Backup

Someone got scammed and locked out of their computer- can't even get into it as it requires a startup password and nobody wants to fork over money to a scammer who may or may not give the password up afterwards. He is concerned about getting his bookmarks back from Google Chrome. I was...

Hi, I'm looking for recommendations for software to actively mirror an internal drive to my external hard drive when plugged in, but all software solutions seem to create an image rather than copy individual files documents. I want to be able to unplug my external hard drive and have up to...

I wanted to see what exactly is in there. I know on my icloud account I could access my backup.

I am looking for a program for my pc that behaves like carbon copy cloner on the mac side. I want to be able to select files and folders and do a full backup at first and then an incremental backup afterwards. I have Acronis True Image which does just that but saves all the data in a...

Hello! I have just got a new iPhone 6s as my last one had to be replaced. I made a backup before I had to erase my old one, which the backup has been saved on my computer. When my phone is connected to my computer and iTunes is open and I attempt to backup, I click on, 'Restore Backup...'...

Hi everyone, As per the title, I am looking for a backup solution for my system/"Windows" drive (i.e my Win10 installation, settings, installed applications) which would keep a "live" image of my system drive on another internal drive, kinda like a RAID 1 setup but without actually having RAID...

Hi everybody :) I'm looking for a free backup software, but I can't seem to decide which one is better. I made researches in internet and most of websites say Easeus Todo Backup is the best one, according to their reviews, but the in the comments many users complain (I don't remember for what...

Can i create non-System (Data) Partition Backup with Acronis True Image?

Hi, I've been successfully using CrashPlan to backup my files to an external drive for a while. One of the main things I like is the ability to just work out the changes to any files and just back that up (after the original backup) and then the ability to restore that file from any date it was...

Hi guys. I want to backup my whatsapp chats in txt directly in to email. I know the common way but i want to choose several chats and allways automatically save to my email. For example i want to choose all my chats and set it to daily backup and automatically whatsapp backup my choosen...

Hello my father bought me a new Seagate Backup Plus few months ago, and after using just a few days ago I accidentaly touched the cable and it disconnects the hard drive. Then after a few moments I plugged it back and it sounds but the it won't show up in "My Computer nor Disk Management"...

I have a Toshiba Satellite C55-A5100 with windows 8.1. Back in July I had a new hard drive put in since the one that came with the laptop was starting to go (I made a backup on a Seagate Backup Plus Slim before I had the hard drive changed but haven't done a backup since then). It's November...

Hello everyone. I have this open source media center program and it takes a lot of bandwidth, time and effort to arrange media collection. I upgraded from Win8.1 to Win10 so not to mess with it but windows has lots of issues and a clean installation is needed. Is there a way to backup the...

Are my files "toast"? Hi guys - is this the best forum to ask for help trying to restore a hard drive? Had something happen that wiped 3 separate drives in the same machine at once including my backup drive. There is a specific forum on the tool I'm using, "testdisk", but the only responses is...

need recovery data for dell inspiron e1505 from 2006 which dell no longer supports

I have many client OS running Windows 10/8/7 over wired and wireless connections. I want to backup (Incremental. MODIFIED +NEW FILES) to a windows server attached storage's. Which all are the best software to perform this back up either from WINDOWS SERVER SIDE/ from Client side. Please let me...

I have a Samsung 850 pro 512gb ssd that I want to auto backed up every once a week to a 512gb hdd(internal) both to prevent data loss if the ssd fails and to prevent user error Ive come up with 2 ways to accomplish this 1- Image backups with automatic deletion of old images according to...

Maxtor One Touch Backup and Retrieving Files

I have a laptop and an external portable hdd. Every three months I manually copy and paste all photo files and video files created since the last backup to the respective folders on my portable backup drive. Is there any backup software that will automatically back up new photo and video...

Please, why does DRIVERS folder not appear in C:\Windows\System32 from AOMEI Backupper dialog to add driver for USB connected disk to create boot/restore media? I can browse to that DRIVERS folder location with Windows 7 Explorer but I cannot see it from software dialog. Under Folder Options...

Hi All, We have POP3 accounts which deletes mails from server every 14 days. I would like to backup the PST files of every user on a 10 day basis. I would like to know how to backup ( I usually copy the pst data file from the user pc to backup location). There are certain users PST files...

