Questions tagged [windows-backup]
Making copies of data on Windows so that the copies may be used to restore the original after a data loss event, or for historical retention.
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Does an equivalent of Time Machine exist for Windows? [closed]
A simple Google search for "Time Machine for Windows" results in a flurry of different little apps. But instead of relying on forum anecdotes and advertisements, I call on the much wiser Super User ...
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How can you use Windows Backup with a TrueCrypt encrypted backup destination?
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There are numerous backup solutions out there for Windows and they come in many different forms. From a file copy and/or syncing tool like SyncBackSE to whole hard drive backup utilities ...
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Does built in Windows 7 backup perform differential (incremental) backups?
I have win 7 scheduled to backup every Sunday, it's only looking at one of my drives at the moment and is backing up to an external HDD. It's a 1TB drive so should take quite a while to fill but the ...
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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 ...
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Why does my %appdata%\Local\Temp folder have almost 100GB in it? If this data is disposable, why hasn't Windows told me?
Hard disk failed. With a little trickery, I was able to coerce the Windows Backup and Restore 320GB VHD drive partition image (which contained only 220GB of actual data) to restore it onto a smaller ...
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Move existing Windows 7 or 10 installation to new computer?
I have a Windows 7 64-bit installation on my current PC, and I want to move it to a new PC .. I do NOT have a problem with licensing, as the new system already has its own new Windows 7 license, which ...
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How to back up non-standard directories in my user profile with Windows Backup?
I'm using Windows Backup to back up my Win7 Pro laptop. I'd like to use it to back up my complete user profile, but I only see standard profile directories (e.g. C:\Users\JohnstonJ\Documents) in the ...
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How can I preserve the WSL linux environment while doing a Windows 10 system "reset?"
This post mentions simply restoring the WSL directory partially restored WSL, but with some functionality issues. This post gives generic information for how to back up and recover a linux ...
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Windows Backup fails with 0x80070002: "The system cannot find the file specified"
Windows 7 Backup is failing. When backing up even a single insignificant directory (e.g. I chose only the empty "Contacts" directory, leaving all other directories unchecked), I get this error within ...
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What is the difference between an Incremental and a Differential Backup?
The backup utility on Windows XP gives you a number of backup options.
Amoungst these options are:
- Incremental
- Differential
What is the difference between these two options?
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How to show progress of "File History" in Windows8?
By using the 'File History' of Windows8 I can backup my stuff (or rather, my 'libraries'). I enable the feature and then ... the magic happens in the background.
How can I see the progress? How many ...
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Can't attach VHD
I think I may be experiencing that horrible moment when the backup fails. Somewhere hiding on this VHD is an SQL database I need to extract. This is from a Windows backup, not a virtual machine. I'm ...
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Windows Action Center notification icon says Backup in Progress when no backup is occurring
How can I get Windows Action Center's little flag in the notification area to stop saying "Backup In Progress" on Windows 8? It's driving me nuts. I disabled the Windows Backup service completely and ...
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How to fix Windows Backup Error Code 0x8078015B
I'm trying to setup Windows Backup to backup my laptop to a network attached storage drive. The backup runs for about an hour an then fails giving error code 0x8078015B.
When I checked the windows ...
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How do I make a backup of Windows 8?
Coming from MacOS X (with Time Machine) back to Windows 8, I'm wondering how I can make good (useful) backups of Windows 8 and my data?
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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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What is the difference between regular windows backup and creating a system image?
I had to deal with an issue where I had to reinstall Windows 7 recently, and had (thankfully) made a 'backup and restore' backup onto an external hard drive before that. Is there a difference between ...
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Explain Windows 8 Windows Store AppData/packages and what to backup
Can someone explain the structure of %localappdata%\Packages*package id*\ in Windows 8 so I can get a better idea of what files should be backed up and what files shouldn't be. Specifically what state,...
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Does Windows 7 backup work for a TrueCrypt-encrypted system?
Windows 7 built-in backup can make a full snapshot of the system partition and copy it to a remote location. Those images can be restored from the Windows setup DVD if the system doesn't start anymore....
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Which files to select when doing a Windows 7 system restore from external hard drive?
I have an ASUS computer running Windows 7 Home Premium and I am attempting to test my system backup/restore. I created the recovery DVD and system backup images (from the tools included with the OS) ...
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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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Robocopy command to copy updated files and long path names
I'm trying to write a robocopy command to copy from folders SR to DS.
Folder DS might have files that already exist in Folder SR, but if Folder DS is updated, don't overwrite it. If folder/files ...
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Restoring a Windows XP NTBackup file (.bkf) file on Windows 8
Is there a way to read a BKF file from Windows XP using Windows 8? I tried installing the Windows 7 restore only pkg from the Microsoft web page (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974674), but the ...
