backup issues

Remediation Incomplete. I got a notification from Windows Defender that a Trojan had been detected on my laptop, but “Remediation was Incomplete” and the threat remained “Severe”. How do I complete remediation please? So far I have tried: 1. A Windows Defender Quick Scan – nothing detected; 2...

Hello all, hope no rules are broken. Windows 10 22H2 - 19045 32 bit, 4Gb memory Ran Chkdsk, DISM and Scannow - all come up clean Increased page file size, increased non-paged pool and services\null increased IRP stack size - resource monitor shows good memory resources Restart usually...

Hello guys. I have a server running windows 2012 R2 backup services. The server has a Hyper-V with 3 VMs on it.(C drive) The E Drive has 2 VM's. I want to do a bare metal backup with a externa HD with 3.7TB size available. My drives size are: C: 1.8TB available 150GB E: 650GB available 270GB...

A friend of mine sent me the following : I would imagine that MS has at least a months worth of backups , if not more . Can someone enlighten me on this ? Thanks .

Hi, I have Windows 10 weekly automatic backup on to a USB stick and after each event I get the following notification: Backup encountered a problem while backing up file C:\Users\defaultuser0\Contacts. ErrorSTATUS_WAIT_2 (0x80070002)) Backup encountered a problem while backing up file...

Hi, I have Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. I have used Windows Backup to back up my files to an external hard drive and create a system image. When I click on the backup folder on the external drive and then dig down to a particular file which I try to open, I get a message to say I have been...

Hello, When i use feature Backup of Windows 10, i see in Option "Back Up These Folders" some libraries as default. I know that i can add or remove libraries or i can exclude Folders. But, happens that, when i leave the backup and days ago i come to do another backup, it appears again with the...

My office pals are constantly creating lenghy file names and folders that surpass windows limits, which is causing problems when I perform or restore backups. Is there a way to just stop windows from letting a user write or copy a file which exceeds the limits imposed by the OS itself?. I´ve...

Dear Guys, I try to use BACKUP that comes with Windows 10. The BACKUP works well but i have some difficulties using the customization. - When i want to exclude folders from Backup, sometimes it works (the folder that i excluded appear in the list), and sometime does not appear. Question: What...

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Get an error message when I try to use System Restore. It tells me to check to check Volume Shadow Copy Service. Those settings seem to be OK, except in the process of getting there I get a Script Error message. Can you please help me resolve these issues. Thanks. I have uploaded these two...

I'm trying to wind down my days on my old XP. I had its original hard drive die. I replaced it with a refurbished one and got professional recovery from DriveSavers. On their advice I'm backing up the 500 GB Touro hard drive they sent me with the recovered data (which I've whittled down to about...

Hi: In recent months using Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 laptops and 5 USB devices (3 are WD and 2 are Seagate) many, but not all of my folders are empty, meaning their subfolders are empty with all files missing. While I’m not absolutely certain, I think the empty phenomenon begins with the base...

Hey guys, I need serious help… and as a token of my appreciation I will send $50 directly into the person’s paypal account that can help me with my problem Just so you know upfront I am using Windows 8.1 Operating System Here is my problem –in my “C: Drive” I have a folder called “PROJECTS”…...

Greetings. I have my backup running automatically, doing a backup every 7 days. Yesterday I noticed the back up kept running, until it racked up 73 folders totaling 12.2GB. Whereas the last backup was 172MB in one folder. The 1-5-14 backup was: 94KB and 180,416KB in two folders. 12-22-13...

I had trouble booting from certain rescue disks. I have Win8.1 upgrade from Win8 now. Since then I have had several issues to work out. I thought my backups were working properly, but they are not. I looked at event viewer for File History. Come to find out I had a problem come up there. It...

My PC ignores all power settings and hibernates after approx 5 minutes of user inactivity. It is a Dell Vostro 200, which I had been running successfully on Windows 8 Pro. The problem appears to have been the result of upgrading to Windows 8.1. Regardless of the power scheme settings, the PC...

Hi all, i need some advice on ecovering a windows 7 key on a fried HD, the back up that was made to a disc hasn`t worked properly and basically does jack. i`ve connected the fried HD from the laptop to my pc using the reqiuired sata and power cable but my pc isn`t picking it up. is there a...

So last night we had a power outage which I am guessing might have something to do with my problem. Basically my computer and everything worked fine last night when power came back on, it still worked in the morning, and it still worked when I got back home after work. However, the internet...

After much thought and deliberation I have done a factory image re-install and everything is working just fine however when I re-installed Office and got to run Outlook I could not find the emails and address book that presumably were saved in the back up that I did before the factory image...