backup

Howdy! I always was curious how others do/manage their PC after a fresh installation of Windows 10, so in this thread lets discuss this and even better let's post properly what you do after a fresh installation of Windows 10, what software do you install, what settings you change for your need...

Windows Server Backup has been running for a couple of years. I see my current backups. It shows the oldest backup date being back in 2018. However, when I click on "Restore" it only shows dates since January 1. Are those backups just gone? Where are they? Perhaps they just don't show up...

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I have all my files on an external disc, D. I only use C for system files. I have activated ”Säkerhetskopia” , I guess ”Backup” in English. Säkerhetskopia is ordered to backup on another external disc, G. The size of D is 377 GB. The size of the backup on G is 1,67 TB, and rapidly increasing...

My boot 1tB SSD died. Now that it's replaced and I'm slowly back filling to get my win10 box back to where I was (the tech was able to recover 90% or so of my config) I'm determined to set a comprehensive backup routine. So ideally I'd like a routine set so that at shut down the machine...

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I have a system that refuses to boot to Windows 10 Professional (64-bit), and I think I need to do a reinstall. The advanced boot options is available, but it will not go into safe mode. I can however get the command line, and it recognizes both robocopy and xcopy. Assume that C is the hard...

Can anyone tell me for sure, with Windows 10 Backup, if I set it to copy a folder (or single files) each night, if nothing has changed in that folder (or file) does Backup still copy it? I want to be sure that copies to a cloud server are minimized. Edit: Also, if a single file in a folder has...

Dear all, Before you can help me here you must understand fundamentally what Bitlocker is about. Bitlocker: ------------------------------------------------------------------- The idea with Bitlocker is that you do not enter a bitlocker password when you boot up. Your TPM does this for you. As...

Yes, I know how to create a System Restore Point with built-in dialog or 'wmic' or Powershell. But I want to know if it is possible to create a System Restore Point with the core Volume Shadow Copy tool "vssadmin" as well? Can I similarly at least perform a Restore from a previously created...

I backed up my iPhone to my Windows PC and used it to restore my iPhone a few days later. I then had to erase my phone once again for a screen repair. When I wanted to restore it again -my iTunes said that there are no back ups. But if I check my PC I can see the backup on my hard drive. It just...

Hi, when I make a recovery drive on usb on my desktop it is 16GB in size. When I make a recovery drive on usb for a Lenovo laptop the drive is only 524MB in size. Both are for the same latest version of Windows 10 and I clicked copy system files in both cases. How would the Lenovo recovery of...

I am in the process of cleaning and neatening up my PC. My PC has 6 drives: (C:) - Primary - M.2 - 1TB O.S. Drive - 3 Win Install partitions (D:) - Primary - SSD - 1TB Installation Drive - 1 Partition (E:) - Primary - HDD - 2TB Data Drive - 1 Partition (F:) - Primary - HDD - 2TB Data Drive - 1...

My windows 10 Home edition krasched, so now i shall buy win 10 pro. Can i use the home edition backup to restore my files and programs in the win 10 pro version?

Hey guys, My PC croaked on me what has been 3 years ago now. I tried moving my hard drive to a different computer and that's when I discovered Windows 10 is very particular about what computer it's on with the licensing. Gone are the days apparently of just moving a hard drive to a new...

I have a Lenovo AIO 730S-24IKB computer running Windows 10. The computer has 2TB on-board M.2 PCIe SSD storage (Drive C) and a 1TB SSD 2.5" drive (Drive D). The OS is on dive C I create weekly backups of both C and D using Ashampoo software onto an external usb 4TB HDD and I also regularly...

Hi, As I have been getting on well with my installation of Linux Ubtuntu 20.04 on a SSD I installed it to a few months back, I decided to delete the partition I was using it from on a HDD and extend the partition for saved data to utilised the entire HDD. However rather than simply extend the...

I do not know anything about OneDrive and I want that all my downloads. mostly pictures, are stored only on mu PC in Download folder taht I akready had, arranged by months etc. I do not want to have OneDtive at all. How do I disable it and still keep already downloaded pics and docs etc on my...

I tried to open the file in MS Project 2013 and got the error says: "unexpected error Occurred when opening the file, the File may be corrupted Try to use the backup . . . " Has anyone encountered this error?

It occurred to me that my idea of using a backup from Windows 7 may not be useful if I cold install windows 10. From what I've read about Windows 10 so far, I see no mention of windows backup. So is a windows 7 backup useless under windows 10?