Windows 10 Backup and Restore Problems
My quick question is if I create a Windows system image on a Dynamic Disk (Microsoft recommends against it, but it's my only option right now) and then move the backup files to a network share, will I...
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How to backup a Windows system installation (no user data)
I am a bit confused by the backup utilities in Windows 10, and a bit scared of the fact that Windows ships with 3 different utilities (as far as I can tell).What's the difference between System...
View ArticleRestoring Win 10 backup on another machine
On my current machine, I have two drives, both of which are in use. I made a backup using the builtin win 10 backup tool on an external drive. Can this backup be restored on a new machine running win...
View ArticleIs there a way to clone a computer, create a duplicate (physical or virtual)...
I guess what I'm looking for is a continuous data protection solution, but one that also has constant availability. So if one machine or the other were to fail for whatever reason, there wouldn't be...
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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...
View ArticleWhere does Windows 10 store backups? Can backups delete other data?
I have 2 HDDs in my computer, D: (2TB) and F: (256GB). F: stores all my personal data which I want to back up to D:, just in case. Using the windows 10 backup, I specify that F: should be backed up to...
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Flash Drive Multiple Partition For Backup
I'm trying do to something (experiment), I have 64 Gb flash drive and I break it to 3 sections. The first will be for Back up FilesThe second partition will be Create Restore Point (in case OS fails -...
View ArticleHow to backup too many small files faster? [closed]
I'm trying to backup my SSD to an external HDDAnd even when my folder is less than 50Gb it has more than 400.000 files, I'm just copying the folder using Windows Explorer and it says it will take more...
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Back up the download folder on win10 in OneDrive
Seems that one drive could only backup "desktop" "documents" "photos", but not the "download" folder?
View ArticleWindows 98 drive image
I have one PC with windows 98. It doesn't have USB or CD-Rom, but it has floppy drive and Network.I need to make drive image. Can I do it with Norton ghost ?I mean Norton ghost on floppy drive as...
View ArticleHow can a Windows system be backed up so that files on the backup medium are...
I use macOS and Linux almost exclusively. On those systems, it is possible, using various software, to create backups where the individual files on the backup medium are human-readable, i.e. the folder...
View ArticleWindows 10 file history backup fails at starting with error 80070005 - why?
Since February 2021 the Windows file history backup hasn't been backing up anymore. Trying to restart it manually (using the corresponding control panel) would lead to the error "Failed to initiate...
View ArticleRestore windows from drive that failed to boot
My ssd decided to stop booting. I tried windows repair from a USB boot drive without success. I did not want to reinstall windows on that drive, so I bought a second ssd and installed a fresh version...
View ArticleHow can I preserve the WSL linux environment while doing a Windows 10 system...
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...
View ArticleCan Windows backup an entire drive?
I want to make a full backup of the entire drive in Windows, without third party tools. I looked at the 'Backup Image' feature, but it requires me to select the partitions, and it does not list my...
View ArticleCan Windows Restore use a file image stored in a interntal hdd?
I'm trying to upgrade my main SDD to a bigger one. So I have to save an image and restore it.I created a system image in my secondary HDD. Then I created a restore CD (and also a restore pen drive)....
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Not able to create a system image - remote shared folder issue (Error code:...
I am trying to create a system image of my Windows 10 device on an external hard drive, but facing this "remote shared folder" issue. (0x8078015B)The problem is - Backup is getting failed because of...
View ArticleHow to manage the backup of users if i have to reinstall windows?
I have a computer with windows with two partitions. One for the system and another with a folder "Data", that has many subfolders and files, and I have about 10 users that has different permissions in...
View ArticleBacking up Windows XP Files
Scenario system crash. I've decided it's going to just be easier to run and restore from a system disk then trying to reload backups should say a disk failure(after all the system backups are stored on...
View ArticleHow 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 of...
View ArticleRecover from Windows Update that killed boot up [closed]
I recently had a near death experience where my system wouldn't boot after a Windows Update. I was finally able to fix it but it made me realize next time I might not be so lucky. So questions:There...
View ArticleHow 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?
View ArticleHow to clone a partition to another drive on Windows 10?
On my computer, I have my system partition (A:), and another partition (B:) that contains all my data. Both partitions are on separate HDD.I just want to backup B: partition without the system...
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Why does system image backup of C drive fail in Windows 10 Pro?
I regularly take backup of my computer by creating system image of the C drive. I do so by going to Control Panel\System and Security\Backup and Restore and clicking the "Create a system image" link....
View ArticleBackup Window 10 to a folder of external drive
I have a C drive (SSD 1 TB) Installed with Windows 10 and an external D drive (HDD 8TB). I want to manually back up my whole C drive to a folder of D (The folder name might simply be the timestamp when...
View ArticleDriveimage xml hard drive copy after back up?
I started by trying to restore my system from a system image but later found out that didn’t include a copy of the actual operating system so that wasn’t helpful.Edited to add: I also tried to just...
View ArticleHow to restore a backup from an bitlocker encrypted disk
I use the native Windows 11 backup app to make a full backup of my machine onto an external disk which is bitlocker secured.The backup tool i use is called "Backup and Restore (Windows 7)" (translated...
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Backup WSL folder to USB without logging in as administrator [duplicate]
I am trying to backup my complete WSL data to a USB drive; however, I'm running into a 7zip administrative rights problem when I do it simplistically (creating the zip with the same windows user that I...
View ArticleAny tricks to enable Windows-11 backup compression?
I've setup backups of my desktop machine to the network drive ("File History"). Unlike Windows-7 backup utility, which I can no longer use, Windows-10 backup does not compress the data, which means, my...
View ArticleCreate 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 and...
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