Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Tue Oct 8 16:32:48 CDT 2013
Another excellent choice. You just have to script your own automation. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stuart McLachlan" <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 8, 2013 2:09:05 PM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] ultimate win 8 nightmare Check out ShadowCopy: http://www.runtime.org/shadow-copy.htm On 8 Oct 2013 at 15:35, Peter Brawley wrote: > On 2013-10-08 2:53 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Hi Peter: > > At the risk of > being boringly repetitive, I would set up a backup system, across your > network using BitTorrent Sync. It is super-fast, runs on everything > and, if setup properly, can take to pain out backups. > > That might help in the long run. > > Anybody know a way to copy from Win8 Users folder to a shared Win 7 > netowok drive? > > PB > > ----- > > > > > Wish I could offer more but it appears that only someone in Microsoft or maybe someone who quit the company (and left a bomb in vengeance) can assist you at this moment. > > > > Jim > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Peter Brawley" <peter.brawley at earthlink.net> > > To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 8, 2013 11:54:49 AM > > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] ultimate win 8 nightmare > > > > On 2013-10-08 12:33 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > >> Hi Peter: > >> > >> Wow that is very scary. > >> > >> That is sort of like having a final solution button on your computer. A really great feature for the average user...not. > > Yes. Evidently there is no recovery from this. We start over. > > > > Fortunately her documents weren't trashed, but here we trip over yet > > another miracle of Microsoft design. > > > > Backups on our network go to a shared backup folder (available to > > Everyone) on a network box running win7. On her machine, though, Windows > > Explorer says that to copy such a folder "You'll need to provide > > administrator permission". In Win 8, Explorer does not offer > > administrative permissions, so the copy fails. Nice joke, Microsoft. > > > > Anybody know a workaround for that? > > > > I've has as much enjoyment of Microsoft as I can stand. As soon as we > > recover from this nightmare, I'm going to see how much of our day-to-day > > work can migrate to Linux. > > > > PB > > > > ----- > > > >> Did something similar with my wife's emails. Did a full backup of the data but forgot about the configuration files...actually didn't think such a thing would happen...live and learn. When the application was restarted the configuration was automatically reset and all the links, saved addresses and visual setting were gone. > >> > >> Even after restoration, I will be in the dog house for a long while and this incident will never be forgotten. > >> > >> I hope you can at least restore somethings. Keep us posted and if I find out anything I will post it as well. > >> > >> Jim > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Peter Brawley" <peter.brawley at earthlink.net> > >> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> > >> Sent: Tuesday, October 8, 2013 9:13:06 AM > >> Subject: [dba-Tech] ultimate win 8 nightmare > >> > >> Trying to fix a connection glitch on her Win 8 laptop, my wife followed > >> connection troubleshooting to a "Refresh" option. That sounded good to > >> her, so she did it. The result is a machine reset to factory settings. > >> Six months' installations and data lost. > >> > >> She's not the only one: > >> http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-system/can-i-undo-a-refresh-on-windows-8-i-have-no/1fa9d583-b73b-47a5-b2f2-3e6b6dbe1062 > >> > >> Anybody know a fix that works? > >> > >> PB > >> _______________________________________________ > >> dba-Tech mailing list > >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >> _______________________________________________ > >> dba-Tech mailing list > >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-Tech mailing list > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-Tech mailing list > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com