Questions tagged [data-backup]
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How to protect my digital data from Solar Flares?
Solar Flares
Solar flares could disrupt the radio communications and power distribution systems. There was a solar flare which hit the earth on 1859 caused Telegraph offices to explode and caused other damage.
Suppose one hits the Earth in the near…
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How to set up backups for MySQL databases a windows server?
I am new to MySQL, I have used MS SQL Server up to this point, so forgive my ignorance.
We are hosting on a Rackspace dedicated server and they can set up nightly backups on a directory. Currently, we are backing up all our SQL Server MDF and LDF…
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How to backup metro "app" data manually?
I'm a PC tech and I have been getting more and more Windows 8 issues. First off I hate metro, and secondly I hate "apps".
I like to do fresh installs of Windows 8. I backup my user's data and then fresh install. Assuming there is no recovery…
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Save data to local drive and USB storage device simultaneously
Here's my system design:
Laptop running Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Linksys/Cisco WRT610N Router
Western Digital 1 TB external hard drive attached to WRT610N via USB storage
Here's my question:
Is it possible to save data to the laptop's local…
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Why do a system backup when Time Machine already does it?
According to this question
Does Apple's Time Machine app really copy everthing
Time Machine can do a full system restore as long as you have the original OS dvd.
With this in mind, is there any point to doing a full system backup (see here) using…
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Data back-up: how to update a "complete" back-up drive from an "incomplete" "working-drive"?
I have an external SSD with a "complete" back-up copy of all my data. I don't keep such a "complete" copy of my data on my PC—I prefer to keep my PC's drive as empty as possible. If I want to work on a file that is stored on the "complete" copy on…
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Should System and Data backups be approached separately on Macs
There's a lot of talk generally about backing up, and a lot of confusion around System and Data backups.
I'd like these questions to be considered in the context of Mac only, so any advice on tool would be great.
I myself am confused about what…
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postgresql does no restart after changing postgres.conf or pg_hba.conf. This incident happened while i was trying to setup the postgresql BDR
I am not able to login to postgresql after restarting postgresql DB after configuring pg_hba.conf and postgresql.conf file. The snapshot of the error is attached for referral postgresql.conf / pg_hba.conf. This incident happened while i was trying…
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Linux: Clone a Operating System disk, without blank space, allowing data to be restored later
I've got an SSD with a linux OS on it which I'm not currently using. The SSD usually sits in my desktop computer, but I won't be using it for a while.
I would like to use the SSD in my laptop for a while. Since they're pretty expensive still I don't…
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Backup Database Mysql (wordpress) via FTP
I can access to server only via FTP. I need to copy the data on server for to restore in another server. But this server is offline (not reachable to HTTP ,SSH , etc.) I can access in read-only via FTP. I have backed up the WordPress file. But how…
