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Take snapshot when powering off
I am using my banking software in a VM and it's critical that I take a snapshot when shutting down the virtual PC.
This worked fine in VMWare 10, but in VMWare 12 I get the warning
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take/restore filesystem snapshots instantly and without reboot
I keep my workspace on a separate NTFS drive. Is it possible to instantly take snapshots (using COW) and restore them instantly too? The free space on the same filesystem is supposed to be used for ...
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Creating a Snapshot of a Windows 7 System [duplicate]
Is there a way to create a snapshot of a Windows 7 system?
My goal is to be able to save the current state of my Windows 7 OS, on external storage, and be able to restore it on the same hardware in ...
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Snapshot a desktop
I may be trying to do something that is not possible, but I would like to "snapshot" my desktop every 30min or every hour (Windows 7 Pro). I work with VMware's snapshot ability which has saved me in ...
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A few questions about windows 7 snapshots
I have been googling a while, but I am a bit confused about Microsoft VSS technology.
Currently I am running Windows 7 Enterprise 64bit - everything patched to the latest versions. My system has one ...
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VirtualBox - can I clone a snapshot?
I have a VirtualBox VM machine and I took a few snapshots.
VirtualBox works on a Window7 x64 and plays a Window7 x64 system as well.
Now I would like to clone the very first snapshot but I would ...
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Creating disk snapshots in Windows 7
Does anyone know of a command or tool to create disk snapshots on Windows 7 (client SKU)?
I see vssadmin.exe has a "create shadow" option, but that's available only on server SKUs: http://technet....
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NTFS "Restore previous versions"
My harrowing experience over the past 24 hours:
Windows 7 installation hosed after bluetooth driver install.
Attempting to recover using restore points via "Repair" on the bootable Windows 7 ...
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virtualbox snapshot size
I've started using Windows 7 under VirtualBox on an Ubuntu 10.10 host. I took about 6 snapshots over the course of setting up the VM from the Windows restore image that came with the computer. My ...
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Taking snapshots of filesystem/volume in Windows 7?
I'm developing an Windows 7 image for deploying onto a bunch of computers.
As I install the software, I like to take a snapshot from time to time in case one piece of software makes a mess of things.
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Create system snapshot to use applications that are not installed
Sorry if the title doesn't really give an overview of what this is.
I need an application that can do a system snapshot.
Here's the story. I have deepfreeze installed right now. And its activated.
If ...
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