Windows 7 Professional permissions
Howdy I backed up my documents to an external Hdd before re-installing windows 7 pro on my pc with no problems.But now i cannot restore my backup,i get ‘access denied’ error, I can open folders but the files i cannot.I tried granting my self permmissions but it’s not helping.Pls help
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| March 31, 2012 7:09 AM
Backup and restore, External hard drive, Windows 7 performance, Windows 7 Professional
Howdy I backed up my documents to an external Hdd before re-installing windows 7 pro on my pc with no problems.But now i cannot restore my backup,i get ‘access denied’ error, I can open folders but the files i cannot.I tried granting my self permmissions but it’s not helping.Pls help
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| March 31, 2012 7:09 AM
Backup and restore, External hard drive, Windows 7 performance, Windows 7 Professional
Backup and Restore Home Premium OS.
I have only been on the computer for a year or so and I’m not sure I’m supposed to be here. I have a Dell Inspiron 1545 laptop with a Vista Home Premium OS on a 64 bit platform. I want to backup the system but the backup program doesn’t backup programs but only files. [...]
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| March 31, 2012 9:11 PM
Backup, Backup and restore, Vista Home premium
I have only been on the computer for a year or so and I’m not sure I’m supposed to be here. I have a Dell Inspiron 1545 laptop with a Vista Home Premium OS on a 64 bit platform. I want to backup the system but the backup program doesn’t backup programs but only files. [...]
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| March 31, 2012 9:11 PM
Backup, Backup and restore, Vista Home premium
Running a disk check on Windows 2000 Pro
When running a disk check on a Windows 2000 professional computer it creates files in the root of the C: drive. What are these files and can they be used to restore data?
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| April 26, 2011 2:50 PM
Backup and restore, C drive, Disk Manager, Restore Database, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows Backup
When running a disk check on a Windows 2000 professional computer it creates files in the root of the C: drive. What are these files and can they be used to restore data?
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| April 26, 2011 2:50 PM
Backup and restore, C drive, Disk Manager, Restore Database, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows Backup
Backup and restoring a registry
How can I back up my registry? If I do back it up, how can I restore it when I need to? Can I selectively restore keys associated with specific applications? This is on Windows 7.
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| March 31, 2011 8:58 PM
Backup, Backup and restore, Registry, Windows 7, Windows Backup, Windows Registry
How can I back up my registry? If I do back it up, how can I restore it when I need to? Can I selectively restore keys associated with specific applications? This is on Windows 7.
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| March 31, 2011 8:58 PM
Backup, Backup and restore, Registry, Windows 7, Windows Backup, Windows Registry
Exchange mail store won’t mount after restoring OS from backup, but .edb file was on another drive that stayed current?
I have a SBS 2003 server with 2 hard drives. 1 hard drive has the OS on it. The other has file shares and Exchange files, such as the log files and the .edb file. The first drive went bad, and I used a week old backup image of it to restore from, however, the [...]
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| February 28, 2011 11:00 PM
Backup and restore, Exchange 2003, SBS 2003, Small Business Server, Small Business Server 2003
I have a SBS 2003 server with 2 hard drives. 1 hard drive has the OS on it. The other has file shares and Exchange files, such as the log files and the .edb file. The first drive went bad, and I used a week old backup image of it to restore from, however, the [...]
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| February 28, 2011 11:00 PM
Backup and restore, Exchange 2003, SBS 2003, Small Business Server, Small Business Server 2003
Rolling back Windows Server 2003 to a restore point
We need to roll back 23 windows server 2003 to a restore point. Can this be automated?
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| February 24, 2011 9:31 PM
Automation, Backup and restore, Restore Points, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Backup
We need to roll back 23 windows server 2003 to a restore point. Can this be automated?
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| February 24, 2011 9:31 PM
Automation, Backup and restore, Restore Points, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Backup
Tape backup replacement policies
Hi everyone, What do you use as a best practices to replace backup tapes? Do you wait until any error is reported by drive, autoloader or backup software, or do you change them after a specific number of uses or time? All constructive feedback will be welcome. Regards, Saturno
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| February 10, 2011 5:22 PM
Backup, Backup and restore, Backup storage, Tape Backups
Hi everyone, What do you use as a best practices to replace backup tapes? Do you wait until any error is reported by drive, autoloader or backup software, or do you change them after a specific number of uses or time? All constructive feedback will be welcome. Regards, Saturno
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| February 10, 2011 5:22 PM
Backup, Backup and restore, Backup storage, Tape Backups
Setting up a RAID 1 from an internal HD to an external HD
I have a 500GB internal HD on which I store all of my media and documents. I am interested in creating and maintaining an identical backup of the data stored on the internal drive on an external USB hard drive, while also having the internal HD being accessible other computers and devices on my home [...]
