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How do I rescue a windows 10 system from a failing SSD
Note Before: This is very similar to "Duplicating a system partition from a SSD with bad sectors" however my boot sector is failing and I don't have a valid windows 10 key.
System:
Dell ...
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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Most of the Linux production servers at work have been in use for many years and their hardware is out of date.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 I restore a Macrium image made from one machine SSD to another to clone windows and installed applications?
I have a Dell 8700 with Windows 10 activated and various applications all on a 256GB SSD. I have purchased a used Dell 9020 with a new 256GB SSD with Windows 10 activated, and I want to use Macrium ...
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How can I restore the encrypted partition table of my LUKS encrypted ubuntu partition?
I accidentially deleted the partition table of one SSD. I am trying to restore everything with TestDisk and when I run analyze it shows me the following after some percent of the process:
MS Data ...
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Cannot restore a new non-partitioned SSD using Clonezilla Preseed option
I can use the default manual step-by-step approach to restore the
backup to a new non-partitioned SSD without any problems.
I can restore using my automated unattended Clonezilla script to
restore the ...
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Corrupted windows?
In a previous question, I described how my computer wouldn't boot. After no progress, I bought a new SSD. I restored my macrium backup image to the new SSD, and it still wouldn't boot. The computer ...
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SSD suddenly blank
I got a TRANCEND SSD with 128GB ( TS128GBSSD[XXX], I guess 3 years old ). Recently I used the computer running Windows 10 about 2 days ago. After I tried to start the computer yesterday i recognized, ...
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SSD Backup Restore
I recently repaired my pc and took a backup of the boot SSD to be safe. I had to uninstall some programs to get the pc working again so files have been removed from the SSD. Now I need to restore the ...
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Is SSD TRIM deleting your System Restore points in windows?
I've had system restore enabled on Windows 7 with a SSD with TRIM enabled.
It would often have a message saying 'Creating restore point' but I never actually saw any restore points in the restore ...
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Restore deleted folder from wiped SSD?
I'm not sure what happened, but when I updated my BIOS and booted into Windows, part of SSD#0 is gone. Not just deleted, but turned into unallocated space. It's a Kingston SV300 240gb SSD, split into ...
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Windows disk imaging software which can save drivers and boot sector separately during backup?
I tried cloning an SSD from one laptop to a similar laptop. The laptop is running Windows 7 Enterprise. The second laptop has a larger and different model SSD. Both laptops have only a single drive, ...
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dd/ddrescue style tool for SSDs that skips writes for identical blocks
I have a dd copy of a filesystem from a SSD I want to restore back to the same SSD filesystem due to a bad OS crash, putting it back into a known good state. 95% of the blocks will be the same, so to ...
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Add a new partition to Windows [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Partition C disk running Windows 7 in half
I just got a new laptop with 750GB with Windows 7 pre-installed, office and some extra apps for the laptop.
The thing is I want to ...
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How to exchange the HDD of a MacBook Pro?
I've bought an Solid State Drive (SSD) for my MacBook Pro, and now I need to exchange it somehow. Would this strategy work?
Create an backup with Time Machine (Snow Leopard)
Then replace the old HDD
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Windows 7 SSD optimizations applied when?
I've got a Windows 7 install running on my laptop, and will be upgrading to an SSD shortly. If I take a Windows system image backup from my current HD, and restore it to my SSD, will I get the SSD ...
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