Backups And Partitioning
Jan 5, 2010
i just got a new 320gb hard drive for my thinkpad and installed it with no problems, and then did a clean install of windows 7. everything is working fine, but i'm wondering about setting up partitions and backups.
i back up my files to an external hard drive every couple weeks or so. i don't have anything set up on my laptop, though.
should i set up a partition on my laptop to create a backup?
how big should the partition be?
can i set it up even though i've already installed and formatted the drive?
any suggestions for an app to do backups with?
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Sep 4, 2012
Right now I have an old 500 GB that I use for my backups. When I want to make a backup I open my case, start the computer, attach the drive to a SATA cable, make an image with Macrium Reflect Free, shut down the computer, remove the drive, close the case and restart the system. I also take the drive to my daughter's place from time to time to make an image of her system to my 500 GB drive using the same method. This is not a lot of work but it is not very convenient.I would like to get basic understanding of how a NAS drive works.The WD Live seems to be popular. Is that a good choice? If I understand correctly, I would attach such a drive to my router and then I could access it from my computer or my daughter's computer. Am I correct?Could I still use Macrium Reflect to make an image to that drive?Is the software that comes with the drive reliable regarding security. Obviously I want my data to be only accessible from my daughter's computer or mine.
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Oct 31, 2011
I have a new HP Pavilion g7-1260us Notebook PC running Windows Home Premium 64bitFrom about the second day of use the HP_TOOLS(E:) has been warning me that it is almost full. I think it is performing back ups to this partition. Anyone have clue what is happening or what I should do about it? This is my first laptop and first HP PC, so unfamiliar with their jargon. Is this some sort of bloat or what? What is the purpose of this (E:)
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Feb 8, 2011
i have had my self built pc working for ages, and yesterday it just went into a restart with no warning and now only loops startup repair, which fails. i have tried the windows 7 disk, but i cant do a system restore, since it cant find any backups. is there anyway to get this to stop?
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Aug 10, 2012
I have three PC's all on Windows 7 running on a home network. I have a good PC which has been replaced, which I would like to put on the network with four hard drives, I would like to backup the data from each PC onto its own HD in the PC.
I have looked at several programs to effect a real time backup system but need some advice at to which to use. (preferably a freeby as being retired money is short) If possible I would like to be able to restore each program data seperately if required, rather than have to restore all the backed up data to a certain PC as one file. Any help gratefully rec'd.
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Mar 5, 2009
Backup and Restore. Windows Vista's stellar backup and restore features have been streamlined and simplified in Windows 7. Like its predecessor, Windows 7 supports both data backup and image-based system backup, but now the UIs are more segregated.
So, as long as I back up my files using back up and restore then when RC1 comes along I just install then restore and all will be the same as beta was before nuking it? Sounds simple enough what could possibly go wrong that is my question. I am using a usb flash drive for backing up. Will there be a conflict between Fat and NTFS ?
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Nov 6, 2009
Can someone direct me to a place that I can read how to create backups using Windows 7.
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Nov 5, 2009
I have a LaCie 2TB external drive that I use to backup my internal drives using Acronis TI. On WinXP I was using Firewire800 and it worked flawlessly. When I switched to Windows 7 the Firewire800 transfer speed dropped dramatically. I've contacted LaCie and they say they can't guarantee Firewire800 with Windows7. I switched back to using USB and it works, but still slow. Would it be worth my while to install and run my TI backups via Firewire in virtual XP mode? Will this in fact work?
ps. does anyone foresee better future support in Windows7 for Firewire800?
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Jan 17, 2013
on my new hp laptop i used to do schedueled backups on my elements wd external hard drive regularly but suddenly it stopped completing backups because as soon as it gets around 70% my windows restarts the drive it happened 20 times already
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Apr 18, 2011
I currently have a hard drive set as a backup drive but am getting the message that there's no room left on the drive to write the new backups. I have to go in and manually delete the old backups. Is there anyway Windows 7 can automatically do this to so that it can write the new ones? I couldn't find any and after searching Google it doesn't look like it's possible. Is there any way through Task Scheduler maybe?