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| March 16, 2011 3:59 PM
Backup and Recovery Hardware, Backup and restore, Backup storage, RAID, RAID 1
I have a 500GB internal HD on which I store all of my media and documents. I am interested in creating and maintaining an identical backup of the data stored on the internal drive on an external USB hard drive, while also having the internal HD being accessible other computers and devices on my home [...]
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| March 16, 2011 3:59 PM
Backup and Recovery Hardware, Backup and restore, Backup storage, RAID, RAID 1
Backing up user data in image VDI environments
What’s the easiest way to identify and backup user data spread across user disk images? Any tips on VDI backup best practices would be greatly appreciated.
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| June 25, 2012 7:26 PM
Backup and restore, Desktop virtualization, Disk Imaging, VDI, Virtual backups, Virtualization strategies
What’s the easiest way to identify and backup user data spread across user disk images? Any tips on VDI backup best practices would be greatly appreciated.
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| June 25, 2012 7:26 PM
Backup and restore, Desktop virtualization, Disk Imaging, VDI, Virtual backups, Virtualization strategies
GDG restoration from tape backup
hi, can anyone please tell me iwant to restore generation which is multi-volume (G0001V00) from tape on dasd with renameu option.and i have tried with first creation with base gdg nad without base also. i m getting this error(G0001V00 IS A MULTIVOLUME DATA SET ).can anyone share the jcl. I m trying following JCL—–> //RESTTAP2 [...]
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| January 17, 2011 7:57 PM
Backup and restore, GDG, Restore Database, Tape Backups
hi, can anyone please tell me iwant to restore generation which is multi-volume (G0001V00) from tape on dasd with renameu option.and i have tried with first creation with base gdg nad without base also. i m getting this error(G0001V00 IS A MULTIVOLUME DATA SET ).can anyone share the jcl. I m trying following JCL—–> //RESTTAP2 [...]
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| January 17, 2011 7:57 PM
Backup and restore, GDG, Restore Database, Tape Backups
Backup Windows Server 2003
how to take backup in windows 2003 server.&which software is helpful for taking backup.
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| January 19, 2011 7:36 AM
Backup and restore, Backup servers, Server Backup, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Backup, Windows Server backup
how to take backup in windows 2003 server.&which software is helpful for taking backup.
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| January 19, 2011 7:36 AM
Backup and restore, Backup servers, Server Backup, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Backup, Windows Server backup
Free automatic backup applications for a small Windows Network?
What are some free automatic backup applications for a windows small network? We want to back up all PST files and My Documents. We do not want the end user to have to do anything.
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| January 12, 2011 5:02 PM
Backup, Backup and recovery software, Backup and restore, PST folders, Windows Network Administration, Windows networking
What are some free automatic backup applications for a windows small network? We want to back up all PST files and My Documents. We do not want the end user to have to do anything.
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| January 12, 2011 5:02 PM
Backup, Backup and recovery software, Backup and restore, PST folders, Windows Network Administration, Windows networking
Freeze Active Directory users from changing passwords temporarily
Can we prevent users from changing their AD passwords temporarily? We want to create a network freeze and not change or modify anything including passwords while we do some backup/restore testing.
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| January 7, 2011 9:24 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory backup, Active Directory Backup and Restore, Active Directory security, Backup and restore, Network security
Can we prevent users from changing their AD passwords temporarily? We want to create a network freeze and not change or modify anything including passwords while we do some backup/restore testing.
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| January 7, 2011 9:24 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory backup, Active Directory Backup and Restore, Active Directory security, Backup and restore, Network security
Recovering database files from failed Brightstor 12 server
We have a failed brightstor 12 server. I can recover the files from the hard drive but the server is dead. We will be rebuilding a new one. Can I recover the database files and import them? And if so where are they located?
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| January 8, 2011 4:28 PM
Backup and restore, BrightStor, BrightStor ARCserve Backup 12, Database Files, Database Recovery
We have a failed brightstor 12 server. I can recover the files from the hard drive but the server is dead. We will be rebuilding a new one. Can I recover the database files and import them? And if so where are they located?
