Questions tagged [windows-backup]
Making copies of data on Windows so that the copies may be used to restore the original after a data loss event, or for historical retention.
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On a new PC with PCI 4.0 express SSD: Cloning or new install of Windows? Any performance differences? [closed]
I recently received a new laptop, my old one is really in a stage in which productive work is not possible anymore. The new laptop is equipped with an Nvidia GTX 4080 12 Gb and a 12900 processor and ...
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Create view-only backup and adding digital signature
I need to create a backup of a computer running Windows 10.
Said backup needs to be read-only.
I believe the program EaseUs allows that. If anyone can confirm, I’d appreciate it. I am used to Linux ...
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Backup and Restore in a HyperVM instance to a network share
I have an up-to-date Windows 10 HyperV instance stored on my SSD drive (C:), and I would like to use the 'Backup and Recovery' feature to store an image of the VM on my HDD (D:).
Right-clicking on my ...
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Backup WSL folder to USB without logging in as administrator [duplicate]
I am trying to backup my complete WSL data to a USB drive; however, I'm running into a 7zip administrative rights problem when I do it simplistically (creating the zip with the same windows user that ...
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How to restore a backup from an bitlocker encrypted disk
I use the native Windows 11 backup app to make a full backup of my machine onto an external disk which is bitlocker secured.
The backup tool i use is called "Backup and Restore (Windows 7)" (...
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Rclone copy only if files are "fresh"
I run a simple script to perform an rclone copy to Google Drive of a RAMDisk each day, giving it the naming format of YYYYMMDD_name. This works great, but is a bit wasteful because I don't actually ...
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Driveimage xml hard drive copy after back up?
I started by trying to restore my system from a system image but later found out that didn’t include a copy of the actual operating system so that wasn’t helpful.
Edited to add: I also tried to just ...
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Backup Window 10 to a folder of external drive
I have a C drive (SSD 1 TB) Installed with Windows 10 and an external D drive (HDD 8TB). I want to manually back up my whole C drive to a folder of D (The folder name might simply be the timestamp ...
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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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How to clone a partition to another drive on Windows 10?
On my computer, I have my system partition (A:), and another partition (B:) that contains all my data. Both partitions are on separate HDD.
I just want to backup B: partition without the system ...
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Backing Up Local Drive Image to Google Drive Without Cache Files
I'm looking to store a backup image of my local disk onto Google Drive for Desktop (GDD) using Windows 10 without the files being first cached on the local drive. GDD has an assigned drive letter.
I ...
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Recover from Windows Update that killed boot up [closed]
I recently had a near death experience where my system wouldn't boot after a Windows Update. I was finally able to fix it but it made me realize next time I might not be so lucky. So questions:
There ...
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How to keep from losing Normal.dotm?
Twice recently, my computer crashed while I had Word open. When restarting, it said something like "Do you want to reload Normal.dotm?". I said "OK" but was then told something ...
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Making Functional Robocopy Backup Script?
I cannot for the life of me get the thing to run on a new user laptop setup I'm working on. I'm hoping someone can help. I have been trying to search forums and YouTube videos but would really benefit ...
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Windows 7 Backup on Windows 10 can be used for Windows 10?
I would like to create full system backup, not just files. From what I see Windows 10 offers only Windows 7 Backup option for this. But what does Windows 7 Backup means in this case, can I only use ...
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