Questions tagged [windows-7-backup]
Making copies of data on Windows 7 so that the copies may be used to restore the original after a data loss event, or for historical retention.
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How to fix/investigate Windows Defender detecting malware in the VSS snapshots for Firefox cached files?
Update: Seems solved as of March 4.
I was able to remove the bypass (path exclusion in Defender) and perform backups without malware detection, even after re-accessing the site linked in the original ...
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How to recover files from windows backup tool with Invalid MediaID.bin?
I have a backup from 2009 with the extension .wbcat and after I opened windows 7 backup and recovery tool and selected the folder that contained this backup, there was the error: "Invalid MediaID....
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Is there any way to access registry of a Windows back up? [duplicate]
The day before yesterday my hard drive has died (MBR could not be read; all attempts to recover it proved to be futile).
All right, I was smart enough to back up all my data regularly (that included ...
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How can I back up my entire Windows 7 and restore it? If the bootmanager is on a different drive than where Windows 7 is installed?
How can I back up my entire Windows 7(system drive and everything which makes it boot) and restore it? If the bootmanager is on a different drive than where Windows 7 is installed?
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How to search a Windows Backup Artifact
Is there a means to lookup the entire set of file and folder paths for all the files that got archived into a Windows backup file? Ideally there'd be some kind of manifest file as a text file which ...
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How to Exclude Backup and Restore Service from Windows Defender in Windows 10?
Running Backup and Restore on Windows 10 1909, I noticed that the backup was very slow because Windows Defender (MsMpEng.exe) used most of the CPU time. In the Windows Defender configuration I ...
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windows 10 restore from backup on a different drive
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During or shortly after the standard windows user log on my computer would immediately power off. I tried reverting software back as best I could with no luck. I've since reinstalled a new ...
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Windows 10 Windows 7 backup
How would I go about in the Windows 10 "Back up and Restore (Windows 7)" in the Control Panel so that it DOESN'T store the disk label as well but just the drive letter like F: or G:.
Currently it ...
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Can I backup data without Booting?
I am using Windows 7. Recently, when I turned on my PC, it ran CHKDSK on one of my drive and after that, when the computer booted, I was unable to access that drive without formatting it. Now whenever ...
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How to create recovery media for Windows 10 (Legacy)?
I've created a backup system image of a Sata SSD using Windows, that has been through a few upgrades. Taking another backup of that drive is now impossible, but I have a recent system image taken with ...
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Win7 restore from very old file backup
I've got a Win7 computer with gigabytes of file backups over 6 years on a file server. But when I start "Backup and Restore", "Select another date" "Show All", it only lists the 20 weeks or so.
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Restoring Windows 7 Backup to Windows 10 machine - Backup not showing up in dialog
I am given to understand that restoring backed-up files from a Windows 7 computer to your Windows 10 install is viable.
I have a single backup on the external drive, storing my document folders as ...
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What are the files stored for a Windows 7 Backup? Or the Seagate backup?
When I got a backup drive, I was undecided whether to use the backup feature in Windows 7, or to use the Seagate utility that came with the drive. I had space enough for two backups, so I let them ...
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Selecting drives for a windows system image
Hello im trying to create a system image of my OS drive on my PC using the "Backup and Restore (Windows 7)". However when I go to make the image, It automatically checks the (D:) drive, which I can't ...
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I changed permissions on a drive and now Windows Backup says "Access is denied." How do I give it read access?
I'm using Windows 10 Pro. I recently changed the permissions using the "Security" tab of the Properties window for a drive on my PC so only my user account has any kind of access. I had previously set ...
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