Vista CompletePC Backup
After message from our user Roberts
we prepare this article. Windows Vista comes with a new backup utility named CompletePC Backup, which will allow you to create an image file of your partitions in case they need to be restored.
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26.2.2007 Windows Vista CompletePC Backup to VHD
Windows Vista includes a new feature called CompletePC Backup. The interesting thing is the backup file format which is VHD, the same format used by Virtual PC and Virtual Server. It will be interesting to find out whats behind this!
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6.7.2006 Microsoft Releases Backup Software To Testers
Microsoft is rolling out the first release candidate for System Center Data Protection Manager 2007, the vendor's flagship backup and recovery offering.
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4.10.2007 Microsoft Personal Folders Backup (PST)
The Personal Folders Backup download creates backup copies of your .PST files at regular intervals, in Outlook 2002 and later versions, making it easy to keep all of your Outlook folders safely backed up.
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8.5.2008 Microsoft Cuts Backup From Home Server Update
Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) has quietly removed a key backup feature from an upcoming update for Windows Home Server, much to the frustration of channel partners who've been touting this particular feature of the product to customers.
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16.5.2008 Windows Live OneCare Beta v2.0 Online Backup Today!
I was looking in my inbox tonight and I came across what I thought was just another Windows Live OneCare message.
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22.9.2007 Macrium Reflect FREE Edition - How To Create Full Windows Backup
An award winning disk imaging solution for free. With Macrium Reflect FREE Edition you can create a disk image without rebooting.
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17.6.2008 How to Backup and Restore to Preserve OEM Offline Pre-Activation When Reinstall Windows XP
Most users of new computers with Windows XP pre-installed will notice that no activation is required after they unwrap and start up the new laptop or notebook PC, even though they need to go through the initial set up process, and a product key is found on the Certificate of Authenticity attached to the PC (COA Key). Large PC manufacturers known as Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) have the ability to pre-activate Windows XP operating system installed on new PCs via SLP (System Locked Preinstallation).
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3.9.2009 Windows Reactivator 2.0 - Backup & Restore Activation Status of Windows XP with Windows Reactivator
Every time you reinstall your windows XP you need to reactivate it online using your product key & worst if you lost your Windows XP product key.
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3.6.2009Windows 7: Windows Backup Overview
Windows Backup Windows Backup allows you to make copies of data files and also create a system image which includes your system settings, programs
and files. In Windows 7, you can choose your custom location for the data backup and whether or not to include the system image during backup.
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18.01.2009Backup More Than 1GB per Second Using SQL2008 Backup Compression
Backup Compression in SQL2008 performs very well and it is easy to use. You could either use With Compression along with the Backup command or
simply enable default backup compression through sp_configure by setting backup compression default value to 1. It is very convenient for backups of
large databases in our customer lab environment.
A few things you could do to make the backup compression perform better. The
hardware we used is 32way HP
Superdome and
StorageWorks
XP12000 disk
array.
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03.03.2008Outlook 2007/2003/2002 Add-in: Personal Folders Backup
Backing up your Microsoft Outlook information is quicker and easier with the Personal Folders Backup feature. Personal Folders Backup creates backup
copies of your .PST files at regular intervals, in Outlook 2002 and later versions, making it easy to keep all of your Outlook folders safely backed
up.
With Personal Folders Backup, you can choose which of your .PST files you wish to back up, and how often you wish to back
them up.
Each .PST file contains all of your Outlook folders, including the Inbox, Calendar, and Contacts. You can have a single
.PST file (usually called "Internet Folders" or "Personal Folders" in your Folder List), but you might also have an additional .PST file that you
use for archiving ("Archiving Folders"). Personal Folders Backup lets you back up any or all of these .PST files.
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08.05.2008Windows Vista Makes Backup and
Recovery Simple
Columnist Mitch Tulloch
explains the new and improved
backup and restore
capabilities in Windows Vista...