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Nov 3, 2009
I installed windows 7 and getting the error on backups. Closed all programs, disabled avg free. It worked find with win 7 rc.
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Nov 21, 2012
I have 2 seperate computers both running Windows 7 and ie9 I would like to merge the 2 Favourites folders in ie9, so that they are both the same on each computer.I have tried backing up one and importing it into the other but it just overides the original.Can it be done in Windows 7?
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Oct 21, 2009
If you create an image of Windows 7, the programs and files can you then use this to add scheduled regular backups of changed files and then be able to restore if needed?
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Dec 3, 2009
I have upgraded from Vista to Windows 7 by clean installing.
So now as I can understand my recovery partition will not work.
Should I delete it or is there any way to fix it?
and is there anyway to create similar partition for windows 7?
And question about backups:
As I don't have external HD, can I do backups like this:
Laptop A backup to Laptop B
Laptop B backup to Laptop A
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Jan 30, 2010
Just did a huge 250gig backup using the built in Win 7 backup on RC 64bit. I was wondering if I bought and installed retail 7 would my backup image carry over even though it's a different install of windows. Gonna be on same hard drive with same PC, no changes. Anyone with experience with this???
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Nov 18, 2009
I am new to windows 7. Recently i bought a laptop with windows pre-installed in it.
I have a HD drive of 500gb. Windows is already preinstalled on it. I Want to partition the drive without affecting any data. I loaded some 30 gb data already on the drive. I want to partition the 450gb drive into 3/4 drives each of 100gb, such that i can allocate the Os with a drive and remaining 2/3 with my personal data songs, movies...etc.
I want to partition the drive and I don't know how??? Can anyone please explain me step by step how to do it. The main point here is do i need to again reformat the whole drive such that before re-installing Windows 7 i can partition it (or) do i have any alternate solution such that while running windows I can partition the current drive without affecting any data other than system files.
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Dec 16, 2008
I have a 2 partition disk split: C:Windows 7 & E:data . I want to sneak in a partition at the start of E: to hold XP os and thus "F:" becomes my new data partition. Shrink as far as I know will create a space after the currently existing E:. The added problem is I am only playing with a small drive and cannot just copy over the data.
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Jan 26, 2012
One day I booted up my comp & My HDD was Partitioned into 2 Parts. My C: Drive Also my Boot Drive has Windows 7 on it while The other Half of my HDD My F: Drive has all my files on itI was wondering how I could Merge these to Together without hurting or losing anything on my comp?
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May 18, 2012
How do I make and restore backups from Windows 7?Ho do I make and restore backups from Windows 7? I believe they aredone with images that I do not know about. I tried and when I wantedto restore some part of it, I was told that you cannot restore only apart of it, rather you have to restore the full previous image. Now,wouldn't this overwrite all my newer information?I am a pensioner, so these technologies are getting a bit beyond me.But what I would like to do is back up an image of Windows 7 and mycontent, restore when I need to when things go wrong, and be on my way.Is there such a thing? I need something that is user-friendly andeffective -- whether it is paid or not.
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Apr 19, 2012
I managed to do a drive image that also included my storage drive on an internal 1TB SATA drive.This, however, was the only one I was able to do. When I tried to run backup a second time, it would start, but then completely hang with only the occasional HD light blink. I stopped the backup, but it never said the back up stopped. I then tried to shut down and it got as far as saying it was shutting down, but never actually did. I had to power down. I tried a second time and the results were the same. Not even an entry in log files.
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Aug 31, 2012
I have a few quick questions regarding System Images...but first, let me give you a little background.
My HP Pavilion dm-4 has a bum hinge, so I'm sending it to HP for them to fix it. They told me that they typically test the computer before sending it back, and thus also perform a complete system recovery (to go back to factory settings). Obviously, they want me to backup my data.
So. It's question time:
1) Can I restore a "System Image" to get my computer back to its current state upon receiving my laptop back from HP? (is a system image just a duplicate of the hard drive?)
2) Are all hard drives capable of creating a System Image, or just some?
3a) Are there any Hard drives you guys recommend?
