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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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windows partition restored on specific date (unusual)
This is a super unusual issue we have encountered, a PC of our payroll staff displayed an error upon opening today (05/11/2022). --MM/dd/YYYY
see error upon opening the unit
Tried to restart the unit ...
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How to automate restore of veeam backup
we are creating backups with veeam agent for windows.
I would need to restore those backups in an automated fashion. is there any command line client, a way to script the restore process or something ...
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New SSD and different OS
Last summer, my Lenovo AIO suddenly stopped working; more specifically, I was performing maintenance on it and the next restart gave an error 1962: No Operating System found. Fortunately, this is a ...
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How to recover Windows 10 from C: Partition?
Ok, brother-in-law accidentally put the wrong power cord!
Windows 10 PC no longer boots and the Windows system partitions are foobar.
The C: drive looks completely intact.
So is there a way to ...
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How do I back up Windows 10 installed programs and settings and then restore after update?
I am currently running Windows 10 Pro 1709 and want to upgrade to 1803
I've been hitting a ton of weird errors trying to upgrade (its a hand built PC) and troubleshooting hasn't gotten my anywhere (...
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Backup and Restore Failure [closed]
I am trying to backup using the default "Backup and Restore" in Windows 7 onto a Western Digital Passport and it is never able to complete.
This error appears about a third of the way into the ...
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How to attach VHDX file on Windows 7?
I made a Windows 10 backup, and now I have 2 VHDX files. If I attack that on Windows 10 in disk manager, no problem, but I must attach on Windows 7, and unforunatelly that doesn't work. How can I ...
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Windows 7 Backup & Restore
I manually deleted some backups from my hard drive but they still appear in the Windows 7 Backup & Restore Restore Files list. Does anyone know how I can remove the non-existent backup files from ...
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How to revert Windows 10 1709 to 1703 without Windows.old being directly accessible?
My question is comparable to a former one, but a bit different as well: I'm using 1709 and considering "rolling back" to 1703 because of changes in GDI memory management which introduced a serious ...
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Restore Windows Image Backup file from a live Linux session
I have a Windows Image Backup file created from within Windows. However, the Windows installation media refuses to read the drive it's on (USB 3, Win7, doesn't want to work). Instead, I was wondering ...
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Windows system restore increase automatic restore points
After 2 days
you can see that the task triggered 3 times (the last one was forced to run by me) but I only have 1 restore point.
I've tried looking for quite some time about this but didn't find ...
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Backup and Restore while changing harddisk
Lenovo is going to replace my Harddisk under warranty because the diagnostic tests show some error (though I am still not facing any issues).
However, there are only going to replace the disk and ...
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Making and restoring image of one OS in multiboot setup
Linux is easy. Just restore all partitions and then use boot repair. Windows has this boot partition and this is the real problem for me. Should I backup it for each Windows image? Or can I omit it ...
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Is it possible to get Windows Repair to restore the latest files at the same time as an image?
Using Backup and Restore from Windows 7 Pro it seems pretty easy to take a an image of a machine and then configure it to backup all files on a disk incrementally. It also seems extremely easy to ...
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Backup and restore only C:\ Drive from boot?
Is it possible in Windows 8/8.1 systems to back up the entire C:\ Drive and restore it from boot without erasing your other data on hard drive placed in e.g. D: or E: drives? So that you only restore ...
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Windows 7 System Image Restore Error 0x80042412 (No disk can be used...)
SSD main drive died in a computer. Windows 7 Home Premium, 64-bit. Had a weekly Windows Image backup on one of its hard drives. Replaced the SSD with a newer, bigger SSD.
Booting from the Windows ...
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clone bootcamp with windows 7 and install windows 8 then restore
I have mac mini (2012) in which i have installed mac os 10.8.2 and windows 7 using bootcamp. Now that i want to try windows 8 (as long as it can remain active). I decided to install windows 8 in same ...
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Windows 8 restore point behavior
I've just installed Windows 8. I added all drivers needed, changed My Documents location (different partition). I also installed some most necessary applications. All in all, I have a system ready for ...
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upgrading from windows xp to 7
1) what is the best way to backup and copy files over? From my udnerstanding you have to wipe the drive.
2) What is the costs and does any windows 7 work or do I want an upgrade key?
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How to clone a Win7 boot partition onto the SAME hard drive?
I want to have two or even three clones of my operating system partition on the same hard drive. No I don't want the clones on different hard drives. I want three partitions on one hard drive, two of ...
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Restore to a previous backup point with Windows 7 backup
I wonder if it is possible to restore previous versions of files or system states with Windows 7 backup.
Let's assume a backup has been set with default settings. It runs every Sunday at 19:00. Is it ...
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Error 0x800703F1 while starting Windows 7 Backup utility
This started some time ago. I'm making backup to my Apple Time Capsule drive. How to fix this ?
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Reinstall Windows on mass computers
At work there are about 40 DELL PC's - half of them are Windows Vista and other half are Windows 7. Some of the DELL PC's are 220s and 230s model.
If I want to re-install Windows then I can use a ...
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Backing up difference in windows system
I have various systems with windows xp installed. After fresh installatios I installed some softwares like visual studio etc. Now lets call this IMAGE1 of the computers.
I give out these pcs to users ...
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Restoring an Windows system image to a smaller drive
I recently had two 320GB HDDs on Raid 0 running on my main computer, and decided to split it in order to use one of the HDDs on another computer.
A windows system image of about 150GB was made on a ...
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How to mirror a hard disk and restore it later without OS installed?
My windoes 7 has been installed on a 128gb SSD drive C:. Unfortunately I screwed some programs that now I require to reinstall windows again.
But before formatting my OS drive I want to make a mirror ...
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Backup and Restore Windows on Virtual Machine [closed]
What if I make backup of Windows XP (say, with Acronis) on VMware and store it on shared folders with original Windows and after restore this backup on my Windows XP installed on hard drive? Thanx.
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Is it possible to restore a Windows 7 installation from a Windows backup?
I bought an HP laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium preinstalled. It has a label with Windows serial number. However a Windows Installation DVD was not provided. I want to repartition the HDD to install ...
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Restore Windows disk image to virtual machine?
I'm currently looking into (image based) backup solutions for Windows (XP, Win7).
One problem I have is that I'm not sure how to verify that the backups can really, actually, reliably be restored ...
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Overwrite your Windows folder with a backed up copy
Currently attempting to restore a backup. I'm left wondering whether HP intends for me to just overwrite my whole C: drive with the contents from the backup. Overwriting the Users folder, Application ...
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How can I backup my windows XP drivers?
I've got a new (well, used) laptop. I wish to format and reinstall the windows OS on it. On the machine I've got several drivers which I would like to transport to the new machine, but I don't have ...
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How can I do a Complete PC Restore from a bitlocker encrypted drive (Windows Vista)?
I'm running Windows Vista SP 2. My Windows OS drive is bitlocker encrypted. I have a Complete PC Backup of the OS drive on a secondary drive also bitlocker encrypted. I want to replace the OS drive ...
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Restore Bak File created on Windows XP pro in Windows XP Pro 64
I have a situation that I need help with. I backed up my Files on Windows XP using the System > BackUp utility/wizard, and then Installed a new operating system on the machine. Now I want to restore ...
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Is there any good RESTORE software for Windows? [closed]
In the spirit of Joel Spolsky's "Let’s stop talking about backups" article, is there any software that's good at restoring a Windows computer?
By "good", I mean it can handle a situation where a ...
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Restore complete PC from another computer
I have a few friends which keep on coming to me every month to format their laptops and then reinstall Windows.
This is time consuming.
Is there any way that I can make an image of their full system ...
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