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15.08.2006Whats new with backup and Restore on Vista SP1
Christine Fok: Vista SP1 Backup & Restore contains many updates that improve reliability. Great effort has been put into improving the overall quality
of File Backup, Complete PC Backup and System Restore.
Many of those important changes may not be visible to users, but if you
run Backup and Restore tools, you can see some functionality improvements that many users had asked for:
Backing-up EFS
files
File Backup now backs up EFS (Encrypting File System) encrypted files. For those concerned with security, the encryption on
those files are kept throughout the process. So dont worry, you wont compromise your documents security by using our Vista SP1 backup tool.
Restoring Complete PC to a new motherboard
With SP1, you can use Complete PC Restore to a new motherboard that uses
previously absent disk controller. That means, if the new hardware requires an inbox driver that was previously disabled when the Complete PC backup
was taken, the required critical driver will be enabled in the last stage of the restore to ensure the machine will be bootable.
OTS credentials for scheduling Backup
In Vista (pre-SP1), only someone logged in as administrator could configure backup.
Now, its possible for standard users to configure a backup. When scheduling a backup, standard users will be asked to supply administrator
credentials. That is what we call over-the-shoulder (OTS) credentials. That is because well, if the user doesnt know the credentials, the
administrator usually type it over the users shoulder :-)
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10.03.2008Verizon Wireless Offers EV-DO as Backup
Verizon Wireless said
Wednesday it has begun
offering a service which
allows businesses to use its
high-speed data network as a
backup to standard Internet
connections or when more
bandwidth is needed...
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11.04.2007Preview of 160 GB ClickFree backup drive
At the Digital Experience show last night, Storage Appliance Corp. previewed a new 160 GB ClickFree Automated Backup device, not set for official
announcement until July 3...
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27.06.2008Symantec enters crowded online data backup market
Symantec has acquired online backup company SwapDrive for an estimated $123m (£63m), say reports. SwapDrive offers a secure online service
to consumers and small businesses that want to upload and store information which can be retrieved at any time from any device.
Many
companies already offer online backup services, including EMC (which acquired online backup provider Mozy last year), HP, IBM and Microsoft, as well
as dedicated online backup providers such as Iron Mountain.
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12.06.2008Fastback backup service to move beyond Windows, says IBM
IBM will also offer its FastBack enterprise-class backup service not for just Windows for other operating environments over time, according to a
company product manager in an interview with BetaNews...
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05.08.2008Fifteen backup programs to safeguard your data
There's no way around it: Malware happens, drive failure happens, natural disaster happens. If your data isn't backed up, it's gone -- or it will
require an extremely expensive, not-certain-to-succeed recovery operation.
If all you have on your system are scribblings and
unimportant downloads, you might not care. But you probably have something of value: scanned pictures of ancestors, wedding videos, a presentation you
worked all week on, the song that's going to make you famous.
It pays to back up, and it has never been easier to do so. No
matter what method you're most comfortable with, be it traditional file-based backup, image backup, or continuous data protection, one of the
following 15 tools will do the trick.
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25.09.2007Windows Home Server Technical Brief for Home Computer Backup and Restore
Windows® Home Server will automatically backup your home computers to the home server and allow you to easily restore the entire computer or an
individual file or folder to a previous point in time. The Windows Home Server Backup solution backs up only the data that has not already been backed
up. Even if you have several copies of the same data on different computers, the data is backed up only once on your home server and your home server
keeps track of what data was stored on each home computer on each day. This makes it efficient in the time it takes for backups to complete and the
amount of space that is used on your home server.
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21.11.2007Opera CEO von Tetzchner: Microsoft's IE8 'turn-off' is not enough
If the Windows 7 producer is truly interested in playing fairly, states the founder of browser maker Opera Software, it needs to present users with
a clearer choice.
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10.03.2009HP floats a file backup service in the cloud
One thing you start to notice about companies doing business "in the cloud" is that it's becoming harder to tell whether they were software
or hardware companies to begin with. This morning, Hewlett-Packard publicly launched a subscription-based backup service where the "cloud"
houses duplicate data...
