Questions tagged [mirroring]
Mirroring is a type of file synchronization where one of the synchronization location (the destination) is modified to match the other (the source).
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How can I shrink a Windows 10 partition?
I use a big single partition on a 1TB platter drive with Windows 10. I would like to shrink the partition down so that I can mirror the drive to a smaller but faster 256GB SSD.
I bought the drive ...
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Save a single web page (with background images) with Wget
I want to use Wget to save single web pages (not recursively, not whole sites) for reference. Much like Firefox's "Web Page, complete".
My first problem is: I can't get Wget to save background images ...
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Escaping query strings with wget --mirror
I'm using wget --mirror --html-extension --convert-links to mirror a site, but I end up with lots of filenames in the format post.php?id=#.html. When I try to view these in a browser it fails, because ...
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What hardware is needed to support Miracast?
With Windows 8.1 natively supporting Miracast, we saw a demonstration of screen mirroring via Xbox One at the ongoing //build/ conference. If I want to mirror my laptop screen running Windows 8.1, ...
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Can I mirror / duplicate mouse events on both halves of my screen?
If I have two identical applications side-by-side on my desktop, is there software that exists that will mimic what I do on the left half on the right? Basically, if my screen is 1000x1000 and a click ...
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Best way to mirror folders [closed]
I want to mirror two folders so a change in one is reflected in others.
am i best off making a home brew solutions with RoboCopy and /MIR or is there a decent preferably free app to do it for me?
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How to encrypt data on an external hard drive?
I want to secure my external (1 TB) hard drive that I use as a physical back-up for my home computer so that if the drive is stolen (eg burglary) then the data is not easily accessible by a common or ...
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wget not converting links
I am trying to mirror a fairly large site (20,000+ pages) prior to a major overhaul. Basically, I need a backup before cutting over to the new one in case we forgot something we need (we'll have ...
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Best way to keep 2 external USB harddrives in synch
Any suggestions of software to keep 2 external USB drives in synch?
I have two 2TB USB drives connected to a computer. One drive is storing around 1TB of data so far and I would like the second ...
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Will mirroring with an SSD improve read performance?
If you use Windows 7 to mirror a volume across an SSD drive and a mechanical hard drive, will the read performance be similar to a single SSD drive?
I.e. is Windows smart enough to read from them ...
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lftp - mirror and wildcards
Is there anyway to use wildcards ("*") when using mirror command? I know there is a mget command, which is simply the same as get, but one can use wildcards with it. Is there something equivelant to ...
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Mirror a blog with wget
I am trying to mirror a blog, eg www.example.com, with wget.
I use wget with the following options (shell variables are substituted correctly):
wget -m -p -H -k -E -np \
-w 1 \
--random-wait ...
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Keyboard Shortcut for Mirroring Display on Mac OS X
I have a MacBook with a broken display. I would like to use a new monitor but I can not see to enable the mirroring option. Is there any key command to enable mirroring?
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How to get the video not-mirrored when Skype video chat?
I work with my team using Skype and view their whiteboard but all text are mirrored. How can I get it fixed?
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Mirror/Backup from SSH/SFTP to Windows
What I am trying to do is mirror a directory (recursively) from a server I can SSH/SFTP to, to a Windows machine. I want to do this as part of a script, so it can be automated.
I only want to copy ...
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Can wget convert links within a local html document? [duplicate]
I know that wget can fetch a remote page and its dependencies and rewrite the html so that image src attributes reference the newly downloaded images.
I am trying to convert local html files that ...
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2x different size mirrors using ZFS
I currently have a 4 uneven drive unRAID box. I'd like to migrate to Ubuntu and ZFS, but not quite sure what is possible with ZFS. I'd like to buy 2x 6TB drives, to use in a mirrored configuration. ...
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How can I download the same file from multiple URLs for increased speed?
I'm working on a Linux machine (relatively recent distribution). I want to download a file which is mirrored at two different (HTTP) servers. Now, the file is large and the download speed from each ...
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Wget 1.12 binary for Windows, can anybody find it?
I've been trying to find a Wget v1.12 binary for Windows as it parses CSS. No success. I successfully compiled for OS X but can't do the same for Windows. Is anybody else able to find or compile?
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Synchronizing two Git servers between companies
There are two companies. Each one has a Git server running. If company A checks in some code this should be updated on company B server and the other way around.
The two servers should keep ...
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Using wget to mirror a website and everything from the first level of external sites
I need to mirror a particular website (all the pages under that particular domain) any pages (but not whole sites) that the website links to.
I'm confused about the how to do this
wget -r --level=...
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Windows claims that my device doesn't support Miracast
I just bought a Microsoft Wireless Display adapter and my Windows 10 machine is claiming that my device doesn't support Miracast. Using the guide here, I confirmed that I have NdisVersion 6.4 on my ...
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File-based encrypt-and-sync solution for Windows
There exists many syncing and backup solutions out there, but I have yet to find a setup that will cover ALL the following behavior:
I want the ability to designate local folder B as the "...
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How to abort robocopy on first error
When using robocopy windows utility, what flags do I set so that robocopy aborts on the very first error it sees, similar to xcopy /dry command?
I need to mirror two dirs, and on occasion some files ...
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Cannot mirror laptop with windows 10 using panasonic smart tv viera
What I could do:
Correctly connected smart tv to Internet;
Could connect android devices with smart tv;
Establish a connection between laptop and tv;
When it establishes a connection between laptop ...
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Firmware vs OS RAID (aka Windows 8 Disk Mirroring vs Intel Onboard)
So Windows 8 is out and I have a new motherboard. I wish to create a RAID 1 coupling between two HDDs -- for storage purposes only (my OS is on an SSD) -- but I don't know which is the best route to ...
