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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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