Can't Perform A Backup To My Desktop Computer
Nov 19, 2012
I just got two new harddrives for my birthday - one for my desktop, and one for my laptop. The desktop drive is 3 TB, which Windows won't let me use the entirety of...this is sort of a separate issue and not what brings me here, because I figure I can get around this by using another drive for the operating system and just use the 3 TB drive for storage. The drive I want to do this with is the 250 GB drive currently in my laptop, which will be replaced with the other new drive I got for it, 500 GB.
My plan is to make a backup of all the data on my 250 GB laptop drive to the 3 TB (backing up from my laptop to my desktop, connected by the homegroup). Then I'll put the 500 GB into my laptop, copy everything back to it, and use the 250 GB as the second drive in my desktop. *deep breath* it's tedious, but the best solution I came up with to make the migration possible.
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May 25, 2012
I'm running Windows 7 64x Home Premium on a Toshiba Qosmio X505 laptop. I just got it back from the warranty repair center, where they replaced the hard drive and graphics fan & heatsink, and reloaded the factory windows version. Before I sent it out for repair, I used Windows Backup to create a backup of all my files on a Toshiba casio 500GB external USB drive (I had over 300 GB of files, so it was easier to use Windows Backup than drag and drop all the files, at least at the time). Now that I have the laptop back, I'm having trouble restoring my files. When I go to Control Panel-> Backup & Restore, a message appears in the restore section, saying "Windows could not find a backup for this computer." I've tried reconnecting the drive as well as restarting my computer, but to no avail. I can see and explore the files in My Computer, so I know the hard drive is properly connected.
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Could I use Macrium Reflect or a similar program to do this?
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I have a windows 7 computer (Compaq-OEM I believe)
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this is a picture of my current "my computer" file I just want to backup a windows 7 boot disc I have win 7 64 bit.
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These are my specs if they matter any.
Operating System-MS Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit SP1
<span>CPU-Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 @ 2.93GHz Wolfdale 45nm Technology
<span>RAM-4.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 333MHz (5-5-5-15)
<span>Motherboard-ASUSTeK Computer INC. Maximus II Formula (LGA 775)
<span>Graphics-W2061 (1600x900@60Hz)1024MB GeForce 9800 GT (BFG Tech) Hard Drives-156GB Seagate ST3160023AS ATA Device (SATA)
<span>488GB Seagate ST3500820AS ATA Device (SATA)
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