Questions tagged [windows-7-backup]
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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Restore files from Windows Vista/7 backup to Windows 8.1?
We have a backup of a Vista system made via the Windows Backup utility that we'd like to restore files from to a Windows 8.1 system, however it appears that 8.1 has completely removed the Windows ...
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Windows 8.1 "Windows 7 File Recovery" mechanism replacement
Yes, Windows 8.1 completely removes the "Windows 7 File Recovery" from the control panel.
(Along with the insistence that you link a Microsoft Account during installation to, necessarily, use their ...
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Error 0x8100001A when trying to restore files using Windows 7 Backup & Restore
When trying to restore files using Windows 7 Backup & Restore, I get this error:
It doesn't appear to matter what backup date I try to restore from. I always get this message. Quick research ...
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Why is a member of "Backup Operators" group denied from running backup?
On my Windows 7, I created a user, BackupUser5, and added him to the "Backup Operators" group. By design:
Members of this group can back up and restore files on a computer, regardless of any ...
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Copy whole OS (Linux/Windows) to a new HDD
I want to backup my OS (windows 7 & linux) in case of HDD failure. Do I have to image whole partitions (e.g. using dd) or just copy files? I've read that rsync -a / /mnt/backup can do the job. Can ...
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How can I create a backup of my computer like amazon's AMI
Hello I use a windows 7 desktop, and in the last 4 weeks I have had 12 developers join my team, and it has been a hard time to get their boxes up and running. I was researching an option where I could ...
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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
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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 this ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 I'...
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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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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 latest ...
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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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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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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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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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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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Windows Image Backup and the Vanishing Old Backup
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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 system ...
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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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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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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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How to transfer data to my SSD from my old HDD?
I have a ThinkPad w520 and the OS is preinstalled in it and a hidden disk of factory backup for restore. Now I want to replace the old HDD with SSD for the faster speed. Is there a way to move the ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 the ...
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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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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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Cloning C drive(windows 7) to another drive and boot from both?
I am trying to figure out a feasible way to clone my entire C drive to another drive and make both bootable.
I have a 160GB HDD, on which I have created a 20GB primary partition and have installed ...
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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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Windows 7 backup keeps filling hard drive [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Windows 7 Backup Disk Full
Using Windows 7 built in backup, it keeps filling up my 2TB hard drive and then failing once there is not enough space.
I see that I can manually ...
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