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08.04.2008Microsoft Researcher Honored by Leading Technology Institute
Microsoft Technical Fellow
Chuck Thacker wins the
distinguished John von Neumann
medal in recognition of his
pioneering role in the
personal computing industry...
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15.06.2007SanDisk introduces FlashBack adapter as notebook HDD backup
SanDisk announced the availability of its FlashBack adapter as a backup storage media to protect against unexpected PC system failure or hard disk
drive (HDD) crash. The FlashBack adapter fits into the ExpressCard slot where it will automatically and continuously back up and encrypt critical data
onto a SecureDigital (SD) or SD HighCapacity (SDHC) card. With the backup card nested completely inside the notebook, the system is literally out of
sight.
Once the adapter is installed, users pre-select backup sources by individual files, folders and/or file types. The device will then
back up and encrypt data automatically and continuously from the computer's HDD to the memory card. Backup occurs as soon as there is a change to
a designated file, or when a file is added or deleted. There is no need for scheduling backups and no need for further user intervention. Also, the
application has a screen indicator to show the amount of storage available, along with a taskbar icon that displays the ongoing backup status.
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04.03.2008Windows 7 to allow PC backups to network share
Windows Complete
PC Backup is an image based backup tool where you could take a backup of your entire system and restore it later. Currently in Vista, the backed
up image cannot be saved in a network share as in
Windows Home Server. This requires to write the backup to DVD(s) or to an external hard drive.
With Windows 7,
Long has discovered one can
directly backup to a network share! I guess now’s a good a time as any to buy a NAS device. :)
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10.11.2008Sorry folks, Opera Mini won't be coming to the iPhone
In a New York Times interview this week, Opera's Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner said Opera Mini has been ported to the iPhone, but cannot be
released...
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31.10.2008Intel: Backup Tapes for AMD Trial Were Destroyed in EC Investigation
In its final report on how it
may have lost material vital
to its antitrust case brought
by AMD, Intel admitted its IT
department in Munich had lost
track of, and inadvertently
wrote over, backup tapes whose
contents may have been vital
to the case. The reason why,
Intel said, relates to a
separate antitrust
investigation of Intel by the
European Commission...
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25.04.2007Windows Home server - Cool "Add-Ins"
Yesterday here on campus we hosted a fun event to select the Code2Fame Challenge winners. The three finalists presented their Add-In wares to a panel
of esteemed judges, who in turn determined the first, second and third prizeseach with an associated award of cold, hard cash. Without further ado,
the winners are (drumroll, please):
First prize: Andrew Grant for
Whiist. Whiist is a very cool (and free) Add-In that allows users to easily host multiple web pages and photo albums on Windows
Home Server. With Whiist its a snap to make an Office document or anything that can publish to HTML into a web page on your homeserver.com site.
Simply drag photos into a website folder, and you can post albums of your favorite pictures to share with friends and family.
Second prize: David Wright for
Jungle Disk. Jungle Disk provides inexpensive
online backup and storage of Home Server content, using Amazons S3 infrastructure. A really nice solution for personal disaster recovery and assured
protection of your most important content. It will be available for purchase this fall.
Third prize: Prakash Gautam for
Community Feeds for Windows Home Server. This free Add-In pulls text, audio or video down to
Home Server via RSS, so its viewable from an Xbox or any Windows Media Connect device. Very interesting possibilities here for creating personalized
media libraries, accessible to the whole family at home or away.
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28.09.2007Using Windows Vistas Complete PC Backup - A Guide
A week ago, my hard drive started making an odd clicking noise, and, after a call to Dell support, it was clear the damn thing was going to die on me,
fast. Dell sent me a new drive, free under my warranty, lickety-split, and last night my job was to move everything over to the new hard drive.
Since I run Windows Vista Ultimate, I can use the very nice Complete PC Backup feature to move my files over to the new hard drive,
and I did. Overall, it worked out nicely. You can also use this feature if you bought a new bigger hard drive and want to move everything over to
it.
Heres how it goes...
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