Hi everyone I would like to know what is the best way for digitalising my dvd/blu ray collection for NAS dlna storage, I'm currently using dvdfab-decryption part and handbrake converting to mp4. Converting dvd 2.0/5.1 dolby digital works but my movies are being downscaled from 720x576 to 720x432...

I have a dell inspiron n5110 laptop. now i have changed my laptop battery and its charging as normal battery but even after getting full charged laptop gets shutdown within 2 min. we can't expect this poor backup from a new battery. please help me what should i do to fix this issue.

Was going through SSD's of the pc that I'm working on fixing. both of 2 sdd's on PC that gave a this, file system not recognize. One of them has steam games backup & for fast game reinstall, while the other has steam games on it. My question, is the data on them safe? These SSD's were first on...

So i thought i had my bookmarks stored on my google account. Because i tryed to find the folder without luck. After clean install in windows 10 and i installed google and log on the bookmarks was gone. I do not want to repeat and want to backup store my bookmarks. i search google etc. no help...

I have a 4TB USB drive and want to write a 500GB Trueimage backup to it once a week. So after about 8 it will fill up. Is there some easy way to delete the oldest backup? It will run as a batch file, triggered by the AT process. Win7-64. The invocation of TI from a command line to generate...

My Samsung S5 broke down and I did a backup of it using Samsung Kies 3 before sending it for repairs. My phone had about 7 gigabytes of data, excluding android files. Photos, videos, settings, apps,etc. . Now my question is why when i go to the backup location on my PC the total backup is only 3...

Would someone be able to tell me what files/folders would be need to backed up from the Chrome user profile folder for the following things. I want to back up mainly personal data such as Bookmarks, History, Most visited website thumbnails (on the new tab page), probably autofill data etc. I...

Going to keep this simple but clear :) I have $1600 CAD (tax must be included) and I'm shopping for a laptop that will game and edit. My backup laptop just in case I can't pull the $1600 is...

For an Android tablet, the backup copy would include contact information, music, photos, videos, and apps you have installed. It should also include any settings you have made to customize the tablet. It is good to make copies of this information regularly, just in case you have problems with...

Hi all. I know that this is the wrong subforum, but I could not find the right one. I am looking for a way of permanently archiving my emails, with the ability to keep browsing them. My email will soon no longer function and I would like to keep the emails for myself. I downloaded thunderbird...

Hi everybody, Could someone tell me their pref for good backup software. I'm Running Win 10 in a dual boot to a ZyXel 6 TB NAS. I have a 500GB ssd and 2 3TB hd's to backup. I've been using Acronis True Image 2016 but it has let me down 3 times not being able to recover a good backup even with...

I am helping a friend recover from a failed Windows 10. She has a HP Pavilion laptop with factory installed Windows 7. Before restoring to factory defaults and Windows 7 I used the HP Recovery Manager to back up data. This backup process required 5 DVD's. After restoring to Windows 7, I...

Hi, For some reason tonight my scheduled full backup didn't start or so I thought. I checked my drive where the backups are stored and the weeks previous backups were still there. (I'm configured to do a full backup every Monday that deletes the previous weeks backups.) I decided to run the...

Hi, I recently upgraded to Win10 and have customized my system and I am happy with it. I'm looking for specific backup software and I'm not having any luck. Here are my requirements: * Free * System Backup with ability to skip folders (IMPORTANT) * Recovery boot CD * Backup to blueray discs. *...

I have ordered Acer ES1-521 laptop, to use as a backup PC For the following purposes 1).To store movies/browse internet without using my main PC. 2).Download Torrents The laptop comes with 1TB hard disk, I have ordered a Sasmung 250 GB 850EVO to use in the laptop. Should I use the 1 TB hard...

have Windows Vista laptop. After successfully backing up and restoring a system partition to a different hard drive from the original one, I was not able to reboot the system without using a CD. Can you tell me what could have caused this to happen and what I might do differently? Many...

This question is addressed to anyone who still has a Vaio laptop and has created a recovery media for it. So, I have a Vaio laptop. It has its Windows 8 sources on a hidden partition (three actually). Now I tried installing a clean windows 8 version (i.e. not the OEM one supplied by Sony thaat...

I'm looking at adding a 2nd cloud backup service with Crashplan, I already have Backblaze and I'm curious to know the following: 1. What, if any, conflicts might I experience having 2 backup programs running? 2. Is anyone else using Crashplan? If so what is your perspective of it. I have been...

