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In Android there are apps to backups all apps with data and restore them, is there something similar in Windows? to backup certain programs with user data associated with it? I don't mean full partition backup. For example: backup "WinRAR" with all the settings and registry keys and restore it...

We are in the process of rolling out Windows 7 Pro machines, into a brand new network. All users have an S: drive and are supposed to be saving all their data there for server based backup. How do I make Win 7 save to S: by default, move the Libraries to S: and therefore protect the users...

Almost every search I run locally turns up hits with "roaming" in the path. I spent a while on the internet trying to find out exactly what the roaming folder was for. It seems the more I read the less I knew. Everyone seems to have a different idea on how to define or use roaming. I think...

I apologize if this post isn't categorized correctly but it's my first time posting on well any forum for that matter. Recently on my 2 year old Gateway FX6860, an issue occurred where after installing anti virus software, said software caused my computer to be unable to boot up, safe mode would...

Out of curiosity I checked the properties of my main folder under C:\Users and found that it contains about 55GB of data and 240,000 files. I back up most of my data files every day with Mozy, but I thought it might be good to have some sort of local backup in case of disaster. I'm not...

Hi helpers, It's a very strange situation I am stuck on since yesterday. When I turned on my laptop yesterday, that windows did not load properly and came up with Blue Screen of death with this 'Unmountable Boot Volume' error. After tons of research online, I found so many different tricks to...

Basically, I used Disk Cleanup utility on a windows 7 Ultimate machine to delete the Windows.old folder only to discover that it contained a critical amount of data in the 'users/JonDoe/' which was referenced to from the upgrade by a simple shortcut on the desktop. How can I recover the...

I had an MS Word 2007 file on my system. I had it opened for a couple days, and during this time, Windows decided to FORCE a restart of my system (beautiful idea to default to this behavior, btw), and while doing so completely lost (how?) my saved copy of the aforementioned file. This file is...

I have to find out the details of file that are ready to write on disc? Is there any method to find them and monitor them? i have found that windows default disc writter use path "C:\Users\(username)\AppData \Local\Microsoft\Windows\Burn\Burn". I cannot findout the burning file...

I would like to get more knowledge on system tools and computer management focusing only on how they can help in a troubleshooting. I was humiliated in a job test and so I am trying to avoid that it happens again .... In internet I found the standard things....I would like to get as much...

Has anyone had a problem with a USB drive constantly disappearing and not being recognized? My current solution is to delete drivers in device manager then wait until they load again. This is a temporary solution. I am using a VivoTab ME400C tablet pc with full win8 in a public environment as a...

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Hello a newbie here. I've just moved all my data onto my new laptop & now I'm getting a BSOD regularly. I don't think it is data related as this was just pictures & documents put into my user folder. I don't know if it is worth removing the data to see if it goes away? I hope that I have run...

Hi All, I just wanted to confirm something for peace of mind before proceeding... Basically I want to make 100% sure that its okay to permantly delete EVERYTHING that can be found at this address: Local Disk(C:)/Users/<Username>/Appdata/Local/Temp/ Obviously I will leave the folder "temp"...

Please help. Ive bought A lenovo g580(?) with 7 pre installed. There is four partitions preinstalled on the hdd. I've understod that You can not delete any of these, in order to keep the recovery system working. Four partitions is the Max number of such. Is it possible to Get an extra data...

I want to do a clean reinstall of windows but Ihave much data as well as programs I would prefer not to have to reinstall inaddition I have banking etc that I don’t want to lose. My question is, what isthe best way to do this, is there a backup program available? The reason forthe reinstall is...

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I'm accessing the internet using wifi from a school close by. Should I use the "remember password" or any other personal detail option? The computer is still mine though.

I have joined this forum in the hope i can get help and advise in deploying windows 7, I have been deploying windows 7 for the last 7 months as a contractor for two different clients. Both clients have had different ways of doing the deployment, however both have the same concerns about data and...