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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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Possible to backup/restore simultaneously with Ubuntu 22.04 on a LAN/cross-over cable?
I have several identical Dell laptops that came pre-installed with Ubuntu 22.04. I need to set these up for a classroom environment with a VMware guest operating system (Solaris). I managed to get ...
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rsync save and restore user-id/group-id
I'm trying to understand how to save and restore user/group while performing a backup using rsync.
It might be that I got it all wrong, but I was running the following command:
rsync -axqHAXWESR --...
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Is it possible to restore a backup image taken from an old Linux server to much newer hardware?
Most of the Linux production servers at work have been in use for many years and their hardware is out of date.
For example, we have some production servers running CentOS 8 or 9. While the OS has ...
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Can a W11 System Backup Image be restored to a laptop running W10?
Laptop purchased with W11 and created W11 updated backup image to internal and external drives. Downgraded from W11 to W10 and created W10 updated backup image to internal and external drives.So I ...
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Backup & Restore Winsock?
In the process of doing some troubleshooting and running the netsh winsock reset command, and was wondering if anyone is aware of a way (or app) to backup the current winsock catalog (and/or ...
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Is it defined to use pax across filesystems?
If I wanted to backup a *nx system, am I correct that going across filesystem boundaries would be a no-no? Would utilities like pax properly handle the jump across them or do I avoid it? If avoid it,...
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Restoring from backup made with rsync -M--fake-super
For years I have been regularly running the following command locally as a root filesystem backup in the hope I am safe:
rsync -aAXv --progress --delete / --exclude={"/dev/*","/proc/*&...
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How to restore MBR of Windows (10) if I have a clone of the disk? (restore the MBR only)
All the search results explain how to attempt to fix a broken boot record without a backup.
I have a backup. I have a clone of the whole physical disk (not just the partition). Due to reasons, I don't ...
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How can I find original or past filenames if I did not created a security copy or a point of restoration?
I used a program for changing file names in a masive way, that program I used was "reNamer", but now I'd like to return all the original names because I believe I made an error when I tried ...
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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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Where does Google Chrome save the startup websites, continue where you left off?
I had to install a fresh Windows 10 on a new SSD.
The SSD on which the previous Windows 10 is installed is OK,
all files can be accessed from D:\.
About the favorites, I copied the files located in
D:\...
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Request to allow restoration of HDD sectors image
I took apart my Creative Nomad Zen Xtra and opened the HDD up in HXD.exe then saved all the sectors to my d: drive so I could use the HDD for something else temporarily but then I realized I need ...
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What is a folder.pst and how can I import or search it
enter image description hereenter image description hereI need to find an important email. I saw it in the past few months and know its there somewhere.
Ive searched outlook and its "searched the ...
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Recovery (restore) over PXE
How to do I restore my backup file (AOMEI or EaseUS) to multiple computers over the Internet?
How can I take a backup of my computer (Windows 10 Pro) after sysprep on the computer and restore it to ...
