If my hard drive will break, with no way of repairing it , and I will have to switch it with a new one, is there a way to backup windows 7 for case like that or I must buy new windows for the new hard drive?
View 9 RepliesI own an HP G70 laptop which came preinstalled with vista. I received a free copy of Windows 7 (as an .iso image) with a legitimate activation code through MSDNAA. I burned the image to a DVD and install Windows 7 from the burned disk doing the necessary task of formatting the hard drive, etc. etc. Now, before I started installing programs and putting my files back from back up disks, the idea of making a system image right when I first started up Windows went over my head (fail on my part), so if I were to make one now, it would be over a 30GB. Now, if my hard drive were to go bad, can I just restore Windows 7 with the installation disc I made instead of making a system image or recovery partition?
View 2 Replies View Relatedi need some assistance,i am trying to backup my files on W7 64bit home premium,when i run (BACKUP NOW)it starts to run,but the loading bar stays at approx 10percent and does not progress,it stays like this for hours and will not seem to complete this process,i am backing up to my portable 600gig samsung drive..im not sure how to fix this problem
View 2 Replies View RelatedI need to reinstall Windows 7, without the disc, but I do have my Product Key Code & Serial #. Can anyone tell me how to do that? Something or someone has messed with my "puter" & it's a mess. I need to start over & I don't care if I have to reinstall my software. I have gone to every Windows website & still can't find anything. I'm not going to do a back up because there are some things on here that I don't want to put back on once I get 7 reinstall. I will reinstall my virus program.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI am thinking about updating my computer or re-installing Windows 7. So backing-up Windows Live email is important - I run my club's group email system.In the meantime, I have copied the Windows mail folder to an external hard disk - is this sufficient ? I have no way of checking if it is correct and can be pasted back into Windows 7.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI am planning on making a windows 7 image with macrium reflect free. Windows 7 is installed on a 290 GB partition. Now, only 22.3 GB of that space is being used, pretty much by windows 7 and other third-party programs. Will macrium reflect back up that 22.3 GB or back up all 290 GB which is mostly free space? ( I know that the question seems a little weird, but I want to make sure)
View 1 Replies View RelatedUsing win 7 backup, I want to backup up my ssd (now its in full go). Where is the best place to back up? I have a 500gb hdd with my docs on (was my old C drive etc) is it best to back up here or to an ext hdd? Also just in case of failure I am thinking of backing up the hdd with my docs on. I have acronis true image but would rather using windows system image, because once I've done a clean install to the SSD I can restore using the system image.
View 3 Replies View RelatedMy laptop has Windows 7 and it corrupted due to virus attack. Now I cannot access external USB device, such as external hard disk. I cannot even connect to internet. I plan to format everything and then re-install the OS, but need to back up my data first. How can I back up my data (250GB) without access to USB drive and internet?
View 2 Replies View RelatedWould making a complete backup image of windows 7 ( system , documents , media , etc)Restore it to what it used to be , because everything is fine I just want to increase the size from 150 GB to 1TB ( I just got the WD caviar green ) , I've les than 20 GB left.
View 1 Replies View RelatedAttempting to backup my HP laptop to my new Seagate Expansion 3TB plug and play external drive returns the error shown in the screenshot below. After searching Google for a solution it seems the backup utility in Windows 7 is not compatible with high capacity drives over 2.5TB. Am I understanding this correctly? How am I going to backup my laptop onto this drive?I did come across a proposed solution here but apparently this would prevent the drive from working with Windows XP. As I need to move file between the laptop and an XP machine this is not an option for me.There is approximately 126GB of data on the machine and the drive is brand new, formatted to NTFS and otherwise empty.Perhaps I need to use a third party software to backup?
View 6 Replies View RelatedI've got all my music in an external drive. When i configured bakups i selected that same external drive as destination to back up to.
Now, i added the music from that drive to windows media player and now, when the computer backs up, i've got this error telling me some files were omitted (namely all the music) because they're on the same drive as the backup's destination.
I'm going to use WMP because it's already there (regardless of there being a million better choices of media players/managers) so don't bother suggesting otherwise.
My question is: is there any special folder i should avoid backing up so this error doesn't happen? (like the one that contains WMP database)
More info:
Event type: Warning
Source: Windows backup
Event ID: 4106
When my download of Windows 7 finishes do I just burn it to a DVD and that's it or do I extract the content and then burn the extracted content to a DVD? Just that I saw something mentioned about this along with a tutorial (which I can't seem to find) the other day.
