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Can I backup entire hard drives as well as individual files?

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OBM has the ability to not only backup individual files or entire networks, but also provides the ability to quickly restore a single user's single email or the entire network.

I am wondering if it is possible to backup my entire hard drive? If it is how do you do so?

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Sure you can. Add the root directory to the backup list and add each directory direct connected to the root by clicking on button +Dir/+SubDir(s) With dfg BackUp XP (Vers.2.2.2 or higher) you can define a profile (file collection) containing all files of your drives. Note: If the number of files on the drive is very high, define limitations to the maximum number of files or size of ZIP archives.

How can I find out more about hard drives?

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The following links will guide you to more information about hard drives and the data recovery process. We will work with you in a timely manner and are qualified and ready to help you recover your data. Let our experts and our 20 years of experience work to help you ensure your data is never lost!

Can students save music files to hard drives and/or burn them to CDs via Napster?

Napster at GCC: FAQs
Over 2,500,000 downloads are available and may be saved on the student's computer hard drive. Students may also purchase copies of songs from Napster to keep forever and burn them to CDs or transfer them to a Napster-compatible MP3 player. You can listen to all the downloaded songs your hard drive can hold without being connected to the Internet. Napster does allow you to import MP3s and other digital music. Napster does not monitor, review, or even look at imported songs.

How do I backup open files?

Environment settings set by a batch file are not working.
Sometimes files can be corrupted as a backup program will try to backup an open file and when restored the file is corrupt. To stop NTBACKUP from backing up open files perform the following Check "Backup files in use". If it is set to 1 double click on the value and set to 0. Click OK If you do have "Backup files in use" set to 1 then you should also set the following parameter For more information have a look at Q159218 (http://support.microsoft.

Can I backup files to a sshfs mount?

rdiff-backup FAQ
Yes, however you will likely need to specify the "-o workaround=rename" option to sshfs, which is available in sshfs 1.3 and newer. On MacOSX, this sshfs option is enabled by default. For more information on this option, see the sshfs FAQ. More information about using sshfs and rdiff-backup is available on the rdiff-backup wiki.

How can I include or exclude some files from my backup?

Data Backup Software for Windows Professional Tool GRBackPro...
When you add or edit a backup Job you can define in the Skip folders: edit box the names of the folders you want the program to skip. You cannot place here full path names but only folder names (as for example Windows or System). To specify the folder names you can employ the well-known MS-DOS wild characters ('*' and '?') to represent more matching files. In particular the * character means all letters or sequence of letters, while the '?' character means one letter.

Can you selectively restore individual files and folders with DV Backup?

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Yes, and using the Direct Access feature the tape can be wound directly to each one to avoid waiting for it to play through the entire backup. Direct Access is only available for non-compressed backups.

How can I search my entire hard disk for files inside archives?

MimarSinan CompreXX
Click Visual Archive Studio in the Start Menu group for CompreXX. Select "My Archive Places" under "My Visual Archive Desktop". Click the "Edit archive places" link. Click "Auto Scan" and wait for the scan to be complete. Click "OK" and answer Yes when asked whether to refresh your archive places. Click the "Open all archives" link and wait while the contents of all archives are read into memory.

Where are my files located on the hard drive?

Windows XP Professional FAQ
Each person who has logged into the computer will have his or her files and settings stored in a folder named with his or her user name. Only the person who is logged in (or an Administrator) can access his or her personal folder. To find these user folders: The My Documents folder is located within this user folder (Note: The My Documents icon on your desktop is a shortcut to this folder). Files that were saved to the desktop are located in the Desktop folder.

Is snapshot a backup image of the drives?

EAZ Solution Frequently Asked Questions
No, snapshot is not a backup. (EAZ-FIX does offer a drive backup feature but that's not what the snapshot is.)

From which drives will R-Studio family utilities recover files?

R-TT - FAQ
Under Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Windows XP operating systems R-Studio will recover files from all physical and logical drives, which are visible by OS. Under Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows ME R-Studio will recover files from all logical drives visible by OS and from all physical drives, which are correctly accessible by Windows protected mode I/O subsystem.

Can I backup files to a CIFS or smbfs mount?

rdiff-backup FAQ
You can certainly try! Using a CIFS or smbfs mount as the mirror directory has been troublesome for some users because of the wide variety of Samba configurations. If possible, the best solution is always to use rdiff-backup over SSH in the default configuration. Under both Linux and Mac OS X, smbfs seems to be working quite well. However, it has a 2 GB file limit and is deprecated on Linux.

I want to backup program's data files, where should I look for them?

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions - Active Desktop Calendar
Note first that the program saves daily backup of its database file automatically to "My Documents\Active Desktop Calendar Backup" folder. Backup and Restore options are available in the Data menu. You can also make backup copies of the program's database file by yourself. The file is named "Active Desktop Calendar.

Can I synchronize my source files with the stored backup archive?

Data Backup Software for Windows Professional Tool GRBackPro...
Yes. You have a special option both in the Backup and in the Restore tabs that lets you delete any source or destination file that no longer exists. In case of Restore, every time a source file not existing into the backup archive is found a delete confirmation dialog box will appear allowing you to decide if the deletion is correct or not. This is a safe procedure.

What files should I backup?

Your-Data Internet Backup - Frequently Asked Questions
We advise that you should backup all critical data files. These are files that you have created such as Word documents, system settings, accounts and databases etc. Whilst possible, there is no real value in backing up your application files as it is quicker and easier to re-install these programs rather than restore them.

How do I backup my files?

The Groomer's Write Hand. Pet Grooming Software
All "The Groomer's Write Hand" CDs shipped with a date of February 2002 or later have the GWH Data Backup program on the CD. If you do not have the GWH Data Backup program you may download it here. Note: The Groomer's Write Hand version 3.5 and above has the backup function built in. Only install the separate backup program if you are using a version below 3.5.

Can I purchase RAM or hard drives and have you install it in the server?

Web Hosting FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions // Crucial Parad...
No, all hardware components of our rented servers are property of Crucial Paradigm. If you wish to have an upgrade you will rent the hardware from Crucial Paradigm and we will install it.

Can hard drives be repaired?

File recovery
Our company is dedicated to data recovery from different hard drives, but we do not undertake repair only. Our work entails recovering data and supplying it on a suitable replacement medium (CD-ROM or new hard drive) so that the client may access the lost data once more. The original hard drive is returned but we do not recommend that it is used again.
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