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Windows backup "Volumes larger than" error
A week ago I started getting the Windows Backup error 0x807800B4, stating "Volumes larger than 2088958 megabytes cannot be protected." I'm not sure what this is referring to. My system volume is a ...
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Windows 7 backup and restore: Is each backup incremental or complete? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Does built in Windows 7 backup perform differential (incremental) backups?
I have a computer that's been taking backups using Windows 7's Backup and Restore feature. However, ...
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Copying over only the things that are different [duplicate]
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Which is the best application to Sync two folders?
I'm having a hard time synchronizing my folders. Currently I'm doing manual RAID-1.
It sucks because OCCASSIONALLY I ...
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Creating a Snapshot of a Windows 7 System [duplicate]
Is there a way to create a snapshot of a Windows 7 system?
My goal is to be able to save the current state of my Windows 7 OS, on external storage, and be able to restore it on the same hardware in ...
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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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Robocopy Long File Name
Windows 10 run in our users' company PCs, long path name errors appears to them while trying to transfer files from the PCs to the windows server 2016
Users do not want to Flatten the folder ...
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WIndows-10 System Image Restoring Failed (cancelled then unrecognized)
I have Windows10 backup set to do weekly full images (not files) of the C: drive. From the backup & restore center, everything looks fine. The images are held on an auxiliary hard drive ...
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Windows 7 backup - automatically remove old backup ranges
I have a 1TB USB drive that I use as a backup drive for my work PC.
The drive will eventually run out of space and I need to go in and remove older backups using the manage space/view backups dialogs ...
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Differential backup software with DVD burning for Windows? [closed]
Do you know of any tried and tested incremental/differential backup software system, to backup only newly added or modified HDD data to DVDs?
And preferably software which can easily restore all of ...
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File History vs Backup & Restore
What is the difference between Backup & Restore that was present on Windows 7 and the "File History" feature on Windows 8?
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How to schedule Server Backup/Recovery process
I have two Windows servers located in different geographic location. One server is used as file server (i.e. shared location and have a directory tree with around 60 Gb of files).
I need to have the ...
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Central backup with windows server 2012 standard
Today i read an article about backing up clients on a windows 2012 essential server,
declaring this as an essential exclusive feature. Can anyone describe me how to backup clients on a windows 2012 ...
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Windows 10 image backup
I have a PC that has a 500 GB internal SSD system letter C Drive, an old internal 120 GB SSD letter P drive, a 1-TB internal letter D drive and an external 1 TB letter G drive. I'd like to backup just ...
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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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Acronis True Image free/open source alternative
I've installed fresh Windows 7 Ultimate (32bit) on my laptop. I've installed all the application/WindowsUpdates which I wanted to and my system is ready to use. All my other data is now on D: drive.
I ...
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Restore From File History after Windows 10 Format/Reinstall
I have been using Windows 10's File History to backup my files to a NAS I have at my house. Yesterday I formatted and reinstalled Windows to get a fresh start on the machine. I was hoping to just be ...
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Windows 10 system image fails
I am having trouble making a system image of my Windows 10 installation. The problem started occurring after I upgraded to an SSD from an HDD. (I used EaseUS to copy my Windows installation on the HDD ...
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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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Good Free Backup Tool - with provisos [closed]
I have seen some Backup Questions around. But they are not quite what I am looking for.
I would like to have a back up of my entire hard drive (to an external drive). I would like it to be the kind ...
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Windows Shadow Copy Backup and Restore
While answering another question I had to wonder: Does Vista/7's Backup and Restore Center or Windows Home Server's automated backups include the Shadow Copies/Previous Versions of files?
It seems ...
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Can I get Windows Backup and Restore to save more than one system image backup on a single drive?
I've been using legacy (Windows 7) Backup and Restore on a Windows 10 Pro system to generate system image backups that can be restored from bare metal. A major limitation of the tool, however, is that ...
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Backup but leave old versions of files on server
I have recently asked a question about backups but now I have different, similar one.
I need to backup on my server, but leave files, new versions, and old ones. The backup should go in one direction ...
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Best Backup Versioning Control Software? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What backup software for Windows?
Are there any backup software that have versioning control on Windows?
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What is Catalog and Mediaid in WindowsImageBackup?
I started backing up an image on an external HDD, and one thing I noticed is Catalog and Mediaid. I have some questions:
What are these folders and files residing by my backup?
What do they do/...
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Mapping dd commands to ddrescue
I'm trying to back up the Windows Recovery Partition on a laptop using ddrescue. I tried using dd, but I kept getting an Input Output error (at about 9.65 GB through, if it matters), so I learned that ...
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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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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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