I disappointed with backup and restore center regarding the missing ability on selecting which folder I want to backup/exclude. MS still wants to keep everyone feel as dumb as their program designer. I demand MS to schedule a fix on this.
View 4 RepliesDoes the complete pc backup compress the files..like say 20 GB on two 4.7 disks or is it linear like 5 4.7 disks for 20 GB? And I don't know why but if I do a complete backup and then try to boot off the disks and press enter it doesn't recognize the disk and just boots up normally.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI'm running Windows Vista Ultimate x64 and upgraded my CPU to an E8400 from a 6400 Core 2 Duo. This increased the bus speed to 1333 Mhz. It appears that it has broken both WMP and WMC. Is there any way to repair this without reinstalling Windows Vista?
View 9 Replies View RelatedBackup is broken and doesn't offer any settings for advanced users. It returned only 0800xxxx errors on me, no matter what I tried (sheduled backup, fresh backup, etc). My filesystem was OK, and I didn't have any extra users (and removed them, leaving some registry settings) on the system (which was a known problem).
- My RAID1 kept failing (and rebuilding). To be honest: This could be an ASUS P5K-E problem (my motherboard), I am not sure.
- System freezes. Power down was the only way out. (Which means a RAID1 rebuild)
- When I run Windows Update, I see an update for my LANdriver. If I try to install it, my system freezes. This is a driver delivered via.....
My copy of System Restore Services on Vista Enterprise SP2 is BROKEN.This is presumabably because of dual boot with a Windows XP problem. I have fixed the XP registry to exclude Volumes it should not overwrite. I have tried turning System Restore off. That did not fix the problem. So I turned it back on. Now I am trying to "scrub" the system so that I can initialize a new System Restore Point and get on with life. But I would prefer not reinstalling everything which would take over a week.
When I use the system protection option, the "search for restore points option'hangs. The create system restore point button is grayed out. Automatic updates and those installs using Wise Installer stall and do not complete.Apparently something has locked the function. If you have a clue as to how to untie this knot.
yesterday for no reason my busbi 8gb usb key has stoped working!? its no longer flashing its red led no more. I really need the files stored in it. I searched on the internet this morning for options I found a recuva site that is supposed to recover files but i dont know if that will do it for my case? and if i defragement my disk leaving my usb in my pc but wont that delete whats in it? I wanted to know really if i could recover files from recent items and like change the location which is at the time k/: ( remouvable disk k) to c:/ my normal documents ?
View 5 Replies View RelatedI've been facing issues with backup / restore / system restore
View 7 Replies View Relatedi, being a bit new to pc and being more comfortable with macs managed to mess up my machine so bad i had to re-install windows.
I am now wishing to restore one of my backups to restore my system to its original state.
When i go to the backup and restore section in the cp i am not able to restore from a backup and am told the bacup disk cannot be found.
I really need that backup cos i had all my music, photos, programs(i hope) in that backup.
1)I have Vista Ultimate 32bit and i use often the backup/restore computer to restore my computer. Is there any way to do this without using the vista cd? Like booting from partition or something?
2)Is my cpu is core 2 duo quad q6600 4cpus 64bit compatible? 3)Which os is better to install 32 0r 64bit?
How do i reset the restore points so as far as vista is concered no backups have ever been made on this machine, then i can try a restore by saying i made the backup on another pc, its the only way i can think of to let me restore my folder!
View 4 Replies View RelatedI am currently using Vista Home Premium. I had a problem with one of the current updates and had to use system restore. After the restore everything worked fine except that Mc Afee Security would no longer function, with the exception of the Firewall. Mc Afee indicated that the secuerity center was more than 30 days out of date. My system restore was set for less than 24 hours. Is this a normal situation and is there any way to prevent it in the future?
View 4 Replies View Related"I am running Vista 32bit. My PC has two hard disks and I backup to the second one driveD.I have had a problem that resulted in reloading Vista.When I now try to restore the backup it says "files made on a different computer - there are no backups on this computer".
