Questions tagged [backup]
Making copies of data so that the copies may be used to restore the original after a data loss event, or for historical retention.
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Changing a Backup using xcopy to one using robocopy in Win 11
In a Windows 11 Pro and Office 21 Pro environment on a Lenovo 13th Gen, Intel i7-55U, 16GB, 64 bit, Notebook, are there any pitfalls in an incremental copy of Dir/files from external drive F to ...
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Save imap email without active account [closed]
I used the default email app that came with my old Android phone. I provided the IMAP details to get emails on my phone. I got rid of the paid account before I got the new phone.
How can I transfer ...
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Connection error whe configuring postgresql_basebackup in nxs-backup
when configuring postgresql_basebackup in nxs-backup I encountered the following:
PSQL connect error: pq: database "repluser" does not exist
Tried to edit pg_hba.conf, but it still doesn't ...
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Excluding directory from zip cli command [duplicate]
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While it is true that there is a question out there that has several conflicting answers to this very question, as I have pointed out in a comment to that question, none of those ...
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How to script a physical to VHDX backup for use as a Hyper-V VM
I want to script a backup of my computer into a VHDX file for use as a VM in case something crashes irreparably and I cannot recover the windows installation. My computer has 2 disks, a typical "...
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Populate OneDrive folder from local backup without affecting remote files
I have quite a few gigabytes of files stored on OneDrive, but I also keep a local backup copy everything. Recently, I had to reformat my laptop's hard drive. Currently, I have re-installed Windows 10 ...
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How to call disk2vhd to create a VHDX for use as a VM and exlcude the D: drive
The documentation on https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/disk2vhd is minimal, and doesn't seem to cover the use case of how to specify multiple volumes for backup, assuming that ...
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Backup VPN connection from Teltonika router
I have a problem with setting up a backup VPN connection from my Teltonika router.
Some background first, I have two servers on different locations. One of them is my main server and the other one is ...
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If SSD begins degrading will that affect online backup?
I have all of my files on an external SSD and am also backing up the entire drive to an online service.
What will happen when my SSD starts degrading eventually? Will that result in corrupted files, ...
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Can't boot VHD image after resizing in VirtualBox
I have a pretty big mess to sort.
I have a 512GB VHD which I use to store private backups. It started running out of storage so I looked online how to make it bigger (as I assumed VHD's probably just ...
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PC reboots instead of shutdown only during UPS backup mode
Even when power failure occurs there is no problem in working of PC but if I want to shutdown during UPS battery backup mode it starts rebooting instead of shutdown.I am using Numeric Digital 1000 ...
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Unpack tar made with tape-length option gives Illegal byte sequence
I had some big MP4 files that I wanted to backup to Amazon S3. Uploading them in the web interface gave me some timeouts so I created 4GB tar files using:
tar -cv --tape-length=4G --file=backup-{000.....
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Using rsync with an oldie Netgear NAS (ReadyNAS Pro BE, RAIDiator 4.2.31)
I have an old NetgearNAS (ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition, RAIDiator 4.2.31 firmware) that I set up years ago to house (among other things) my music library - which is quite large. The other "...
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Write speed to USB drops as disk active time increases
I would like to know the correlation between disk active time and disk transfer rate, and what the problem might be.
Using a WD Elements 3TB drive to back up a Surface Book 2 (about 650GB of 1TB drive)...
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Google Drive Desktop wasn't moving file, it's moved the file to trash then reuploading when moved by robocopy
So, I'm applying this 3-2-1 backup rule.
Folder form ssd-sync is synced to vhd-sync through robocopy, here is the argument command.
robocopy D:\ssd-sync E:\vhd-sync /LOG+:D:\ssd-sync\robocopy-...
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exFAT for mechanical spinning external HD as cross-platform backup?
We have a mix of Linux (Debian) and MacOS laptops. I have a 4 TB external USB mechanical rotary drive I'd like to use for backups. I'd not want to partition the drive with different file systems for ...
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Correct way of backing up emails from server (preferably with Thunderbird)
I have 3 work email accounts that will soon close. I currently access those accounts only with Thunderbird. I want to create a copy of all emails from the server into my local PC, this includes ...
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How can I setup Google Drive for Mac to NEVER delete anything?
I would like to use Google Drive to back files up from my Mac, and I don't want to worry about deletions.
What I would like is for any file I create to be backed up. If I delete it on my PC, I don't ...
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What happens when a URE is encountered during a RAID rebuild?
My current NAS (Synology 8x10TB) is near capacity and I'm looking to buy another one (8x22TB) ASAP.
After reading an alarming amount of articles when purchasing the first one about how RAID 5 was ...
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Backing up my entire Windows OS and then booting from restored backup [duplicate]
Have just been coming up with a new backup strategy for my Windows systems, as previously i would use the Windows System Image tool very occasionally, however this is quite clunky, and i have heard it ...
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Using mdadm to perform no-downtime backupd
I have a server running Ubuntu 23.10. It contains several RAID 1 arrays created using mdadm. One of these holds the virtual machine disk images of my web-servers. Currently, to backup these images, I ...
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Prevent rsync from overwriting already copied files
We used to do backup on (source) server to another server by running rsync on source server. On recieving server there is rsyncd running and its config changed each day pointing to different dir (dir ...
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Rotate destination folder with Robocopy
I use this command Robocopy D:\DIR1 E:\DIR2 /MIR to keep the contents of two folders synchronized:
How do I keep 5 separate copies of the target folder, while deleting the sixth-oldest one?
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How to use multithread option on single table backup using mydumper
I'm trying to use mydumper and myloader to perform a backup and restore activity of the MySQL database. Below is the use case
We have 1 database, around 2 TB, out of which 1 table is around 1.3 TB. ...