3b) My C: (local disk) capacity is 441GB (303GB Free) and my D: (RECOVERY) is 23.5GB (3.43GB Free). Does that mean I have to buy a Hard drive that is at least 465GB...or could I get one that's just 160-ish GB
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Nov 21, 2011
i want to have my normal backup, which is a backup of the user files on the d drive to my backup drive (drive X), now i also want to add another backup schedule, so i can backup my pictures specifically to a 4th hard drive, in this case drive drive H.
how would i add this 2nd backup on windows? is this possible? should i be looking for task manager? so far i have tried but cant find any options as access through Action Center Backup.
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Jul 13, 2012
Is there a canonical way to make incremental backups that permit a full restoration from a freshly-formatted disk?I made a single system image, then set up B&R to backup all the files on all drives weekly. I can see the weekly backup directories, but they seem to be full backups, not incrementals.I was able to restore from the system image, but I didn't see a way to restore the newer files. You can't do it from within Windows, since it complains as soon as you try to overwrite a system fil
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Sep 10, 2012
I have a 2TB drive and I'm doing bi-daily backups to it of my build server I have (Its just a standard Win 7 Home PC).Problem I'm having is, instead of backing up and if the space is limited deleting the oldest one and keeping the newest its just failing?And I can't for the life of me see in the back & restore settings to tell it to do this?
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Oct 20, 2012
Is there any way to perform multiple incremental backups for multiple drives with the Windows Backup utility? The reason I ask is because my experience with the Backup utility only allows me to schedule one type of backup. My issue is that I have six hard drives in my tower and the total disk space across them is more than any disk space that most external hard drives have. Having that said, I don't have a way to incrementally backup all of my drives.Is there any third party software out there that allows me to allow me to perform multiple incremental backups for my system? Can I do this with the Windows Backup utility a different way? The built-in program does a great job but it's limited with what I want to do.
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Apr 20, 2012
Got my computer a while ago and Never created a back up or recovery disc. By the time I did that my computer crashed hard. I believe I may have had a MBR ( thinking that now). after I got my computer back and running the first Time ,I then did a complete back -up and recovery discs, but now I believe all those are corrupted because the last 2 times I keep having the same problems. So in digging around and with better AV programs have found and destroyed the MBR (I hope). So I do not want to reuse those discs. I have gone to the computers manufacturers website and got all of the drivers and such, but I cannot find or get a fresh version of Windows 7 64-bit, I had upgraded to Ultimate from Home Premium. So How can I fix this without having to re-purchase Windows 7?
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Aug 28, 2009
Can Windows 7 do Incremental and Differential backups?
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Oct 14, 2009
I upgraded to Windows 7 64-bit from Vista Ultimate 64-bit.
While in Vista, I had automatic backups to an external drive. I cannot delete these old backups manually, and the Backup and Restore module does not recognize them as backups, so it won't manage them.
How can I delete these old backups. When I try to delete them, I get an "Access denied" error. I can't even open the folder with the name of the computer.
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Apr 25, 2009
Is there a program or a way that I can backup my Windows Vista 32bit Mail msgs and account settings and my and my FireFox bookmarks , tabs and all embedded site passwords and restore them to a clean install of Windows 7 64bit ?
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Nov 3, 2009
I am trying to determine what the use of the backup section of the Back up and Restore screen is for. Is it just for doing file backup or is it intended to be used also for Full System Image backups also?
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Sep 28, 2009
I currently have a dual boot system of XP and 7. Xp was the first installed os. After partitioning Windows 7 was added and made the default os.
I now want to get rid of XP and reallocate the space to Win 7. I have assumed that I can do this from within Win 7 using Disk Management. From win 7 the partition for win 7 appears as C: and for Xp its D: And likewise from XP the partition for XP is C: and 7 is D: (if you follow what I mean).
Now when I try to delete the XP partition from Disk Management it does not give me the option to do so (the option is greyed out). Is there a way around this? If not I may as well just wait until I get the retail copy of 7. I am going to presume that the mbr is most likely to be on the XP C: drive? as that was the os installed initially.
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