To some this type of Restore isn’t anything new while others have never heard of it. I was in the last camp until one day last year I was just reading the Microsoft Windows Home Server forums.
Last Tuesday I had an issue with the Restore of a 64-bit Dell Inspiron 15. After starting the Restore, and loading the proper Dell 64-bit network drivers, the process stopped when the WHS was not found. I have done about a dozen Restore (32-bit) with WHS but this was the first one to hang up on me. Why?
What do you do if your PC cannot connect to your network or server during a PC Restore from Windows Home Server? If you have another PC on the network and a USB enclosure you can remove the drive and Restore from outside the PC.
Most of us rely on Windows Home Server to perform our PC backups and store our data but what about standard users? What about your cousin in college or your Aunt with only one computer? This week I will walk you through a quick way to backup Windows 7 PCs.
Sometimes we need to back up files of PCs away from our WHS. Microsoft makes a great utility just for this purpose. This utility walk through is for XP but there are similar versions of this utility for Vista and Windows 7.