View 9 Replies View RelatedI want to build a PC. I've browsed around the 'net looking for information on Complete PC Backup. The only thing that I've found on the 'net explains how to do a backup & restore. I've browsed around the Microsoft Vista discussion groups & found out that it is possible to do incremental (I wish that it would do differential instead of incremental backups.) as well as full backups.
Can I give the backup files names or does Windows? For example, before I install certain software can I give the backup a file name such as "before installijng XYZ software"? The way I understand it with incremental backups, the full backup has to be restored first & then the incremental backups are restored next starting with the oldest & proceeding to the latest. Since the Complete PC Backup does incremental backups, does the Restore wizard restore the incremental backups in order?
I have been placing my backup on an external USB 500GB drive. My computer with Windows Vista Ultimate melted down. I have been attempting to restore my documents from the USB Drive. I have restored some folders and now have 89,378 files mostly unrecognizable, such as: 7D6a3B81-0000DD52.nws. Isn't there a reasonable way to see the folders in the back up files so that one knows what to restore?
View 7 Replies View RelatedI just installed Family Tree Maker into my laptop that has Vista. Found a problem when I went to restore from the backup that was created using my desktop which created a .QIC backup file so it's not recognized. What can I do to recover these backups?
View 7 Replies View RelatedMy vista machine is in repair. Is there anyway to restore the vista backup to another laptop I use that runs XP?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI just recently got a new motherboard processor etc, and so i had to reinstall vista, well, i decided to go ahead and up to x64 so i backed up my hard drive under my current ultimate32bit and then formatted and installed ultimate64. So i thought i'd do a restore of my drive's backup, so i popped in my install disc, clicked repair comp, clicked restore a backup, chose the backup i wanted, confirmed, then a box popped that said basically, "The windows restore has failed. This backup can be restored on this computer. Please use the correct Windows Recovery Envirnment (x64) WinRE."
View 4 Replies View RelatedI just used Microsoft Backup for the first time. I have an external USB hard drive G: with 70GB free pace and 10GB already used. This was the first time I have run Backup START > CONTROL PANEL > BACKUP AND RESTORE I selected the option to backup everything. It ran for almost 80 minutes. I thought it was running because all the while, it was displaying the file that it was currently processing and then periodically, it would show the message writing to (G When it was finished, it wrote the following three lines
Last backup: 12/15/2009 9:49 PM
Next backup: 12/20/2009 11:00 PM
Where to save files: Local Disk (G So when I looked at G:, I could not find anything new. When I checked properties for G:, it was still 10GB used and 70GB free. Properties for (C were 30GB used 75GB free before and after backup. How can I tell if backup really happened? Did backup leave a log file?
I have a strange problem trying to account for the space usage on my disk. The disk capacity is 186 GB, and there is about 12.5 GB of available space. However, when I look at file sizes using ShowSize, TreeSize, or just manually looking at folder sizes in the explorer, I can only account for 99 GB of space. I have backup/restore turned off. Where's the rest of the disk space?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI recently downloaded a cleanup program that had good reviews from download.com. After using it, I saw that most of my programs in Accessories folder have disappeared!! For example, the System Tools folder is there but Cleanup and Defragmentar are not there, similarly, I have lost Calculator and many other programs. Besides, I somehow cannot use the backup restore that came with the cleanup program. I have uninstalled the cleanup program but how to get my accessories programs back? I am using Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit.
View 4 Replies View RelatedRunning Vista Home 64 going to upgrade to 7 professional. I understand that I will have to reinstall everything. My question is if I am using the vista backup and restore once I have completed the 7 install will I be able to restore my files with 7 even though it was originally backup up with vista or do I need to manually copy all my files onto an external drive instead of relying on the vista backup?
