 drivers. I noticed that there are now several dozen new entries in add/remove programs under the name Windows ...
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Determine OS version from an Acronis backup
I have upgraded to Windows 8, but I'm planning to restore an old Windows 7 backup taken with Acronis.
Unfortunately, my backups are named by date, and not OS. How can I look at the contents of such ...
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Trying to restore a Mac OS X system from DMG file fails
I'm in a bit of a panic at the moment. My MacBOok was hanging and generally misbehaving so I decided it was time to do a clean install. I took 2 backups:
Time Machine (happens anyway, but I ensured ...
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What could cause a Windows 8 system refresh to fail? [closed]
Recimg.exe and systemreset.exe are the new technologies in Windows 8 that, effectually, replace System Restore. I understand how to operate them via command line and it even works on some occasions, ...
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an error while restoring windows 7 from a restore point
When I make a restore point and I come back to restore the windows 7, it gives this error:
No restore point have been created on your computer system drives, to create a restore point open system ...
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What, *specifically* does Windows 8's “Refresh Your PC” option delete and retain?
I'm asking this question because I could only find non-technical, and non-specific, answers no more detailed than the options given by the OS. If you have an issue with your Windows 8 Pro machine and ...
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Windows 8 Black Screen of Death On Boot After Update (Mac Pro, Boot Camp). What are the recovery options?
After installing an update (well, after the system auto-updated itself one day upon rebooting), a windows logo followed by a black screen of death (with no cursor) greets me upon bootup.
This BSOD is ...
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System Does Not Boot From Various Bootable Recovery Disks
No matter what recovery system I have used, be it Acronis recovery disk or some other recovery disk that is intended for emergency system restoration, my system just stalls but still responds ...
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My Internal HDD Backup Drive Not Recognized after new Windows install
I have been backing up files to an second HDD internal to my laptop, including system image backups. We will call this the D drive.
Today my main SSD with Windows failed, so I went and bought a new ...
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Increase automatic System Restore points to more than just once a week?
I've been using Windows XP for a while now, but just recently upgraded to Windows 7. I'm used to Windows XP automatically creating a new System Restore point once a day.
I notice that Windows 7 ...
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If I split my harddrive, will a system restore delete it?
I split my 1TB HD from C drive and called it A. I put some files there to back up. I have now come to a point where I need to run a system restore with the discs that came with my computer. If I do a ...
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System Restore with a Dual Boot with Windows 7
I am dual booting W7 and W8. When I boot into W7 my restore points are deleted in W8. When W7 came out there was a registry hack for XP to preserve W7 restore points. Does something like that exist ...
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Restore Win7 from system backup into virtual machine on Win8
I have a backup ('Windows Image Backup') of a Windows 7 system, and I'd like to be able to run this system in a virtual machine on Windows 8.
Obviously I've got the default VM runner, Hyper-V, but ...
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Reinstall Windows 7 on dual boot
I've just upgraded to Windows 8 from 7, but one of my programs doesn't work. (The required drivers don't work under Windows 8.)
This program is imperative. So I need to reinstall 7 with 8, as a dual ...
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What are the benefits of enabling restore points on non-system drives?
I don't really understand what enabling System Restore for non-system drives does.
I have it enabled on c:\, my system drive, and off for my other two drives.
On d:\ some user folders like documents ...
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System Restore option in Windows 8
I know that System Restore option is in Accessories in Windows XP, but it is at different place in Windows 7. Likewise, where can I find the System Restore point option in Windows 8?
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can I restore windows via ubuntu
I have a dual boot configuration with Windows 7 and Ubuntu.
My Windows 7 installation won't load after some Windows updates, Startup repair will not work (startuprepairoffline), and System Restore ...
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Is registry restored after a system restore?
This one is straightforward. After restoring a system using system restore, are registry keys and data get restored as well?
Interested in Win7 only.
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Accidentally changed the owner of /bin and other directories
I recently made something very, very stupid. Instead of typing: chown adam ./* I wrote: chown adam /* (I forgot about the very important dot). Now I have some files with owner adam instead of... hmm I ...
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Restoring Windows 7 without Disks - What should I Know?
My brother built a computer from the ground up last year and installed Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit onto it. The problem is that it needs to be restored to factory settings now - reason being that my ...
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How can I list all system restore points?
I know when I click on "show more restore points" in Windows 7 System Restore application it shows up more restore points. But are they all of them? Only a few more showed up, and I believed I must ...
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What can I do if all usb drivers on Windows 7 are broken?
In a hush-hush operation last night I installed a USB sniffer that seems to have deleted or deactivated the usb drivers on my Windows 7 box. Even after a restart not a single usb slot works. So ...
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how to uninstall netbeans 7.1.2 after system restore in windows xp
I did a system restore on my laptop running on windows xp. After the system restore procedure, netbeans 7.1.2 will not execute anymore. I uninstalled netbeans, but the uninstall procedure could not ...
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Restoring Windows 7 to any given state (including installed software, configuration, and data)
I have reinstalled Windows 7 on my Sony Vaio Laptop
by pressing F2 when switching on the PC to reinstall
everything from the Windows 7 recovery disk. Backing
up your data is one thing, just place ...
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What software allows reliably re-image 40+ computers? [closed]
I often have batches of laptops/PC's to re-image and have tried various methods, but each of them has been problematic and often take more time to troubleshoot than it would have been to image them ...
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Using rstrui.exe inside the “Repair Your Computer” Advanced Boot Option
When you press F8 to use the "Repair Your Computer" Advanced Boot Option, and then want to run rstrui.exe to do a system restore...
Does running rstrui.exe (System Restore) this way cause the system ...
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Can a system restore reinstalls uinstalled programs
My pc has starting acting weird lately. I ran scan using Nod32, malware bytes. It did detect some viruses but my pc behaviour doesnt change. When I use Adobe reader X it doesnt find the the word given ...
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Can I delete a file file from _restore-{uid} folder?
I installed a password cracker and my virusscan triggered alerts for it. So I uninstalled it, but now the scanner triggers alerts for its presence in _restore folder.
If I let the virusscan delete ...
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Del button stopped working in MS Outlook Express 6
I have this older XP machine that I use mostly to check emails and play Pandora in Firefox. I don't browse the internet on it or open any emails that I don't know the source of. (I'm more than what ...