View 6 Replies View RelatedWhen burning data for the second time or more when using Nero 10 ROM and selecting the multisession, no new data is added. I am using Windows 7 operating system.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI have Acronis true image 2010 and it works sometimes but I just got a corrupted archive and I lost my C drive. So I'm thinking about another Backup program, or buying Acronis true image 2012 with Norton Ghost 15 so if one fails I have the other, but for both of them to be on the same computer might cause problems.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI have several computers in the house and thought.... its about time I backed these up (I know you should do this regularly) but being a bit unfamiliar with what the end result is on the backup, I'm asking if you can backup several computer to one big external drive and not copy stuff over from one backup to another - i.e. would you end up with folders that you could distinguish from each computer ?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI currently use XP. Before I install Win 7, I want to backup my drivers on a DVD. Where do I go to do that?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI just spent hours setting up 7MC with my tv tuner and line up all of the channels to match with the guides manually. I've already perform a full system backup. Is there a way to backup just the 7MC LiveTV contents IE: guides, channel scans etc?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have alot of data stored on a Windows 2008 Server.I want it to backup onto a NAS at another location. The only trouble is the location I want can't get a static IP for a FTP server.What else could I do? Or run on the NAS to update the IP on the Server.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI got this new laptop it is an hp 64 bit windows 7 premium. When ever you buy a laptop these days you need to back up the system files in case you need to restore the laptop.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI know this is a Windows 7 forum but perhaps someone here can help. My wife has given me permission to use her laptop to experiment with Ubuntu and Ubuntu variations on the condition that when she gets it back it will exactly as she left it. So... is there a way to back up the entire OS with installed programs, settings, personal files, etc? I know about dualbooting but in case something goes awry it would be handy to just be able to pop in a disc(s) and replace everything where it was.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI want to do a backup of each on an external drive, in case either should failHowever, my main need is to be able to access data and emails from that backup using the other working machine, until such time a repair is made and the data can be restored to the original machine.What software (free would be nice!) will let me view all the emails & data without having to actually restore it onto another machine? I am concerned that the mix of Vista & Windows 7 and windows mail & windows live mail might cause a problem.Maybe I am making this too complicated for myself and that any software (Easeus for example) would do the job
View 5 Replies View RelatedHas anyone ever used the Windows 7 Backup/Restore functionality to image different drives?
My intent is to have multiple images of multiple partitions in my system to restore from if the drives themselves fail and theoretically use the boot disk to pick and choose the images to restore to different locations.
I'm a former Acronis 2010 TIH user - the reason, the Acronis app is a complete shambles since they have moved from 2009 to 2010.
I am backing up my files so that i can uninstall win7 32 bit and install win 7 64 bit. Should i format the backup flash drive for FAT or NTFS
View 3 Replies View RelatedI have a machine Running Win 7 Enterprise x64, the drive has been encrypted with BitLocker. Recently the machine stopped booting. I have tried normal boot, last known good configuration, safe mode w/ networking, safe mode and none of these will boot, they all get a BSOD.
I have the BitLocker Recovery Key so that part is not an issue. Is there a Bootable CD that has the ability to unlock the drive or does anyone have any other ideas?
I have win 7 home premium on one tower and win 7 pro. on another. My question is can I save a system iso of each one on usb flash drives in case of a crash? My home premium c:/ drive shows 445gb. free from 465gb. so would I have to use at least a 20gb. flash drive. I know New Egg has a large selection of flash drives. I have a second hd in my pro system I used to save a complete iso backup on it.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI've switched from Windows Live Mail 2011 to Thunderbird 6.0.1. I've seen two backup plans here for Thunderbird--1) use Mozbackup, and 2) copy the entire Thunderbird folder in the AppData folder. Does anyone have an idea on which method is more reliable, or are both plans equally reliable? I'm way too chicken to test both.
View 5 Replies View RelatedMy dad and I are planning to switch computers and he would like to transfer all of his programs, software, and folders to my computer. With that, we would just simply have to switch hard drives. We could always set up a new OS and reinstall all of the components and drivers manually. Is there an efficient way of keeping all of his programs and folders while still be able to reinstall a new OS? Or would he have to reinstall all of them? We have an extra external hard drive at hand in case if we need it for backing up
View 3 Replies View Relatedi own 2 HDD's one for installation and a media drive. Last time i reinstalled i had huge issues gaining permissions to my media and ended up deleting about 600gb of data. After recently trying out windows 8 i was stupid enough not to data my data and thought win8 would install onto a partition i made for it. I recovered my windows 7, but encountering lots of problems, so i think its time for a clean install. Is there a way to keep my permissions on my media drive for my new install? I don't have an external drive.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have a few DVDs (Gettysburg and Gods & Generals to name a couple) which are multi-disk DVDs. How does one ensure the second disk goes where it belongs? Do I use 2 folders, one for each DVD, or can I get the DVD files to seamlessly integrate for a true 4 hour movie? Inquiring minds want to know..
View 1 Replies View RelatedI want to do a clean install of my purchased Windows 7 from Windows 7 RC. The problem is I have a lot of data that I want to keep and since it is about 500GB in size, i have no cheap way of backing it up (obviously considering buying another HDD, but i'd rather not for now). I was thinking that maybe I should partition my 1TB main HDD into 2, and transfer all my data over to new partition, format/clean install the old one and lastly merge the partitions. Is this possible?
View 5 Replies View Relatedtried backing up my files in protected folder and could not. if not how can I reestablish the on the desktop?
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