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How to carefully-and-selectively backup a Windows 10 profile, not using the built-in facilities
Here's how you can backup your Windows profile:
How to backup a local Windows 10 user profile and restore it in Windows 10?
... except that doesn't work for me:
That backs up everything and the ...
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Signature collision in Windows 11, why?
I'm running into a problem in Windows 11 I can't figure out, maybe someone has ideas...
I have a hard drive connected to my motherboard in a hot swap SATA rack called "Project 20". This is ...
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Questions about backing up data?
I have installed a 3TB internal HDD, I have almost more than 2TB of personal data, this drive will be unplugged after backing up.
My question is that I have music production and photography data with ...
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How can I tell if a virtual machine was shut down or saved gracefully?
How can I tell from the command line if a specific virtual machine was shut down or saved gracefully?
A little bit of context: I need to make a backup of a VM but I want the backup to launch only if ...
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Confusing wbadmin backup option backing up C: system drive
This produces a warning:
$ wbadmin start backup -backupTarget:I: -include:C: -quiet
This will back up DRIVENAME (C:) to I:.
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The list of volumes included for backup does not ...
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Create view-only backup and adding digital signature
I need to create a backup of a computer running Windows 10.
Said backup needs to be read-only.
I believe the program EaseUs allows that. If anyone can confirm, I’d appreciate it. I am used to Linux ...
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trying to mirror one storage drive of size 2n to two storage drives of 1n each
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I have two hard disk drives of 2tb each. Currently I am mirroring one to the other. The disks however are almost full.
I am now planning to get a 4tb hard drive and use that as the original ...
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Remote Network Wake up Windows computer for backup
What is the most efficient way to remotely wake up a Windows computer over a LAN for a backup operation without resorting to third party software?
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Mac: How to restore a failed external hard drive from Time Machine? [2024]
I have an external drive which still works but I want to test the backup, which contains all my photos.
I have a second larger external drive, which i use for back up via Time Machine.
When the ...
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Google Drive quit command executable
Just finished setting up task scheduler(win10) to boot up Google Drive off hours to avoid resource drag specifically when syncing third party backup images.
All's good with the backup app scheduler ...
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How to Programmatically Eject a Drive for Immutable Backups with Physical Connection?
We are looking for a practical and cost-effective way to enhance the security of our backups. Our initial idea was to go for immutable backups but unfortunately, due to cost constraints, we are ...
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I am unable to write data to the hard drive and cannot backup it
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A hard drive is a solid-state drive with a 512GB SATA interface.
There are multiple partitions in hard drive A, each in sector order, used for [recovery/ESP (EFI partition)/MSR/Windows/Btrfs/...
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How to backup the environment variable configuration for windows 10?
The situation is as follows:
Windows 10 22H2 (referred to as System A for short) cannot start (installed on hard drive A), nor can it enter safe mode or other startup modes, as starting will result in ...
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How to thin out a set of incremental files based on Date Modified rules?
TL/DR: How can I "thin out" a set of periodically auto-created files, deleting every other file with the same starting name up to ".bak", based on Date/Time Modified but keeping ...
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Rescuing data from HFS+ backup?
I recently learned about the "pitfalls" of using HFS+ when backing up data. I backed up a Time Machine drive a couple of months ago. I just used rsync to do so. So now I have a copy of it on ...
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Exporting data from Chrome not signed in
When using Chrome without being signed in how can I export the saved sites credentials/passwords along with the most visited sites that popup on address bar or as a default short cut in the homescreen ...
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Xcopy: Copy last modified file from folder
I need to copy the last modified file of a particular extension from a folder. For example a folder contains:
File1.cas
File1.txt
File2.cas
File2.txt
File3.cas
File3.pptx
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File100.cas
File100.pptx
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Debian virtual machine backup
I have a Debian virtual machine on Microsoft Azure, and I want to move it to another server. Can I take a backup of the Debian virtual machine through the terminal?
I am hosting a website on Apache2 ...
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Possible to backup/restore simultaneously with Ubuntu 22.04 on a LAN/cross-over cable?
I have several identical Dell laptops that came pre-installed with Ubuntu 22.04. I need to set these up for a classroom environment with a VMware guest operating system (Solaris). I managed to get ...
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restore system program settings after a windows crash
Whilst shutting down my PC, my computer was stuck on the shutting down process, it took quite a while displaying the shutting down animation(~20 min). Finally I decided to hold the power button, and ...
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Can "File History" be backed up to an NFS-share?
My Windows 11 desktop mounts this particular filesystem using NFS -- it is not available as a Windows share -- as drive N:.
When I specify N:\MyBackups as the destination in the "File History&...
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Exclude files with no extension - XCOPY or ROBOCOPY
I am trying to build a script that can copy folders, subfolders and contents from one drive to a backup drive. There are several files in each folder, subfolder. The condition I need to meet is that I ...
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Hyper-V backup - manual copy OK?
TL;DR: Is it safe to backup a Hyper-V virtual machine manually by simply copying the files, provided that the virtual machine is turned off at that time?
I have a Hyper-V virtual machine which ...
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Why am I seeing low transfer speed with Robocopy between two external SSDs? [duplicate]
I'm using Robocopy within a PowerShell script to backup my main SSD to another SSD, but I'm having problems with the file transfer speed.
While in Windows Explorer I have writing speeds of 300~400 MB/...
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How to stop backup being deleted as soon as it is completed?
Duplicity full backup via ftp completes, then is deleted, all with no user action.
There are 2 things I would like to know;
is there anything in the information below that explains this problem?
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How to keep two local hard drives in sync on Linux?
I have an old hard drive and basically clone it to a new hard drive using Grsync or Timeshift. Because the older hard drive is likelier to fail, I'd like to use the newer one as my in-use hard drive ...
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