I have a PCI-E SSD as my boot drive, and a win7-created RAID 1 on two 3TB drives. My boot drive has my user folder on it, but my documents, music, pictures, videos, etc folders shortcut to their respectable folders on the RAID. I would like this to be a full redundancy scheme and it is, but I've run into several nags and I would like to know how to fix them and prepare a fix-it plan before any of the drives fails.
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posted by ihavearedcouch
on Mar 19, 2013 -
5 answers
Need help with Paragon "Adaptive Restore", part of the Backup & Recovery 2012 software package.
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posted by lattiboy
on Sep 19, 2012 -
0 answers
What are the best backup solutions for Windows 7 these days? Looking at all types of backups - whole system restores including installed programs, manually/automatically copying data to a second hard drive/flash drive/SD card, and cloud storage.
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posted by danceswithlight
on Aug 23, 2012 -
6 answers
So, I want to restore my iPhone to a backup that's about 1 month old. However, I don't want to lose all of the SMS/MMS and Contacts data that I've accumulated in the meantime. Is it possible to extract and import this newer data into my older backup? I've searched around previous, similar MeFi questions and various 3rd party software, but no dice. And, sadly, jailbreaking is not an option.
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posted by Sine_Agraphia
on Jul 30, 2012 -
6 answers
Please help me salvage data on my perfectly functional iphone. How can I copy and restore data if ituens sync doesn't work?
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posted by mercredi
on Nov 14, 2011 -
9 answers
Windows 7, 80gb hard drive backup of a laptop - I need to get the machine back up and running, but the largest available hard drive is 40GB - There are files I can lose on the backup to get it down to 40GB, but how do I do it?
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posted by Orb2069
on Nov 5, 2011 -
9 answers
Windows re-installation question - I do quite a few Windows re-installations, and sometimes customers do not have their Office installation CDs or Quick books installation CDs. Is there a way to back up and restore individual applications (registry and all) that can be restored after Windows is re-installed.
Thanks hive mind!
posted by speedoavenger
on Jun 15, 2011 -
6 answers
My best friend got the new iPhone 4 in early August, but never synced it. When she finally synced her phone last week, she mistakenly told iTunes to Restore from back-up (the July back-up). Is there anyway to get her data back?
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posted by Kronur
on Apr 6, 2011 -
12 answers
Windows Live OneCare Help! - I have a windows onecare back up on an external hard drive from 2009, my windows live onecare subscription has expired. I have windows XP service pack 3 running on my laptop. Now, the restore tool won't allow me to open the backup or restore it. Is there any way around this? I really really need to get access to some old photos that are on this back up. I tried google but everything leads me to the backup restore utility. Hope me Please!!
posted by VickyR
on Dec 24, 2010 -
3 answers
I am looking help with the process of formatting my iMac (2007) hard drive and restoring it with Super Duper.
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posted by zardoz
on Mar 20, 2010 -
6 answers
I'm going to wipe my hard drive and reinstall Windows XP. But my files are in a huge mess and I'm scared I'm going to screw something up.
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posted by kitcat
on Sep 30, 2009 -
16 answers
I need to help my friend upgrade from Intrepid Ibex to Jaunty Jackalope. I'd appreciate any tips or advice for doing this. What's the best backup tool to use, and how do I restore from the backup if things go wrong? I'm thinking something like Time Machine would be nice, but I can do command line stuff, too. Any other best practice tips for the upgrade itself? Thanks so much in advance.
posted by zenja72
on Jun 19, 2009 -
10 answers
Is there a fairly comprehensive method I can use to image a hard-drive quickly, in case I end up needing that backup image later?
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posted by geodave
on Apr 6, 2009 -
14 answers
What are the alternatives on converting a physical computer to a virtual machine that would run (preferably) on a Virtual Box emulator?
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posted by fcoury
on Dec 29, 2008 -
3 answers
I am a new blogger using b2evolution who is considering a switch to Wordpress. I would like to back up & restore the whole blog. What exact steps do I need to take (on both the blog & database side) to accomplish this?
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posted by Nixie Pixel
on Nov 13, 2008 -
6 answers
What's the easiest way to restore my OS X 10.4 backup of my iBook laptop onto my shiny new OS X 10.5 Macbook? The catch: I made the backup using rsync, to a Linux file server.
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posted by autojack
on May 9, 2008 -
11 answers
How can I save my digicam pics
(retrieved from various old CDs and DVDs) and not spend weeks on it? Currently many of them crash (Windows) Explorer.
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posted by ClarissaWAM
on Jan 14, 2008 -
6 answers
How do I fully automate restoring my Windows XP test machines to a clean state on a daily basis?
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posted by TheSlate
on Sep 10, 2007 -
5 answers
I restored my Picasa data from a backup after a crash. Now none of the previously hidden photos are still hidden. Can I recover this automatically somehow?
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posted by grouse
on Mar 27, 2007 -
5 answers
I need to restore a Windows 3.1x backup from 3.5" disks to a safe area of my Windows XP machine. Is that even possible? If so, how can I do it?
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posted by Hogshead
on Mar 22, 2007 -
8 answers
What are some good programs for backing up photo's to CD / DVD? Specific features requested.
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posted by sprocket87
on Nov 27, 2006 -
7 answers