View 4 Replies View RelatedA new machine, VGN CR220E, Vista Home Premium. As common, today, no Backup / restore disks.(or any other software and/or manual) I was told one can make one (CD-ROM or DVD I'll like to. Also, I don't see Outlook Express.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI'm operating Vista Ultimate x64 on an HP Tx2 Touchsmart. (The 3rd one.)I've had the Touchsmart for a month and the case broke - so before I swapped it out at Best Buy I went over to the Backup and Recovery area of Vista and made a full restore on to an external hard drive. The folder "WindowsImageBackup" now exists on my G: external drive. I go swap out the two machines, come home and try and get Backup Status and Configuration to recognize the G: drive backup - it finds the drive, not the backup. I get to the point where it searches for a backup to restore - but it won't see anything there. I can see it, but apparently Windows can't. Besides cuss at HP for making a machine I had to return twice because of hardware issues. It's a sweet little tablet (multi-touch) but I've got some lemons right off the rack. Don't let me down Vista community!
View 4 Replies View RelatedIf I download Macrium Reflect and backup my OS (Vista), will I be able to restore the entire OS back to Vista, after trying Windows 7, but prefer Vista?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have a HP Pavillion M8150N with a quad core 2.4, (2)320 drives, upgraded to 4gbram (that was a waste) ... and ... its a great machine. I bought it 18 months ago and it fixed every problem I had with my old celeron 1.7 machine. I bought a project pavillion M9040N desktop box with no hard drives. I bought an HP Restore Disc and moved my (1) unused 320 SATA drive from my 8150 to the other machine ... and expected to just restore vista and have a backup machine.
It wasn't quite that easy. After (20) tries, I <powered on>, <hit F10>, entered the setup program and made the HD the first device, made the CD the 3rd device, made the HD the first boot device, and set it to display the parameters as it loaded. I dont know if I said that right.....
Could someone take their rime write us a tutorial on two topics? How to Rebuild a registry, and Backup and restore from DOS. For Vista. Im sure many could use this. All i found on google was that the reg is stored in System.dat And User.dat but it doesnt say what OS Version(s).
View 5 Replies View RelatedI am working with a PC that has account and password issues so the user is blocked from accessing his files. I have tried Orphcrack on the system but it's not showing any passwords. The user tells me the system has been acting odd for some time now and - of course - he does not have a backup and to make it worse his tax information is on the system so he had to file an extension to get time for me to do this recovery and restore. I need to pull his files from the system to wipe, perform a clean install, setup his account and restore his files.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have successfully used my Vista installation DVD to backup and restore Complete PC many times. But yesterday, it suddenly stopped booting and no longer prompts me to "Press any key to boot Vista from the installation CD/DVD". Other computers boot fine from this DVD, so it's not faulty. The only changes to the system configuration since the last successful boot from the DVD (literally the night before):
1. Automatic Security Update for Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 Service Pack 2 (KB936181)
2. Automatic Update for Windows Vista (KB947562)
3. Changed location of Documents, Videos, Music, Pictures to USB HDD, and then reverted back to defaults.
I have an Acer notebook with Vista SP2 oem . I intend to upgrade the internal drive from 80 to 500 GB but as the machine came with an early version of Vista home premium pre-installed I do not have a Vista cd to reinstall the os only a recovery dvd. I have a free version of Macrium reflect that I use to make an image of the comlete C: drive. Is it possible to swap hard drives and copy this image to the new hard drive without any prior formatting or os loaded on it.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI used the "Backup" component (Start>Accessories>System Tools>Backup Status and Configuration) of Vista Basic to backup my hard drive to an external drive in case I had a faliure on my HDD. Well, I had to restore the factory settings on my machine and now I want to restore the files I backed up. My external HDD is FAT32 and the system is telling me it can't use a target that isn't formatted NTFS. I have files that will be impossible to replace in this backup copy on my external drive but I don't know how to get to them. Does anyone have a work around for this?
View 7 Replies View RelatedI am using firefox and up until yesterday my backup and restore always worked perfectly. Now it refuses to backup and has erased all restore points, saying I have error 0x81000202, which means my volume shadow copy doesn't work.
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