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wget recursively with -np option still ascends to parent directory
tl;dr: will `wget --no-parrent -r ' download from a directory above the given url's directory?
when using wget to download, say images, recursively from example.com/a/b with the -r and -np options, ...
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How do I set up two existing disks with identical contents as a single mirrored volume in Windows 7 without losing data?
I have two data disks that were, heretofore, in a mobo RAID configuration in Windows 7 (Ultimate, 64 bit). They are now separate AHCI disks, visible in Computer Management. How to I go about making ...
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How do I mirror a hard drive using Windows 7 Pro?
Is there an out of the box solution to mirror one hard drive to another?
I'm using Windows 7 Professional and I have 2 500GB hard drives. I want to mirror both of them so if one of them dies I can ...
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How to transfer my system to a new laptop harddrive?
So I bought a brand new 500GB SSD Hybrid drive for my laptop. I would like to start using it.
How do I go about mirroring my current 200GB hardisk on to there in such a way that I can just swap out ...
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RAID recovery - planning for the worst
I've considered getting a commercial RAID NAS, e.g. QNAP or Synology but hesitate because I want to be absolutely confident regarding disaster recovery. I'd prefer not to be at the mercy of the ...
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Windows 7 - Method for mirroring the data of one file with the data of another file in real-time
I'm looking for something that will allow the content of one file to be mirrored to another file on the same system and partition.
For example, when the content of a file, say, originaltext.txt, was ...
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How can I set up an automated local mirror of my Blogger blog?
I want to create a local backup of my Blogger blog including local copies of all images and videos. Whenever I post a new blog, I'd like it mirrored locally within 24 hours. Wget --mirror in a cron ...
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Download website from the WayBack Machine
I found an excellent website on the WayBack machine which currently doesn't work and the domain is for sale. I wanted to use it offline. I tried using WinHTTrack, but it only saves the homepage, ...
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How can I resume a httrack mirroring session stopped by limit?
I was mirroring a site using HHTrack, and it ran for some time and stopped with
log containing the following:
<snip>
Too many URLs, giving up..(>100000)
To avoid that: use #L option for more ...
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Resuming segmented file transfer
When I run an lftp command like this:
mirror --use-pget-n=10 "My Directory"
sometimes I find myself in a situation, that the computer was unexpectedly shutdown, say, during a blackout.
After that, ...
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Adding a .deb file to my local mirror (Ubuntu)
I have a local Ubuntu repo mirror and a debian package. Since the package is restricted to use in my local setup, I just want to add it to my mirror rather than as a PPA on launchpad. Therefore, I ...
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How do i copy all the pictures on a website? [duplicate]
I want to copy all the pictures on a site, but I don't know how to do it.
Could you please tell me? Shall I use a tool?
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alerting you when a hdd is missing with software windows raid
So I open up Computer Management on my file serving computer in what has to be the first time in months or maybe even over a year and see that the mirror I had created of my 1TB HDD has "failed ...
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How to mirror a filesystem structure but without any content
This is needed for backup purposes. Just the index of the entire fs structure.
I can do such image with a FAR plugin. How can the same be achieved in the GNUverse?
Mirroring means perfect copy, i.e. ...
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How to add a mirror-disk to my OpenSolaris?
I have a machine with two harddrives. I have installed OpenSolaris on one of them and now I want to add the other one as a mirror-drive in my zpool rpool. I guess I have to format the second disk ...
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Are there any good software-based RAID 1 mirroring alternatives to Windows 7 Computer Management?
I only have Windows 7 Home Premium, not Professional, so the mirroring option isn't available in Computer Management. Are there any good alternatives?
It's possible RAID 1 is overkill for what I'm ...
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What is the fastest way to mirror a directory tree on a DVD to a local hard disk in Windows 7
Recently I had DVD with a folder that contained over 83,000 files and folders. When I went to mirror this folder onto a local harddrive with ROBOCOPY I quickly discovered that more than an hour had ...
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mirror monitors with split screen?
I want to mirror half of my laptop's screen to the VGA output going to a projector, so I can see and control the other half, but the audience can't. The point is to create presentation notes (I'm not ...
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Dual-booting RAID 1
I have three drives: two 1TB hard disks, one 120GB SSD. I want to install Ubuntu (preferably, but justified alternatives are fine) and Windows 7 on the SSD, and have them both read from the other two ...
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Linux Mint 19 - mirror iPhone
I have been doing some googling to figure out a way to mirror my iPhone in Linux Mint 19, using either USB or WiFi-direct (AirServer-ish).
I've been trying several work-arounds, e.g. Linux' Totem (...
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Windows 7 hard drive mirroring with truecrypt system drive
I am setting up a new Windows 7 x64 workstation with 2 identical hard drives. The system drive is fully encrypted with truecrypt, and I would like to also encrypt the second drive.
What is my best ...
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Cancel mirror synchronisation in Windows 7
I've got basic disk OS managed disk mirroring setup in Windows 7 for a couple of volumes. After a power failure the mirrors are currently resynching. These are only small volumes of data but the sync ...
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Win 10 boot volume mirror fails: Boot configuration data could not be updated
I'm trying to add a mirror of the C:\ volume in Windows, but Disk Management gives an error:
Disk Management
The boot configuration data of the system could not be updated.
Use bcdedit.exe to update ...
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How to mirror a laptop screen to multiple laptops [closed]
I'm a teacher and, for my classes, both me and my students use laptops.
I need to simultaneously mirror my laptop screen to their laptops, so that each student can see my screen in order to follow my ...
