The following error appears if you try to include a system image in your backup using the Windows 7 File Recovery backup tool. There was a failure in preparing the backup image of one of the volumes in the backup set. Details: The mounted backup volume is inaccessible. Please retry the operation. Error code: 0x807800C5 …
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If you use Windows 7 File Recovery to attempt to backup your system to a NAS device, you may receive the following error: The specified network location cannot be used. Verify the path points to a correct network location and that the supplied credentials can be used for write access to the folder. The validation …
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Symform is a cloud-based backup solution which allows you to have 10 GB of backup space free, and get additional free space, as well as support, by contributing space. In order to contribute, you need to have a port forwarded to your Synology device. However, in my experience, I wasn’t able to choose the port …
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I’ve been getting more than a few expressions of “You? Got an iPhone?” from friends and family lately, after they see my iPhone 4S. While I’ve been known not to be the biggest fan of Apple up until now, I’m starting to realize why the device has gotten to be so popular — it’s an …
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If you have a lot of WordPress posts and might want to find all posts containing a certain keyword for any reason, you can start by using the following SQL code, which was taken from this post. I used this in phpMyAdmin for a MySQL database. Make sure you are in the correct database first! …
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In my quest for the perfect “in my dreams” backup solution for my Ubuntu VPS, I created this very simple script which can be run as a cron job and can be easily modified to backup any amount of data to any remote FTP or SFTP server. You could very easily include a database backup …
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If you set up your Google account using your Android phone, or you added contacts to your phone but didn’t set them as Google account contacts, you will find they’re not synced to your Google account. This means that they’re not available as contacts when composing messages, and worse, you’re not using your Google account …
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A friend of mine accidentally formatted her 2TB backup drive and brought it to me to see what I could do. PhotoRec was the only tool that would give more than a hint of recoverable data from my Linux-based laptop. After letting it run for several hours, I had a mess: PhotoRec recovered over 230,000 …
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There’s a very easy method for rooting the Sprint Galaxy Tab 7″. I don’t know whether it works on the 10.1 or not, as I only have the 7″. REQUIRES: * A decent Windows computer (XP or newer) – Virtual machine alone will not work * Your Tab USB cable * About 15 minutes or …
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The culture shift of paper books to e-books is just the tip of the iceberg. It’s not just books, but our entire collective record-keeping mentality. So why do I say our society’s history may be in danger? Back up, back up, back up Odds are you’re reading this on a personal computer. Take a moment to …
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