backup solutions

I use a My Book Essential 250 GB external hdd to store system images made using Acronis True Image. I only attach the drive once the computers are up and running and then disconnect it once I've made a backup/image. When I plug the drive into a USB port it takes a long time (2 minutes or so)...

Hi, This is my first ever post here. I got Windows 7 last November, and the Windows backup program has never completed to this date. It did not work right out of the box. When I had Windows Vista it worked just great. I used a DVD for the backup, and still try to. My computer has a...

We handle confidential personal or business data almost every day. In order to to avoid being hacked, I am trying to figure out how to protect our data. Encryptng data is an easy answer but repeated encrytion and decryption of data everyday would be inconvenient chores. I am wondering how you...

I am having a problem accessing files. I was running vista til my had to do a fresh install of windows 7. I had been backing up with nt backup and still have those files. They were under an administrator account. When I attempt to restore them I see the files transfered but am unable to see them...

Once I restart my computer-Suddently The partition D was invisible. I gues it's because of bad sektors. There are many softs for XP to solve this like active partition recovery, partition disk doctor and so on, but I couldn't find any soft for win 7! Do I need to instal WINDOWS XP as secound...

I have four "upgrade stickers" for Windows 7 that I received when I bought Vista 64 Ultimate earlier this year. Unfortunately I did not install the stickers to Window 7 stickers to the various computers (or put them on the case sides and used the same case so they are all mixed up now that I...

Link Removed Windows 7 introduces improvements to printing in Windows that provide increased performance and reliability for print users. For IT administrators who remotely manage network print resources, these enhancements provide more flexibility and better management overall. What are the...

Hey guys, I have a problem :frown: Has anyone played with bitlocker? I have encrypted my drives and made a usb key. This works great but thought I need to duplicate the key - just in case... When I go into "manage bitlocker" I put in another USB stick and click "duplicate the startup key"...

I normally have acronis do a complete clone of my drive daily. If I bitlock the drive and then try to clone, will the clone know the key & work perfectly or not? If not, is there a way to get this to work? Can I access the bitlock drive from another computer on my peer to peer network with the...

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Overview Agood solution for XP users. This software installs Windows Easy Transfer on a computer running the 32-bit version of Windows XP so you can copy your files, photos, music, e-mail, settings, and more to a computer running Windows 7. If your computer is running another version of...

Hello, i am having a extremely alarming problem, i can not access my external HDD!! I had bitlocked it, which was EXTREMELY stupid, and 93% into the encryption, it decided to stop, and now it just gives me an error to keep checking the disk i could just pause it before it had an error and...

I installed W7 a few days ago but had problems so I reinstalled it today setting up the same user name as before. I had my My Documents folder on my D drive and set that up as it's new location. On my new installation that My Documents folder is only readable. If I try and add anything to it...

I intend to use the Win 7 East File Transfer when I upgrade from Vista Ultimate to Win 7 pro. I intend to use the clean install method. If I add a second physical internal hard drive, can I use that instead of a physical external drive? All documentation always refer to an external drive. I...

I've been using the Win 7 RC for quite a while now, and really have enjoyed it. Ordered a couple copies of the Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade for my wife and I. Got her PC all updated no hitch. Unfortunately, I've been fighting the process on my system all night long. It's just been one thing...

Hi. I am planning on upgrading from XP to Windows 7. Right now, I have 2 hard drives on my computer (C: and F:). All of my files are on the C: hard drive (300GB) and F: (1TB) is empty. When I install Windows 7, I'm planning on installing it to F: , and later copying files over from C: instead...

I installed MOZY FREE Backup software on my computer by following their instructions. After installation, my computer kept freezing and then I got the Windows Blue Screen of Death! Basically, MOZY FREE Backup CRASHED my computer. I could not even do a system restore. I had to restore my...

I am hoping there is some small chance here. In anticipation for installing Windows 7 on my main drive I installed my new 1TB SATA drive as secondary under XP, formatted it and moved files to it. I had no problems accessing anything so I didn't think there would be any problem when I tried the...

Hi I'm really confused about what I should do. I recently wiped my HDD after getting a new box, installed XP then W7RC. When installing XP, I made 2 Partitions, C:/ and D:/. The C:/ drive was ~100 GB on which I installed the OS, and the D:/ Drive was ~130 GB. What I then did was copy the...

I get this message everytime I back up: The backup was not successful. The error is: Windows Backup failed while trying to read from the shadow copy on one of the volumes being backed up. Please check in the event logs for any relevant errors. (0x81000037). It's the first time I'm doing a...