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Why does system image backup of C drive fail in Windows 10 Pro?
I regularly take backup of my computer by creating system image of the C drive. I do so by going to Control Panel\System and Security\Backup and Restore and clicking the "Create a system image&...
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USB disk drive fails after sleep, but only some folders
I have a Seagate Backup Plus Drive connected via USB to my Windows 10 computer. I use it to save my backup files from Macrium home. After my computer has been in sleep mode and then restarted, I find ...
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There's any way to know what backups and or disk images Windows have?
I want to know from what dates are backups availables.
If I remember well with Windows 7 you can see the dates from where you can revert the PC to a know state. I can't find that in Windows 10 21H1
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Using Windows 10, how to "sync" documents, pictures, videos... folders with USB drive backup?
I have a backup of the documents, pictures and videos folders on a large external USB drive which took many hours to create. - Hey, even cloud services can lose files, as I found out to my cost 😏
I ...
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Symlink vs Hardlink and Backing up Win10
I have the following use case and am struggling to decide whether to use hard links or symlinks. I store e-books in a "Books" folder on my Win 10 Laptop.
However I have a directory structure ...
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Why does Macrium Reflect Free add another Recovery partition when I restore a system image backup?
I am using Macrium Relect Free to make backups of my computer.
I used it to make a system image backup of Windows 10 on an SSD. To test I booted into the Macrium Rescue media USB key and restored the ...
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How to block Users for backup?
I have Windows 10.
I'm using "iDrive" to backup 600GB to an external hard drive (4TB) using USB 2.0.
Last time estimate it gave me was over 24 hours.
I need to block all my family (3 other ...
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Are forensic USB write blockers OK to use during data backup? (On Windows 10)
I've long been looking for a way to write protect one USB drive, while backing it up to another USB drive. And also to be able to mount USB drives as read-only to be confident of their contents ...
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Do you need to have sufficient space on a hard drive to mount a disk image (backup)?
So I just backed up two drives onto a single backup drive. I used AOMEI's Backupper. I backed up a 1tb drive (basically fully filled) no problem, and could mount the image and explore it's files. I ...
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Where does Windows 10 store backups? Can backups delete other data?
I have 2 HDDs in my computer, D: (2TB) and F: (256GB). F: stores all my personal data which I want to back up to D:, just in case. Using the windows 10 backup, I specify that F: should be backed up to ...
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Non-system HDD, Windows 10 is freezing, not responding and slow
I have recently built my long waited new PC (specs).
But I have made a very bad decision and bought Seagate 4TB HDD, which I found out was SMR drive. It is really slow and it takes ages to write ...
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Can't boot to Windows 10 with another broken Windows 10 drive installed
I'm currently trying to recover the hard drive of the laptop of a family member. The drive apparently stopped working but still shows a lot of vital signs.
The broken drive still boots into Windows; ...
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Trying to backup a corrupted dynamic hdd
I think one of my drives is starting to fail.
Sometimes it becomes unavailable all of sudden, and when I try to access files on that specific drive, File Explorer tells me it's an invalid path.
Ran ...
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Why I cannot restore system image onto new hard drive?
I have create system recovery image via Steps> Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Back up and Restore (Windows 7). I actually selected all partitions on the HDD. I then replaced my 1TB HDD with ...
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instantaneous backup to external drive
I have an external hard drive, and I want to use it as a backup drive. So my question is "how to update a backup folder when the original folder gets updated?", I'm talking about an instant backup. As ...
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Is It Possible To Update A System Image Backup? If So How?
I'm planning to replace my hard drive soon and want to use a System Image to restore everything.
I have a System Image that I created about a month ago. If it's possible I would like to update the ...
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How does one migrate from HDD to SSD+HDD without having to reinstall all the programs?
Okay, so I currently have a 4 TB HDD split into 2 partitions, one of which is my C:\ drive. I run Windows 10, and have lots of programs installed. I also have a 250 GB SSD as a secondary drive, but I ...
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How can I backup the data of my "windows" hard disk?
My problem is the following:
The mother board of my laptop is broken, but my HDD is ok.
Before changing the motherboard (which is still under warranty), I want to backup the data of my HDD.
What I ...
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Have a multiple drive computer; what drive do i need to image (backup)?
I have a computer with both a SSD and a HDD. The SSD is only used for the OS and everything else that can be stored somewhere other than the C Drive is stored on my second hard drive. Now i know that ...
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Windows 10 home server RAID errors
First of all apologies in advance, I am still learning about the different ways to setup a home server. Any help is greatly appreciated!
I recently converted an old PC I had into a home media server....
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Easiest/best way to backup/restore RAID 5 array?
I've tried the built in Windows 10 backup and restore with no success. I've also tried EaseUS Todo Backup and Aomei Backupper with no success.
I'm guessing this is because the backup is written fine, ...
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Windows 10 System State Backup wbadmin command errors out with "The specified backup storage location has the shadow copy storage on another volume."?
I'm running a system state backup on a Windows 10 system via bareos...
Before and after the backup, the system state backup is run on the client machine, but mine keeps failing before the backup ...
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Windows 10 backup procedure
I have the following scenario and have tried backup programs to test and have ran into many issues. So I’m wondering if Windows can get me out of this jam and it would be free if it can.
I have a ...
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Block write-access to a windows drive?
I have a backup drive in my box that I only use to house differential backups of my other drives. I currently don't have the money to buy an external solution, and would like to ensure my backup drive ...
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Windows Backup doesn't show Hard Drive
I am trying to get the Windows Backup working because the program that was delivered together with my Seagate Backup Drive is really stupid. I want to make incremental backups every hour. Something ...
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Can't access backup hard drive in Windows
I'm trying to backup files in an "internal" 3.5 inch 3 terabyte hard drive using Windows 10.
My computers have external SATA slots, where I can insert these storage devices without having to open my ...
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VHDX File Empty When Mounted Windows 10
I've found a old vhdx backup on a harddrive and I want to get some files off of it.
Whenever I mount the disk is Windows 10, it mounts an empty volume even though the vhdx file is 350gb.
Here is an ...
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Does Windows 10 File History protect against damaged drives?
I'm setting up a backup solution on a sibling's home computer. I have an external hard drive for backup roughly 300GB in size. I am backing up no more than 75GB of pictures and miscellaneous ...
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