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 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 ArticleBacking Up Local Drive Image to Google Drive Without Cache Files
I'm looking to store a backup image of my local disk onto Google Drive Desktop (GDD) using Windows 10 without the files being first cached on the local drive. GDD has an assigned drive letter.I created...
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...
View ArticleMove 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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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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