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    Win 10 migration tips

    So once again, as throughout the history of windows, I need a fresh install. This time I actually care that all my applications / windows settings and user data are migrated as well after the fresh install of windows 10 pro on a new SSD. My current install is on a traditional laptop 2.5 disk but...
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    Suspicious file discovered in System Volume Information drive.

    Hello, I was conducting a deleted file recovery using EaseUS Data Partition Recovery. I came across a file labeled "MountPointManagerRemoteDatabase.MountPointManagerRemoteDatabase" The file shows up as 0 KB when I tried to submit it to Microsoft for malware analysis. So, the system Microsoft...
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    Windows 10 Backup History

    I have activated the History backup facility in Settings, but all get is a folder FileHistory and various sub-folders, all empty. It is a facility I would like to use to cover new files etc. made since my last regular image backup - is there any other way of setting it up properly. If I cannot...
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    Windows 7 Read errors for one block on harddisk a problem if I re-format harddisk?

    Assume I have a rather new external (Toshiba) 3TB USB harddisk. During the last days I experienced a data loss because one of the data blocks on the hard disk seems to get damaged. I run a surface test with one of these hardidsk management tools like Minitool Partition Wizard. It shows...
  5. Windows 10 How to correctly make an image backup of all UEFI partitions with Secure Boot ?

    So I've been looking everywhere for this and in the end I still can't find rock-solid info. So I've just installed Windows 10 Pro in UEFI mode with Secure Boot enable and now I've got 4 partitions: Normally, I would just "ghost" my C partition and be done with it with Legacy boot but now with...
  6. Windows 10 Restoring an system copy

    That is a good exercise, isn't it? I made a system copy on an external USB disk, then a repair disk on CD. Because there are more system copies on that USB disk I made a new directory and moved the system copy into that directory. Nothing new, all has been done before. Then I restored...
  7. Imagex.exe cannot capture an image in Windows PE 3.0 on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Wind

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  8. Windows 8 Windows 7 vs Windows 8: what you'll need to relearn

    This is a rather refreshing article that takes, what seems to be, an unbiased view on the latest os from Microsoft: Article: Windows 7 vs Windows 8: what you'll need to relearn | News | TechRadar.
  9. Return codes that are used by the Robocopy utility in Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2

    Discusses the return codes that are used by the Robocopy utility in Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2. More...
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    Windows 7 Will Windows Backup & Restore work on a Raid array ?

    I was contemplating using a Raid 0 array as my primary C: drive with OS. I understand all the issues with that and do regular daily backups. I used to use Acronis which had no trouble with a raid array. But on this new build I was wondering if the built in backup tools would be able to image and...
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    Windows 7 transfer data through windows 7 by copy and paste perfect copy?

    Hello, I have one internal drive with 1 TB. The data there is very important to me , so I bought External removable drive for backup. Now, I want to copy the data from one drive to the second drive but I have to be sure I have a perfect copy of the data. The data is mostly songs movies and...
  12. Windows 7 Creating a Backup with W7

    I have never made a backup to cd on my laptop. I tried this today using the W7 restore/backup installed program. The following are the results but I am not sure I did it correctly. I followed the instructions and it ran for 20 min. and produced 1 CD for backup. My C drive has 83GB installed...
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    Windows 7 Restoring system from image backup

    Is there any way to restore a system image to a new SMALLER drive than that from which it was created, even though the image size is much smaller than the new drive? According to the help file it's not possible. Is there a work around? Maybe I could copy the files across then do a system...
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    Windows 7 Backing up in Windows 7

    Nicely written tutorial here. A straightforward subject but handy for many newbies. Windows 7 features a much improved backup center, allowing computer users to easily backup selected data on a schedule or as a one off. It is imperative that regular backups are made, as it is not unreasonable...