backup

We have a folder with over 300k image files in separate subfolders, I want to copy all the files together into another folder without the subfolders , and without overwriting them , also we need to copy the long path name files automatically without having to shortening it every time we have the...

Hi all, Over the years I've saved my photos & videos from my camera and phone onto my now 16 year old Samsung Spinpoint P 250GB hard disk drive. While it has served me well, I know that it will eventually stop working and I should have a back up solution anyway! I know I should have done this...

Requirements: I do a monthly clone of my data drive as a just-in-case of hdd failure, fire etc. Use to use Macrium Reflect but as that is no longer free; nor do they offer a lifetime license; I'd like an alternate option. Looked at the following so far: Clonezilla - I really dislike this...

Hello All, I’m in the process of building a couple of PC’s for a friend kids. Inevitably at least one PC will get a virus etc. What’s the best free software I can use to take a complete back-up of the PC so I can pop round and re-set to day one? Personal files will be in the cloud (onedrive)...

I've been thinking about backing up my home server to the cloud. The obvious choice is Azure but given the amount of data, it's cheaper to buy external HDDs and rotate them, which is what I do. I have perhaps 5 TB of data which includes backups of my PCs, and I do want those backups in the...

I'm backing up my Microserver running WSE 2016 to an external USB 3 HDD. Around 6 TB of data. And it takes days. Task Manager indicates plenty of RAM (I have 16 GB) and that the CPU is at 5%. USB 3.0 has plenty of bandwidth. So why is it taking so long? The only extra software I have in...

Uninterrupted Power Supply questions ! Afternoon all, having a fun research project and was wondering on this forum... Does anyone use UPS ? If so for what line of work ? Would you use it for gaming ( from Pro to content creator ) and What features would you like to see on UPS that aren't...

For many years going back, when building a new system (or systems) for customers, I have relied on Acronis True Image to allow me (during the build / configure process) and eventually the customer to restore a system to its "virgin" state. I have not previously had a problem with this although...

So let's get this out of the way yes I am a fool, during a momentary lapse of concentration when doing a fresh install of Windows, I accidentally formatted one of the two drives of a RAID 0 array and only realised something was amiss when the install was going slower than expected (the raid...

Hi I have a Motorols G5S. I have many photos on it and I would like to transfer them to my Windows 10 PC. When I plug the phone into a USB port it is seen (as a device) by the PC. However, it doesn't show any folders or contents. I realise that this is because the file system is not...

Using RoboCopy to copy files from windows server 2008 R2 to windows server 2012. The script copy files fine but is set to scan the source folder 10 times for files. The source is about 103vG of Files and Folders. we have daily about 1 G changes, The scanning task never seems to compete. it is...

Backups on my WSE 2016 box have started to fail at 66%. The error is The scheduled backup did not finish successfully and returned the following error code: 2147942403 Searching brought up a couple of threads from 2014 which indicated a failure of the backup medium - an external USB HDD - so I...

I want to back up my data offsite. I have approx 1 TB of data, most of which does not change. I currently back it up to a WSE box which itself is backed up to an external HDD. I periodically take backups of the data on external USB HDDs which get stored off-site. But I want an automated offsite...

Looking for some advice on a new NAS as current setup needs to be replaced. Existing setup; 3TB WD MyCloud NAS with personal files (backed up to USB drive) 5TB Seagate Personal Cloud NAS for movies (dead, but backed up to USB drive) 5TB USB drive with movies on (not backed up) Want to have...

What I am after is as follows: Let's say it's a 4 bay NAS box. In bays 1 and 2 I have 4TB drives in RAID 1. I'll store my docs and photos there. Maybe get them backed up and synced there from my devices automatically. In bay 3 I stick an 8TB drive. Here I put, software & game...

Some of these games on Steam are massive and I don't relish the idea of having to download some of them again. Is the built in backup method a good way to shove the game files on to an external HDD so you can just get them back again in the future with minimum fuss?

I've got my home server running Windows Server 2016, and have the built in Windows Server Backup set for a daily backup from one drive to another, pretty basic stuff. Both drives are formatted in ReFS, which should use archive flags so only files that are changed get backed up. But this is not...

Sort of found my answer here: https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/full-format-or-quick-format.18032416/ However, I need some extra advice. I bought a new HGST Deskstar 8TB hard drive for use as a media backup drive. Should I do either A or B below: A) Full Format (GPT Partition) or...

Please could someone advise me? For a while now I've been desperately low on hard drive space and have been patiently waiting for 8tb drives to get cheap enough. I've now found a Seagate drive which seems the right price but it's a NAS drive. I really have no idea what "NAS" means, and...

Hello, What is there in the world of cloning SW these days? What am I looking for? Something that does what Bootable/DOS Norton Ghost 2003 does: 1. Disk to disk, no nonsense, resizing paritions no problem (Clonezilla is a ***** to use when wanting to clone a 1tb hdd to a 240gb ssd for...