Making copies of data on Windows 7 so that the copies may be used to restore the original after a data loss event, or for historical retention.
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Laptop hard drive replacement: losing Windows recovery?
I might soon have to change my hard drive for a new one
as it is starting to show signs of ceasing to work properly.
I am running Windows 7 and have a recovery partition on the
current hard drive from ...
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1answer
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Why this strange Windows 7 backup failure?
I don't understand why I'm getting this when trying to run the Windows backup tool.
An internal error has occured
The parameter is incorrect. (0x80070057)
Can you tell me what I should do about ...
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1answer
73 views
Restore Windows 7 Image to different hard disk
I have an issue which has been driving me mad. I am trying to restore an image of a Windows 7 partition made with Windows Backup to a different hard disk drive (the original drive is failing) but in ...
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1answer
120 views
Windows 8 - Win7 Backup Failing
I have a Windows 8 PC with two network cards installed. One is my normal card connected to a router, the other while also connected to the same router is meant exclusively for use by Hyper-V / ...
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1answer
69 views
Win 7 full disk encryption with backup
I have a win 7 laptop that I would like to fully encrypt the hard drive and back up the encrypted hard drive routinely. Should I use TrueCrypt (not running Ultimate)?
And how would I access the ...
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60 views
Image backup restore on Windows 8: fails at boot
I made a system image using the Windows 7 image backup in Windows 8.
Now, I want to restore it, but I fail.
Restore via safe mode: I reboot holding shift, I select restore from system image, system ...
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1answer
61 views
How repair windows user profile after interrupted backup
I interrupted windows 7 backup, so after reboot, windows load in temp profile, in list of user's profiles, it marks like a archiving profile. Deleting profile status in reestr don't work.
How to ...
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1answer
70 views
Incremental Backup
The data I have on my system typically changes a lot in a month. Because of this, I feel the need to back-up all my files on a monthly basis.
Since backing up all the data from scratch takes ...
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1answer
111 views
Windows 7 64 bit errors
I'm not the sharpest crayon in the box so forgive me if this is posted wrong. Every couple of months I run the "chkdisk" function of Windows 7 and just discovered errors that when corrected crash my ...
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2answers
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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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1answer
118 views
What kind of “personalisation” does sysprep remove exactly?
I intend to move all data from my old laptop to a new one. I will be following "method 3" from this guide:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/135077-windows-7-installation-transfer-new-computer.html
...
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0answers
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Does Windows 7 backup back up the same files over and over or only the ones that have changed since the last backup? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Does built in Windows 7 backup perform differential (incremental) backups?
The drive I use to store Windows 7's daily backup archive is getting full and I am wondering ...
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2answers
81 views
How to Backup and Restore System Drive in Windows7 Home Premium 64 bit
I am using Windows 7 home premium - 64 bit on Samsung laptop. I want to know that if there is any method or software available to backup the entire OS drive with all system settings and additional ...
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132 views
Windows 7 Backup System Restore problems
My mom's computer is acting up and it seems to tie back to VSS but i can't figure out what the problem is. It's a Dell running windows 7 Home Premium SP 1.
The first symptom I noticed is that Windows ...
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1answer
81 views
How to explore or browse Files backed up using Windows Backup?
I had backed up files on my Desktop having Windows 7 Ultimate with Windows Backup. I urgently need a specific file which I had kept in My Documents, and which was being backed-up.
Right now I do not ...
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115 views
Why does Windows 7 Backup intermittantly fail with error 0x81000037?
I run Windows Backup every night. (OS is 64-bit Windows 7 Professional.) Most of the time it succeeds, but sometimes it silently fails, where "silently" means that nothing appears on the screen to ...
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1answer
72 views
Restore Windows 7 backup on XP
I recently had a Windows 7 machine die on me, but fortunately I've been using Microsoft's included backup utility to back up all my important files onto an external hard drive.
I'm now on my backup ...
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Is there a canonical list of files/directories/file types that can be safely excluded from Windows 7 Backup?
I'm looking into speeding up my Windows 7 backup. I have it creating a system image of my system drives/partitions (320GB in total; about ~40GB free [lots of Steam games...]) once a week.
I have ...
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0answers
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Windows 7 64bit, system backup hangs at 57%
Windows 7 64bit, system backup hangs at 57%
This is a newly built machine from scratch
Fresh install of all programs
I have the auto backup set to a secondary internal drive. But when ever it fires ...
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2answers
157 views
Need to access files from xp hard drive via usb dock on new Windows 7 desktop
I have low to medium tech skills;however, I can follow directions flawless and am easily teachable. Had a Dell xp e510 motherboard that went bad. Bought a new destop with internal drive and hooked the ...
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159 views
Failed to back up: The specified object was not found. (0x80042308)
I've been unable to backup my hard drive and I've been trying trying recommendations off of Google for quite a while, to no avail. When I try to backup files, I get the following error message:
...
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2answers
609 views
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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2answers
40 views
Getting an error while creating a restore point
I get this error when I try to create a restore point, what should I do to solve the issue?
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0answers
82 views
Deploying a Windows 7 image, which way is the fastest? [closed]
I captured an image of a basic Windows 7 installation with some modifications using imagex.
Before the image was captured, I ran sysprep generalizing and selecting to enter OOBE after it's done.
...
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1answer
256 views
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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1answer
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Upgrade to Win8 left my Win7 files untouched, How to replace/delete?
According to this link, which I posted, my Windows 8 didn't overwrite my windows 7 partition. So now, my recovery partition of 26gb is useless.
Is there any chance I Could remove that partition and ...
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3answers
145 views
Necessary Step before updating to Windows 8 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to backup Windows 7 and revert upgrade to Windows 8
Currently I am having Windows 7 Home Premium Edition in my laptop, I want to update my operating system to new ...
