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While it’s not well documented, it’s possible to do a bare-metal restore of a machine running Windows XP that’s been backed up via BackupPC (assuming, of course, that some method, such as that documented here, has been used to back up open files, such as the registry.) Step 1: Build a local tar file using BackupPC_tarCreate The alternative, [...] As I hope everybody does, I have a backup system in place that ensures that I have copies of all critical files, including the system registry. A combination of Volume Shadow Copy and BackupPC ensure that I’ll have ample copies of the registry available, but the registry itself makes recovery a less-than-straightforward process. For a bare metal [...] This isn’t specific to BackupPC by any means, but I’ll preface this with a brief explanation: BackupPC is a “set it and forget it” backup system driven from the server, that allows you to back up the entire network of *nix and Windows PCs. It doesn’t require any software on the systems it backs up at [...] |
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