“borkstation” is the name of the host to recover, “-n -1″ means the latest backup, and you’ll obviously need to have enough space where the tar file is going to store the entire backup, which will not be compressed. At any rate, this is best accomplished from the command line, as the backuppc user: BackupPC_tarCreate -t -n -1 -h borkstation -s C / > borkstation.tar This is probably familar as being the exact same step one as before I note that using gzip to save space or I/O appears to slow things down. For example, if it’s on a network share, network drivers may be necessary (even if they’re built in to Windows 7.) Step 1: Build a local tar file using BackupPC_tarCreate To complete this task, you’ll need a little more than twice as much space as the system to be recovered - it can be in two different places, and that isn’t a bad idea for performance - installation media for the system to be recovered, access to either HyperV or a VirtualBox virtual machine (VirtualBox is free), and the drivers necessary for the system to be recovered to reach the storage. So, while the ideal vehicle may have been a different backup method, such as an image backup, it’s still quite possible to recover with just the files, as I outline here. File based backups are particularly good for the case where files are lost or damaged (often through user error) but not well suited to complete system recovery - and catastrophic media failure is often an opportunity to clean out the debris that tends to accumulate over time with computer use. While the files themselves can be completely recovered, the ability to recover file permissions is limited, so that it may not be suitable for a server with complex file permissions or where security of the data is paramount. On the plus side, there are better options for bare metal recovery now.įirst, it’s worth mentioning that BackupPC is a system designed to back up files, not images, so recovery is going to be slightly imperfect. However, Windows XP has been out of official support for quite a while now, and the same techniques, although they can be made to function with newer versions of Windows, are no longer ideal. It has been five years since I posted BackupPC and Bare Metal Restore of Windows XP, which has been surprisingly popular.
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