The fact that you can restore the system part of the OS means that you only need to backup you applications and your data, but not the OS. Personally, I backup my data into the cloud manually (most of it is in Git repositories, but some in GDrive, OneDrive), and if the system collapses, then it's already time to reinstall anyway...
On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 4:13 PM, Michael L <helpwithmath...@gmail.com> wrote: > (Confession: I haven't read through the above links) > So in hindsight, what should a nonIT person like me do in the way of back > up to "make things easier" for my nonIT co-workers to support even less > knowledgeable users in the event of system problems for 2 Win7's in one > location, 3 Win 10's in another, and a couple of Win7/10's in a 3rd? > Should I get a sufficiently large HDD (maybe mirrored) with enough space > to back up all systems whenever I'm on premises? > Should I venture toward some interconnecting hardware/NAS/router in each > location with a (mirrored) HDD and schedule Win backup to go to town > daily? On one centally important Win7Pro system I currently have Win > backup doing a daily of critical data and some Win restore data. > Where does PowerShell (or equivalent) fit into the mix? What about > Clonezilla? > > I think that'll be enough questions from me for now. And maybe we can pay > Dru or someone else local to come set things up for us if it's too much for > my nonIT skillset. > I'm most thankful to be on this email list instead of in the dark. > M > On Nov 23, 2016 2:17 PM, "Csaba Toth" <csaba.toth...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> With the recovery/boot ISO you should be able to reinstall the system >> part (without loosing apps or anything): >> https://neosmart.net/wiki/windows-10-repair-installation/ >> >> On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 12:11 PM, Howard White <hwh...@vcch.com> wrote: >> >>> Thanks Csaba. I'm still trying to get a system running enough to be >>> able to use those tools <gasp>. I have a Win10 recovery USB and a Win10 >>> bootable ISO but have not had much luck even on the command line. Still >>> trying. >>> >>> Howard >>> >>> On 11/23/2016 01:10 PM, Csaba Toth wrote: >>> >>>> I had some serious corruption due to the failing system SSD. This was a >>>> Win 2012R2, but WIn10 has this functionality too: >>>> 1. DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth >>>> This restores any corrupted *backup* of system packages >>>> 2. sfc /SCANNOW >>>> This restores the system based on the backup packages. >>>> >>>> This brought my system back alive and working since then. >>>> More about the mechanism: >>>> https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/947821 >>>> https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh824869.aspx?f= >>>> 255&MSPPError=-2147217396 >>>> >>>> If you run into this, CheckSUR is only for pre Win8: >>>> http://www.thewindowsclub.com/checksur-system-update-readiness-tool >>>> Use DISM. >>>> >>>> I haven't tried this, maybe worth a look: >>>> http://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/repairing-corrupt-file-systems >>>> -vms-repair-volume/ >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 8:12 AM, Howard White <hwh...@vcch.com >>>> <mailto:hwh...@vcch.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Helping a neighbor with a dead Win10 system. Cut to chase - the >>>> Windows partition is corrupt. Mind you, of the 900GB allocated, >>>> only 46GB are used. >>>> >>>> First thought was to try to make a copy of the disk with clonezilla. >>>> Lesson one, overcome the "hibernate" crap that Win10 now uses to >>>> speed start up. Go change your settings now to do a full power off >>>> and not just hibernate. I'll demonstrate at the LinuxFest, December >>>> 3... >>>> >>>> There is a lovely package of utilities (in Ubuntu at least) called >>>> ntfs3g. Therein are programs such as ntfsclone and ntfsresize. I >>>> secondly reduced the size of the Win10 partition, in part to fit >>>> other drives I have laying around. Thirdly, I attempted to complete >>>> my disk copy effort (having disk to disk copied all of the "sda" >>>> partitions with clonezilla) with ntfsclone --rescue. That happened >>>> and the bad sectors were noted. >>>> >>>> At this point, the Windows boot loader doesn't have a clue trying to >>>> boot from "sdb." Next thought is to try to set up a dual boot >>>> system so that maybe grub will boot Win10... >>>> >>>> Oh, and did you know that fdisk doesn't speak GPT? 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