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    Windows 10 Can I use a windows file backup to boot Windows again?

    HI, Recently I took the 2.5" SSD off from my Windows notebook, formatted it and installed MACOSX to use it on. a Mac temporarily. Some time later I bought a NVMe M.2 SSD to upgrade the MAC and a M.2 SSD to upgrade the Windows notebook. As the Windows notebook accepts two 2.5" SATA SSDs, I...
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    Windows 7 Macrium Backups

    I am new to the whole Macrium process but have managed to run the software and now have 4 backups. Knowing how dumb this question is, I am going to ask anyway - I can go ahead and manually delete the first one, correct? No need to keep 4 - 3 should do it. Also, Macrium did an update today. Do I...
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    Windows 8 One last question

    That’s one last question before I move on to Acronis True Image. I’ve been trying for at least a full day and I believe the last half of yesterday to sort out how to restore from a network “WINDOWSBACKUPIMAGE” I spelled it that way because that’s how Windows spells it when it creates it However...
  4. Windows 7 Does a system repair disc need updating?

    I create a new system image every week on a secondary internal drive. Do I need to make a new system repair disc too, or will the existing one continue to function?
  5. Windows 7 Something that I have not been able to find anywhere else - A file now owned by the admin group

    So, pretty much how it goes is that - a couple of programs (specifically, 2 that I have found so far) are not able to run at all on my computer, one being an installer and the other the Windows Backup tool. In Backup and Restore, there are a couple of options such as "Create a system image"...
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    Windows 7 Quick Easy Questions

    I bought an external hard drive recently to serve as a backup. I'm using Windows Backup and Restore and have a few very basic questions about backups. Yes, I have no experience with backups. 1. I'm assuming that any file that is backed up will remain in the drive unless deleted, as in, it...
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    Windows 7 Need help creating windows 7 iso and run it onto USB

    hello what im looking for is to know how can i take my own windows 7 os which i use at the moment and make it ISO file which i can later use it to run the windows directly over usb stick i read many guides but they all explain mostly how to install new windows 7 over usb drive which i already...
  8. Windows 8 Problems with speech files after updating to 8.1?

    Hi Today I updated my Windows 8 install to Windows 8.1. For the most part it went smoothly but I'm having a weird problem with my text to speech files. But when I hit speak the voice is very distorted and the volume is low, it's the same for all the voices including the Microsoft ones. I...
  9. How to Perform a Bare-Metal Backup and Recovery (Part 2 of 2)

    Windows 7 Forums uses Paragon Backup & Recovery 10 to demonstrate why it is always better to perform a bare-metal recovery, as opposed to a live recovery using Windows Backup or other products. This demo explains how to perform a bare-metal backup and restore in a two part series...
  10. How to Perform a Bare-Metal Backup and Recovery (Part 1 of 2)

    Windows 7 Forums uses Paragon Backup & Recovery 10 to demonstrate why it is always better to perform a bare-metal backup, as opposed to a live backup using Windows Backup or other products. This demo explains how to perform a bare-metal backup and restore in a two part series.
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    Windows 7 Creating A System Image question...

    hi i want to create a system image and save it to an alternate hard drive, however I am wondering if it will erase all the data of that drive? Does it need to format or be on a clean drive? Or can I do it and it will make a file or directory despite there being other data on there... kinda...
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    Windows 8 Windows Backup errors 0x8xxxxxxx

    Hello, this post just to share experience about a solved problem:upset:. I had to perform a clean install of Windows8 on an OEM ultrabook delivered with Window7 Pro preinstalled since I have been unable to boot the delivered Windows 8 Pri DVD Pack after converting the MBR delivered SDD to GPT...
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    Windows 7 When I Try a Windows Backup it Always Fails

    I have a Dell Inspiron 1721 connected to a new Seagate external hard drive. The Inspiron has 280GB of which 85 are free. The Seagate has 465GB with 445GB free. Several times I have attempted to back up the Inspiron and so far have been unsuccessful. The message I get is: Your last backup...
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    Windows 7 Backup and Restore missing/lost/destroyed

    Short story: Try to run Windows 7 Backup (x64) and get a blank page with the helpful message "page missing". Acronis is responsible, but I want to know how to get it back. Background: I decided to try the Acronis Home 2012 backup software. Huge, huge, huge mistake. After installing it, I...
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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 Files missing on External HDD after using windows backup ( but there invisble?)

    Hey, so i used windows back up last night and came down in the morning to see that a file on my computer, which was labeled the same as the back up, is missing, although should i use the search function, i can still run them, such as SC2 which was on there as well as alot of other important...
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    Windows 7 Attempting to do my first Windows Backup and hit a snag right away....help appreciated

    Have my backup destination selected, free and total space is displayed, DVD+RW inserted, but the 'next' button is not highlighted...it just sits there, I can't select any more options or continue. Knowing me, I probably overlooked something simple. Any help very much appreciated. Thanks...
  18. Windows Backup does not perform an incremental backup of media files when the Windows Media Player N

    Describes an issue in which Windows Backup performs a full backup of media files that are shared on networked players or on media devices. This issue occurs in Windows 7. Link Removed
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    Windows 7 Error code 0x8100002f

    After trying to make a backup to external drive I get this "Backup skipped backing upE:\ as it is on the backup target." I thought that I only am backing up C drive and system image. This message is stated 3x in notepad as I viewed which files were probamatic. How do I fix this?
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    Windows 7 C drive is marked as inactive?

    ============================================================== sorry, i was wrong, ignore the tilte please, because i not using english OS at the time, so i directly translated the message, but the actuall mesage is: The selected volume is on a dynamic disk when i select the location to...