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Windows Backup failed: Error 80070037
On Windows 7 Pro x64, the customer has a USB3 external Hard Drive that is 2TB, and two internal SATA drives that are 750GB each. They also have a USB controller, which the hard drive is plugged into. ...
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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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Is there ANY backup tool that can handle 256 path length limit on NTFS?
Is there ANY backup tool that can handle 256 path length limit on NTFS ?
I'm not talking about a sync or filecopy tool like robocopy,
but an incremental backup tool like cobian backup (which cannot ...
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Script to run before Windows backup
I need to write a script to check the size of the disk that our backups store to on client machines and decide if it needs to delete the oldest backup set so the current days backup can run.
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Windows 7 Backup vs. Previous Versions
We currently have a ton of Windows 7 64 machines that have user data that we want to have backups for incase of a failure.
We have a 1 465gb harddrive as the system drive and a 1tb hard drive as a ...
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Backup to a specific folder with Windows Backup
When setting up Windows Backup I get the following screen:
As you can see, there is no option to backup to a specific folder on any of these drives. Is there a way to force the backups to go in a ...
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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 ...
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Combining full system image with online backup
I want to implement online backup for a couple of my clients. There are a few obstacles though:
The large amount of old data (over 100GB) will make this quite expensive to store online.
The slow ...
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Automatic incremental backups to a network drive (Windows)
So after learning that Windows 7 Home Premium doesn't support this, I'm looking for another solution. I would like to backup my Windows machine to my Ubuntu server. Are there any good automatic ...
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WesternDigital SmartWare - still problematic?
I've seen a lot of bad press on WD SmartWare (I think it comes on most WD backup devices now, such as their MyBook product line), mostly related to how it's impossible to remove properly or replace. ...
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Windows 7 backup two external hard drives that I swap weekly
For about a year I have used Windows 7's back-up tool and Mozy to do local and remote back-ups. Now that Mozy is eliminating the unlimited packages, I plan to switch to two external drives that I will ...
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How to setup no-nonsense home network backup for Windows 7 laptops?
I have two Windows 7 laptops on my WiFi network. Each has approx. 500GB of data (primarily photos, songs and Word/PDF files). I also have an old desktop computer (2GHz, 2GB RAM, 1.5TB drive, network ...
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Moving Windows 7 Backups (including images) to another drive. (as simple as cut and paste?)
I have a network of computers that use Windows 7 Backup system. They each send their backup to a shared drive on the network.
I now wish to change which drive they send them too. This works fine. ...
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Where did my backup files go? Can they be recovered?
I just purchased a Western Digital Essential SE 1TB external hard drive from Best Buy at their recommendation. I then exchanged it for a Toshiba Canvio (I think that was the name).
I have a Toshiba ...
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Is it possible to create or store a Windows backup system image on a non-NTFS drive?
I'm trying to use Windows Backup on Windows 7 to create a system image to a network location. The destination, identified by UNC path, is an Apple Time Capsule formatted with HFS+. While Windows ...
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“the VSS service is shutting down due to idle timeout” event ID: 8224
I wrote a backup solution in VC++ that takes snapshots and backs up files and directories from the volume snapshot.
Since Monday, the machine(windows server 2008) seems to be rebooting everytime the ...
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Is there any possible way to create backup of Windows XP like windows 7?
I want to know is there any way to create the backup of Windows XP like in Windows 7? As in windows & there is a option for a schedule backup and it creates an image of backup on external source ...
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Can't figure out how to use Windows Backup
I'm seriously confused.
I tell Windows 7 to back up some files on my D:\ drive along with my documents from C:\ onto my Q:\ drive, and here's what I see, with some questions:
Every time I change a ...
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Change scheduled windows7 backup setting
I have a Window7 backup task scheduled to run everyday to a shared drive that no longer exists
So I get an error message about it every day.
There seems to be no way to change/cancel an existing ...
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Backup system image excluding non-bootdisk Library folders
Win7 Pro running off an SSD where numerous Library locations point to a secondary harddrive. I want a system image that excludes files these 'remote' files.
Ideally I can just remove the drive in ...
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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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Windows 7 backup says “Backup in Progress” and won't load the application
My 64 bit Windows 7 Pro Thinkpad (t420s) laptop seems to have its backup system in a screwed up state. Probably (partially) my fault, but I'm not sure how to fix it.
I had Acronis Home backup ...
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large directory file echo
Are there any tools out there that will echo one-way changes from one large directory (5+ million files) to another across a Windows network? I also need it to be a fairly quick sync after the ...
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How can I read files created by Samsung Recovery Backup solution?
I did a backup of my laptop with Samsung Recovery Backup solution and installed Windows 7. Because I needed the space that was ocupied by all files I copied them to my external drive.
What I want ...
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Can I restore Picasa pictures and settings from a Windows 7 standard backup?
I store all my pictures in a standard Pictures library (C:\Users\Name\Pictures) on Windows 7. I use Picasa 3.8.0 to work with these pictures.
I have a Windows 7 backup that I run periodically but I ...
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Windows Backup Previous Versions after moving file?
Let's say I set up Windows Backup to backup my pictures. I know that down the road, I can look at the "Previous Versions" tab to restore a particular file back to an old copy.
But, suppose I have ...