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2answers
30 views
Looking for a program to backup data (synchronization) [closed]
I have Windows 7, I need a program to backup data from two partitions. I have a portable drive that I would like to make a copy of selected folders. Every month, update the backup (one-sided ...
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0answers
246 views
creating/attaching vhd fails - “virtual disk provider not found”
I'm trying to setup a backup environment that I can use to test restoring an encrypted system. To that end, I'm using a secondary 30 GB partition on a Latitude d630 to run a "bare-bones" unencrypted ...
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3answers
151 views
Backup software that supports differential backup or syncing? (rsync interface maybe?) W7 [closed]
I am looking for an incremental / differential / sync backup utility that does not require a full backup to begin.
I have a TB external drive with backups of pictures and movies, about 800GB, and I ...
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2answers
139 views
What can cause the system to freeze in a way where even the reset button takes a long time to react?
What can be the reason for system freezes that are so "hard" that even the hardware reset button takes about 3 seconds until it actually resets the system (and then it actually powers down and up ...
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0answers
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Why is windows 7 backup and restore utility using so much disc space? [closed]
note: this is a reformation of a previous question, see: How exactly does the Backup and Restore utility in Windows7 work?
I have per the task scheduler scheduled windows 7 backup and utility to run ...
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1answer
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Moving Windows 7 x64 Pro to a new machine
I have a Laptop running W7 x64 Pro, from a student license.
I plan to install the same W7 x64 Pro on a new Desktop machine, using the same license.
Now, in order to copy all my applications and ...
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0answers
156 views
Windows 7 Event ID for specific usb device connection
I am trying to run a service to sync a usb storage device to a folder on my computer using SyncToy software by Microsoft. I can schedule the software to run using the Windows event scheduler, and ...
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0answers
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Windows Image Backup and the Vanishing Old Backup
Context:
Windows 7 32-bit edition
Big external drive for holding system images
I've noticed that even when there's plenty of space (say, several hundred GBs of free space), when I make a new ...
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0answers
157 views
Restore backup made with wbadmin in windows 7
I made a manual backup (windows 7, console) using wbadmin:
wbadmin Start backup –backupTarget:H: -include:D:
How do I restore from that backup?
The wbadmin's commands set in windows 7 is limited ...
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1answer
479 views
Does Windows 7 Backup save hidden files?
I have a lot of hidden directories in my Windows home and documents directories. I want them to be backed up and I am using the Windows 7 built-in backup mechanism.
Will Windows Backup (the built-in ...
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1answer
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Windows 7 Re-imaging
I created a system image via the built-in tools for Windows 7 and stored that image on an external drive. In trying to use the System Repair disc I also created from 7 (albeit at a different time) to ...
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2answers
757 views
How to transfer data to my SSD from my old HDD?
I have a thinkpad and the OS is preinstalled in it and a hiden disk of factory backup for restore. Now I want to replace the old hdd with sdd for the faster speed. Is there a way to move the factory ...
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0answers
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Error 0x810000E3 - Full Backup recovery Windows 7
I performed a Full Back-up of my Windows 7 machine to an HFS harddrive, and could not recover from the harddrive after a format and reinstall because the system would not recognize the drive. The ...
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2answers
135 views
Partition 2Tbit external hard drive - Part to Clone or Part to backup files
I have a hard drive in my laptop that is about to fail and I want to clone it to an external hard drive which is a lot larger than the laptop. I hope this to be a onetime thing, but just in case I ...
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0answers
223 views
HP Recovery Manager failed creating a backup disc
I had to restore my computer (running Windows 7) back to its factory default, so I ran the HP recovery manager disc and chose to reformat my computer. Before doing this I was given an option to backup ...
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1answer
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Move folder to another computer including its windows 7 backup
I have an old Windows 7 desktop that serves as a file server to a couple of users. The files are mainly documents. We use offline files so users can access the documents on the road. One bonus of ...
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1answer
197 views
Can I back up Windows 7's backup settings?
I use Windows 7 backup and am about to reformat my PC. After I run Windows 7 backup which backs up my files to another hard drive, I am going to reformat the main drive and reinstall Windows 7. I ...
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1answer
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Windows 7 System Image creation to DVD-R's just turns my discs into Christmas decorations - should it work?
I'm trying to create a Windows 7 System Image to DVD-R and very few minutes (about 7) it keeps getting me to insert another new disc, but even though there's no error given I think it's not actually ...
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3answers
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PGP Whole Disk Encryption (WDE) - how to image/backup the boot partition?
On Windows 7, I would like to backup the system partition. The whole disk, including the partition, has just been encrypted with PGP 10.1.2 SP3 (I'm obliged to use precisely this software for ...
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2answers
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Why can I only create one factory backup from my Lenovo ThinkPad?
Yesterday I mistakenly made a factory backup on my external hard drive from my Lenovo ThinkPad T-420. It wasted my whole empty space on that hard drive.
Now I want to make another Lenovo factory ...
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4answers
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Windows 7 backup shows two system drives
I am trying to create a system image of my OS drive but Windows it trying to make me backup my storage drive as well showing it as a system drive:
I only want to back up my Windows drive (C:) but ...
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1answer
425 views
How can I get Windows 7 backup to accept a greater-than-2tb external drive?
I've got a 1tb drive in my machine that holds everything - yes, my data needs are modest - and a 2.5tb external USB drive that I'd like to use for backup. My big problem is that Windows won't ...
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0answers
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Not enough space for Windows 7 System Backup
My primary hard disk only has 617GB used. It is a 1.21TB hard drive.
I am backing up to a newly formatted 931GB drive.
I'm only doing System Backup and not any separate files.
Why is Windows 7 ...
