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 -
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How do I take a bunch of files that are in the Trash in OSX (Mountain Lion) and restore them to where they used to be?
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posted by Pater Aletheias
on Dec 2, 2012 -
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iPhoto no longer displays full view of photos after Time Machine restore. Nor will it upload photos from my camera. Help me figure these problems out.
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posted by jammy
on Nov 23, 2012 -
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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 -
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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
I spilled coffee on my old (2006 polycarbonate) MacBook. Now the trackpad works, but not the keys. How can I diagnose and fix my laptop keyboard?
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posted by ignignokt
on Aug 21, 2012 -
7 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 restore Mac OS on my wife's MacBook! I am pulling my hair out.
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posted by Dr. Wu
on Apr 11, 2012 -
13 answers
I am running a Wordpress installation on my own domain. It was hacked. For an admin fee, my web host is restoring prior to the hack. What are my best practices going forward to prevent this from happening again?
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posted by netbros
on Mar 15, 2012 -
8 answers
How to restore NB305 netbook to out-of-box state after installing Ubuntu, possibly on the recovery partition?
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posted by little_c
on Dec 27, 2011 -
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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
I just reformatted a disk using Disk Utility - Mac OS X 10.5.8. I chose the wrong disk. Is there any way to undo it?
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posted by unliteral
on Aug 5, 2011 -
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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 -
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Is there an archive of old firmware for iPods? I have a 30GB 5th gen iPod - songs often skip, the device freezes, and audible excessive spinning is causing major battery drain. Reset and restore are useless, and I am thinking it is maybe a quirk of the latest firmware.
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posted by molecicco
on Mar 8, 2011 -
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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
How paranoid should I be about my Windows XP Pro machine after hitting a dodgy site with Firefox 3.6, scanning with Microsoft Security Essentials, updating NoScript, scanning with MSE again, and finally using Windows to restore to yesterday's restore point, about 18 hours before hitting that site? Firefox is now missing NoScript completely, but it's been installed for weeks and surely should have been here yesterday morning. Has there been a known issue with NoScript, or am I just a special (and dim) snowflake?
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posted by The True Wheel
on Nov 26, 2010 -
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Bought a (windows 7) dell inspirion laptop. too many problems, company finally giving a refund. how do i restore it to factory settings and delete all personal data? I do NOT want to reformat the hard disk, i want to leave the system programs intact. Thanks!
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posted by Izzmeister
on Nov 1, 2010 -
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A friend has a new Asus Essentio CM5671. He first transferred his data files to the new machine. Then, while trying to create the Windows 7 restore disks, he appears to have somehow reset the computer to its factory state, restoring all the crapware that had been removed and obliterating his documents and data. Any idea how he may have done this and how he can un-do it?
posted by skidoom
on Sep 10, 2010 -
4 answers
On Friday, I used Sn0wbreeze to update my (jailbroken) iphone 3gs from 3.1.3 to 4.0. Everything went smoothly, and I restored all my previous apps and files. I synced the phone a few times that night to get all my settings the way I wanted. Today, I plugged in my phone to sync it, but now iTunes is showing the "Set Up Your Phone" screen, with the options of either setting it up as a new phone or restoring from a backup. What gives, and how do I make it quit?
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posted by Captain Cardanthian!
on Aug 16, 2010 -
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Is it possible to recover accidentally deleted Xbox gamer profiles and game saves from a flash drive?
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posted by mrhaydel
on Jul 19, 2010 -
7 answers
I recently moved about 200 pictures off my memory card onto a laptop which I then had to return, forgetting that I had pictures on it. What is the best way to try to recover them from my memory card?
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posted by blue shadows
on Jun 16, 2010 -
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I have an antique copper pot that has lost its luster. It's an ordinary enough saucepan, but it was made and then brought from Russia by my great-grandparents in the 1880s. My own parents just recently passed it on to me and I'm proud to display it in my home. But it is rather dull-looking and is not as pretty as it could be. I would love some advice about how to polish it. I'm not interested in restoring it to a point where it looks like a knockoff, I'd just love to reveal the warm coppery glow I'm sure is lurking under the dullness.
posted by DrGail
on Apr 24, 2010 -
13 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
Are my boots ruined? Please help me figure out how to restore them to their former glory. More than you ever wanted to know about my boots follows.
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posted by prefpara
on Feb 13, 2010 -
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I have a 4th Gen click wheel iPod. It still plays and charges. Today, I got the "restore" error message when hooking it up to my iMac/iTunes. I tried restoring it but it then gave me the msg "The iPod could not be restored. An unknown error occurred (1433)" and directed me to
here. I tried the usual stuff recommended including: unplugging and replugging; trying new cord; holding menu and center button down for reboot; trying on other macs -- and still get the same msg. Although the technology is old, the iPod itself has hardly been used. Any suggestions? (Besides buying a new one.)
Thanks for your input.
posted by snap_dragon
on Jan 19, 2010 -
15 answers
Restored my iPhone to factory settings (after backing it up) in an attempt to fix an app updating issue. Now I can't restore all my previous stuff because iTunes says "the backup session failed." Please help.
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posted by Captain Cardanthian!
on Dec 10, 2009 -
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I would like to make a custom boot disc that is very simple to the user. All it would do is restore an image from 6 DVDs to a hard drive. The only options I would like the user to see is:
1) format drive
2) restore drive
3) exit
I would like to create this menu and all sub menus that I see fit.
I have seen UBCD but it is too complicated for the people I know. I would like to use Driveimage XML and have it read the discs one at a time to restore the drive.
Any suggestions?
posted by CodeMonkey
on Nov 30, 2009 -
8 answers
Will changing/removing a factory (DELL) set RAID 5 configuration from a home desktop PC interfere with rebuilding the OS (XP Pro) from the factory restore discs?
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posted by lyam
on Nov 19, 2009 -
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I errantly deleted all of my saved usernames and passwords from Firefox. Is there any way to get them back?
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posted by sockpup
on Nov 17, 2009 -
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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
Since upgrading to the latest Firefox (3.51?) the Session Restore feature which restores windows, tabs has NEVER worked. I get a white screen which says how embarrassing it is my previous session can't be restored.
I'd just like to start every session as a new one, it would save a lot of time, but can't figure out how to avoid the restore function.
The Mozilla/Firefox support site is so dense and discombobulated I can't find anything helpful there.
Any suggestions?
posted by NorthCoastCafe
on Jul 31, 2009 -
5 answers
I'm using Firefox 3.5 (on Leopard). Whenever I re-open FF, it remembers my tabs as it should, but there's a catch. All of them will "load" forever without actually doing anything unless I go to the location bar of each and hit enter. Hitting "Reload all tabs" doesn't work, instead it makes them all go blank. Also, until I switch to another tab and back, the URL of the first tab doesn't even appear.
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posted by N2O1138
on Jul 12, 2009 -
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