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Using Windows Backup and Restore in two locations
I have a backup drive at home and at work that I use for my laptop. I recently upgraded to Windows 7, and I've been experimenting with Windows Backup and Restore. I've noticed that if I don't change ...
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Which files/directories are needed to rebuild a Windows Backup?
I've just had to do a disaster recovery on a drive containing a windows backup that I had accidentally run DBAN on (10 seconds in I shut down, and it appears most of the file system was in tact). I'm ...
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Windows 7 System Image Backup on a twicked system [closed]
I just installed a twicked version of Windows 7 (xDark Deluxe v4.2 64-bit) and I am absolutely loving it. It is faster than I anything I've ever seen and no complaints until now...
I want to save a ...
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Simple backup tool [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Best Backup Tool for Windows XP?
I'm looking for a simple backup tool just to copy a complete folder with a lot of subfolders and files to an external drive.
I'm using ...
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How To Backup System To External Source And Then Use Boot From It?
I know Windows 7 has built-in backup facility and i also am familiar with 2BrightSparks' SyncBackSE utility.
I have questions about backing up sensitive information to external source and booting ...
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Restore Files from .WIM Backup File
A client of mine has an HP 300-1330 All-In-One desktop (Windows 7) which started having blue-screens. HP support had him do some kind of backup using HP Recovery Manager if I understand him correctly. ...
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How to back up Windows 7's “Indexing Options” settings?
I'd like to back up (and be able to restore upon Windows 7 reinstall) all my heavily-customised Indexing Options settings.
e.g. I have VERY customised list of file types that I have ticked in the ...
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Windows Backup — A very strange gobbling of disk space
I just tried out Windows Backup (7/64bit) and it behaved VERY strangely. I was backing up to a large array. The actual backup data was about 90gb total. When the backup completed the box said there ...
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Using Dropbox as a backup service
I'd like to use Dropbox as a backup service. By default, Dropbox will only synchronize files in the My Dropbox folder with my online storage. Can I configure it to synchronize from other locations, so ...
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Windows 7 and partial backups with Windows Backup
I'm running Windows 7 Enterprise:
systeminfo
OS Name: Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise
OS Version: 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
and trying to do a backup from the command line:
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Are failed Windows 7 backups logged anywhere?
In Windows XP, failed backups were logged in a way that I could view the event using the Event Viewer.
Is there a similar feature in Windows 7?
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How can I make a full backup of my system drive with Windows 7 and Ubuntu installed?
I have one 160GB and one 1TB hard drive.
On the 160GB drive I have Windows 7 and Ubuntu installed on the C: drive. On drive D: I have some programs installed.
I want to make a complete backup of ...
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Best free whole-disc backup tool for Windows 7? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Incremental Backup which also is imageable
I bought and used Norton Ghost on Windows XP. I loved that program, it had the exact functionality I wanted. Since I upgraded ...
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Regular Windows 7 Backup vs. Windows Home Server (WHS) Backup
I'm looking to set up a backup scheme for my household and was looking at the different options for backing up Windows.
I would like to backup to a network device (perhaps a WHS?). I also saw that ...
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Is there anything out there that will automatically notify me of failed Windows backups?
In the past, I have had backups fail due to a lack of hard drive space on the destination drive (among other reasons) and the only way I found out about them was through a gut feeling that I should ...
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Adding network share as the system account breaks Win7 backup to network
(On Win7 Ultimate x64 SP1)
So I've been using Win7 backup to \192.168.0.100\Backup\main-desktop\ for awhile without issue.
Yesterday I tried to setup crashplan to synchronize my dropbox folder and a ...
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Windows 7 Backup and Restore is not seeing all partitions of my hard drive
I want to use Windows 7's Backup and Restore functionality to create a backup system image which backs up ALL partitions on my computer. Currently I have 4 partitions on my system (with their ...
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Windows 7 backup disk usage
Am I correct in saying that Windows 7 backup does not automatically retire older backups when it's backup disk gets full? As in, when the disk gets full, the backups stop?
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What is the command line equivalent of “Create a System Image”
I know it is something to do with wbadmin.exe but that has many options and is not explained fully what "system state" and "drive" vs "volume" backups do.
Basically I want to replicate the Windows ...
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Windows 7 System Image Backup - Exclude a partition
When I choose the "Create System Image" option in Windows Backup & Restore, it says that it will take system image of my C:\ and V:\ partitions. My Windows 7 is installed on V: and I use C:\ for ...
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How do I exclude directories from my Windows 7 backup?
I'm setting up a backup for a friend's computer onto his USB drive. I was reading this article about the Windows 7 Backup and Restore feature.
Everything looks okay, but for the life of me, I can't ...
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Is there any problem with getting windows back-up to store system images somewhere on C: drive?
I want to use the automated windows back-up function to create regular system images. C drive is the place where i have the most space, but something about it seems like a bad idea.
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backup software that ignores user rights
As a computer technician I have to reinstall systems allmost daily (when it can't be repaired ;-))
My problem is that I recover user files by hand and a external mounting device. Most of the time it ...
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Windows 7 Backup - Does the “system image” include all the files on my drive?
I have a new Dell Laptop that I have setup the way I like it. I want to use Windows 7 to do a backup and then restore that backup on a different hard drive (solid state).
When I setup the backup ...