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Hi, TL:DR A solution that create multipart backup archive, but consider each archive as separate (not 001,002,004). Maybe you can help me. I am planning to make a backup of approx 500GB among many different type of files. I would like to have it encrypted and divided to parts, and then keep...

Love it or hate it, when you use an Android device, you are letting Google deep into your life. However, membership has benefits, such as the ability to use Google Drive, share calendars, documents and contacts between devices and a whole lot more. One of the most useful tools Google offers is...

I was using nokia asha 501 and i decided to change my mobile to android... I created a backup using my nokia backup & restore... It created a file with an extension named .mbk.... I can't restore my contact or messages to my new android phone... Pls help someone. Thank you

Hi , I am using my gaming desktop PC for all my computing needs now. But I am thinking of buying a laptop as a secondary/backup PC. 1. For web programming 2. to watch movies sometimes 3. basic net browsing 4. Torrent / download files without rest !!! (main purpose) I have the Search Results...

How to backup a program file in Windows 7 WITH all the registry keys so that it will execute when reloaded back to my desktop from the external hard drive.

I write short pieces and want free online backup automatically and immediately. Any suggestions?

After being hit with a ransom ware app and cleaning my church's PC so it won't hit again, I am trying to restore from my nightly backup with seagate dashboard. it restored most of my files (I think) But there are a few critical files that it did not. When I try to restore them individually I...

Android Marshmallow brought with it the ability to set automatic backups to the cloud. The idea is to have a secure backup should anything happen to your phone, or to enable you to transfer all your important data between phones seamlessly. It’s a neat feature and we are going to talk you...

the seagate dashboard folder on my backup harddrive is 348Gb...I am trying to understand why that folder is so large.... when I also have on my backup a copy of the C drive (164Gb and History folder (248Gb) ...I dont seem to understand how dashboard works I guess..and wondering why I have nearly...

my dell inspiron 5720 laptop is working but has no backup light on lcd screen

I wasn't sure where else to put this, as there isn't an EMAIL section. Anyone know how to retrieve a password for a yahoo account if you have no backup email? My dads computer crashed and he doesn't remember the password to his yahoo, Yahoo has no way of contacting them. Their "I lost my email"...

Dear forum, I made a backup of windows 7 a few years ago. Now i'm running windows 10 on a new computer and I would like to install this backup in Virtualbox so I can check my old files. This windows backup file is in .VHDX format but Virtualbox only runs VHD files. I searched a lot on the...

I'm new to Android and need help to backup everything, system,apps,and files. I've manually moved all I could to ex sd thru Applications - All, which left 90 g b of operating system, apps, etc. Without Rooting or a third party application how can this be accomplished. Under Backup & Restore...

When I try to start/open up the GUI for WD Backup software included with the WD 3TB external hard drives it tells me it stopped working Not sure how to go about repairing this any help is great Thanks

I'm looking for a paid backup software solution. I currently use Macrium Reflect Free, and I thought about upgrading it the paid version, but at ~$70, I was thinking about maybe a different product. Here are the ones I'm looking at: EaseUS TODO Backup Home V9.1 which is bundled with it's...

there is a set of files on a website that I access by FTP. I copied the whole set to my PC, for a backup. Now I am looking for a way to make a smart backup of those files. In other words, a system that will identify changes in the set of files on the website, and back up to my PC only the...

I have two backup tasks that appear in the "scheduled backups" tab, and they run on schedule, but they don't appear in the "backup definition files" tab. This happened after an uninstall and reinstall. How can I get them back in the "backup definition files" tab? MR Home v.6.1.1081

Forgive my ignorance but which one is better? I am hoping to have continuous back-up from my book duo to my book and a system image back-up on my passport if that makes a difference in software selection. Why does WD even offer both anyways?  I am running Windows 10.

I'm thinking of upgrading to Windows 10 but just to be on the safer side I want to keep a complete system backup so that I can restore my system(with Windows 7) the way it is right now. I downloaded and installed Macrium Reflect- free edition for non commercial use but I don't know how to use...

Medium sized business 2000 people. Connected HP Backup is used to backup people’s data in HP’s Datacentre. We have 3 sites, 30Mb split across 3 sites, 10Mb each. 700 people per site (not exactly), our bandwidth is all used because of Connected HP Backup. We’re using QoS but due to the amount...