1. CIS 055 - MS Windows Operating System
Windows 10 Inside out
Part 3 – System maintenance & Troubleshooting
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An overview of Windows 10 backup and recovery options
Hardware
Murphy’s Law ( especially with Hard Drives & SSD’s ) “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong!”
When, not if, a crash occurs – YOU LOSE!!!! – Everything
Human error
May be worse. i.e. Because you don’t want to use the recycle bin you get into the habit of deleting with the Shift key pressed.
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3. Chapter 16: backup, restore & recovery
An overview of Windows 10 backup and recovery options
Disaster may be mitigated, if you have a recovery plan.
Windows10 provides 3 operations
Full Reset – Clean the decks back to initial clean install
Recovery – Reinstall from a previous image or recovery drive
File Restore – Brings back missing or previous versions of files
Cloud backup provides some security but doesn’t guarantee this
Photos may be automatically compressed in a lossy format
Window 10 provides – File History & Windows 7 Backup & Restore Tools
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An overview of Windows 10 backup and recovery options
Search for Backup & Recovery
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5. Chapter 16: backup, restore & recovery
An overview of Windows 10 backup and recovery options
Windows 7 backup – provides a system image that can be restored to an exact copy of the original drive.
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An overview of Windows 10 backup and recovery options
Windows 10 File History
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An overview of Windows 10 backup and recovery options
Recovery
Reinstall keeping your files
Reinstall from a USB drive
If you receive preview releases you can also revert to a previous build
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Using File History to protect files and folders
Backup is installed by default but need to be turned on
Volume must be on separate device
Creates a full copy of files & folders
Updates hourly by default
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Setting up File History
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Choosing locations to back up
By default backup all folders in the current User Profile
Modify in Settings
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Restoring files and folders
Use File Explorer or FileHistory.exe
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Restoring files and folders
Use File Explorer or FileHistory.exe
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Using the Reset option to recover from serious problems
Windows 10 rebuilds to a clean state using existing system files
Push-button reset – same effect as clean install
Same Feature when starting the Windows Recovery Environment
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Using the Reset option to recover from serious problems
Push-button reset – May not work if :
OS files are heavily corrupted
Caused by cumulative update more than 28 days old
User selects wrong language on a single language version during OOBE phase
Re-install from recovery drive
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Creating and using a recovery drive
From Settings – Create the Drive
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Creating and using a recovery drive
From Settings – Create the Drive
Show Details
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Creating and restoring a system image backup
Use Sdclt.exe
Creates an exact copy of the system which includes;
Complete Configuration
All files and Apps
Boot from the recovery
Restore from latest backup
Can be used on different Hardware
May need to be re-activated
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Creating a system image backup
Use Windows 7 version
Click create System Image
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Restoring a system image backup
Start from Windows Recovery Environment
Select Advanced Options – System Image Recovery
This will replace your current environment with the backup image.
This image overlays the current drive or a new drive as long as the drive capacity is greater than or equal to the backup image.
Multiple disk systems must match Drive for Drive
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Configuring system protection options
System Restore Points
Backup the system registry and designated critical system files
Access these through Control Panel System Protection link or type systempropertiesprotection in the search box
Click Configure
Click Create
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Rolling back to a previous restore point
Restore points are generated automatically
System Restore Utility can:
Correct instability caused by installing an application
Restore a set of drivers by rolling back to a previous restore point
Restoring back to a time when the system was known to be stable
System Restore Utility cannot:
Fix a damaged hard drive
Protect you from worms, viruses or malware (use Windows Defender)
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Rolling back to a previous restore point
Launch from the search box with rstrui
Launch from the System Protection Tab of the System Properties dialog box
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System Restore Do’s and Don’ts
Hazards of Time Travel
Create a User, Rollback to a restore point prior to the user’s creation POOF! User disappears, but their documents/files remain.
Uninstall programs you don’t want affected before you rollback then re-install after restore
Windows Recovery Environment are NOT monitored
Make sure you know which to use System Restore or Windows Recovery they don’t play well together.
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