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| January 8, 2011 4:28 PM
Backup and restore, BrightStor, BrightStor ARCserve Backup 12, Database Files, Database Recovery
Full and differential backup size same in SQL Server
Hi, Sub:Full and differential backup size same. I am facing the following problem on production server,I am getting the full backup(600MB) and differential backup size(598MB).On off peak hours I have taken full backup and just after a min I have taken differential backup but the sizes of both backups are almost same.As per BOL diff [...]
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| December 30, 2010 1:56 PM
Backup and restore, SQL Backup, SQL Server, SQL Server backup and restore
Hi, Sub:Full and differential backup size same. I am facing the following problem on production server,I am getting the full backup(600MB) and differential backup size(598MB).On off peak hours I have taken full backup and just after a min I have taken differential backup but the sizes of both backups are almost same.As per BOL diff [...]
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| December 30, 2010 1:56 PM
Backup and restore, SQL Backup, SQL Server, SQL Server backup and restore
Windows XP SP3 restore feature
On Windows XP SP3 if I use the restore feature to roll back to a specific point can I un do that or do I need to create a restore point before I roll back?
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| December 29, 2010 5:23 PM
Backup and restore, Restore files, Restore Points, Windows XP, Windows XP administration, Windows XP backup, Windows XP SP3
On Windows XP SP3 if I use the restore feature to roll back to a specific point can I un do that or do I need to create a restore point before I roll back?
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| December 29, 2010 5:23 PM
Backup and restore, Restore files, Restore Points, Windows XP, Windows XP administration, Windows XP backup, Windows XP SP3
In Access 2007 for query exports to Excel 2007 – How do you turn off Automatic backups
How can Access 2007 be set so that when it exports queries to Excel 2007, backups are NOT created in Excel each time the Excel file is saved? How can Access 2007 be set so as not to cause EXCEL 2007 to backup exported query files?
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| March 11, 2011 12:00 PM
Access 2007, Backup and restore, Backup server hardware, Excel 2007, Windows XP Professional
How can Access 2007 be set so that when it exports queries to Excel 2007, backups are NOT created in Excel each time the Excel file is saved? How can Access 2007 be set so as not to cause EXCEL 2007 to backup exported query files?
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| March 11, 2011 12:00 PM
Access 2007, Backup and restore, Backup server hardware, Excel 2007, Windows XP Professional
Hard Disk and Partition Imaging Backup software help
Hello, I am looking for advice on the best Hard Disk and Partition Imaging and Backup Software packages for corporations. Looking for a corporate license budget of aroung $5k, and per user $50. Any advice? Thanks! Kathleen
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| October 30, 2011 4:22 PM
Backup and restore, Disk partitioning, Hard Disk and Partition Imaging and Backup, Hard disk performance, Hard disks
Hello, I am looking for advice on the best Hard Disk and Partition Imaging and Backup Software packages for corporations. Looking for a corporate license budget of aroung $5k, and per user $50. Any advice? Thanks! Kathleen
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| October 30, 2011 4:22 PM
Backup and restore, Disk partitioning, Hard Disk and Partition Imaging and Backup, Hard disk performance, Hard disks
More robust options than Windows Retrospect data archiving
We are currently using Retrospect (windows version) to do both nightly backups and regular archiving of our production server. The routine archiving consists of an average of 200GB of DATA on several tapes in one catalog. We find that Retrospect may not be the most robust solution for such large data sets. However we are [...]
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| February 18, 2011 7:53 PM
Archiving, Backup and restore, Data archiving, Data backup solutions, LTO, LTO4, Retrospect
We are currently using Retrospect (windows version) to do both nightly backups and regular archiving of our production server. The routine archiving consists of an average of 200GB of DATA on several tapes in one catalog. We find that Retrospect may not be the most robust solution for such large data sets. However we are [...]
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| February 18, 2011 7:53 PM
Archiving, Backup and restore, Data archiving, Data backup solutions, LTO, LTO4, Retrospect
Backup process for several IIS hosted website
Can we create an automated process for backing up several IIS hosted websites? We want 3 backups spread out over the course of the day and it should also include mySql backups as well.
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| December 13, 2010 3:25 PM
Backup and restore, IIS, IIS Server, MySQL, MySQL backup, Server Backup
Can we create an automated process for backing up several IIS hosted websites? We want 3 backups spread out over the course of the day and it should also include mySql backups as well.
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| December 13, 2010 3:25 PM
Backup and restore, IIS, IIS Server, MySQL, MySQL backup, Server Backup
