Mar 10, 2010 In the Computers and Backup section right-click on the computer you want to restore and select View Backups. Select the backup you want to restore from and click the Open button in the Restore or view Files section. Now drag the entire contents of the folder named Windows Home Server Drivers for Restore to the USB flash drive. Client Restore Disc: Windows Home Server 2011 (32-bit) - CD (English) MSDN.SU is a fansite not affiliated with Microsoft. The information provided on this website is informal and unofficial.
Open the Windows Server Essentials Dashboard, and then click the Devices tab. Click the name of the server, and then click Restore files or folders for the server in the Tasks pane. The Restore Files and Folders Wizard opens. Follow the instructions in the wizard to restore the files or folders. Hi Sue, you can download the restore CD from Connect. The previous two versions of the Home Computer Restore CD have been replaced by a new version (Dual Boot) to support a wider range of home computers. The Power Pack 1 Home Computer Restore CD gives the user two options - one option is recommended for use on home computers with less than 512Mb of memory and the other option is recommended. Microsoft urges Windows Home Server 2011 users to upgrade to Windows Server Essentials, a prudent move given the current embattled state of cyber-security.
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I've blogged about Windows Home Server before. I'm a huge fan. Recently Uncle Ronnie's new Dell computer had a hard drive die. It was under warranty and Dell had a new hard drive mailed to me within days.
The old hard drive is clicking and unhealthy, but after a dozen tries, I get it to boot off the sick drive. I run chkdsk /f /r 4 times until it works and then quickly (don't make it angry, I say) hooked Uncle Ronnie's machine up to my Windows Home Server via it's wireless adapter and did a complete 'one click' backup. This backs up the entire machine to the Home Server. He's running Windows XP but uses dial-up for his internet access. Remember this point as it's significant for later.
Then I swap the dead hard drive out for the new one. On another computer I visit SERVERSoftware and burn the Home Server Recovery CD in a few minutes, then boot off that CD on Uncle Ronnie's machine.
I'm going through the restore process and it says I haven't got network drivers installed. Uh oh. What now?
Well, there's actually a very helpful link right in the Restore Wizard that says Windows Home Server includes all the network and storage drivers from the backed-up machine at the time of the backup in a automatically-created folder that lives in the backup itself.
The instructions say just open the backup from the Home Server Console. This is cool in its own right, as Windows will mount the backup as a new drive and you can copy files off it. During backup an unambiguously named folder called 'Windows Home Server Drivers for Restore' is made that is full of directories with storage and network drivers from your computer. Again, these are the drivers that were installed when you backed up your computer.
I mounted the backup and copied that drivers folder to a USB key. I didn't have to restart the restore, just press Scan and it loads the drivers dynamically. Unfortunately it didn't find the hard-wired network adapter I was planning on using to restore this laptop.
I stared for a while.
Turns out that since Uncle Ronnie uses Dial-Up, he never had the Wired Network Adapter drivers installed, so they we never backed up!
I could probably try to boot up the dying hard drive, install network drivers, then backup the hard drive again hoping that Windows Home Server would find them and yada yada yada, but seriously, I'd be tempting fate to try and get this drive to spin again.
Instead, I dug around in the USB key and it appeared that the folder structure was folders named with GUIDs (Globally Unique Identifiers) with .sys driver files and .inf driver info files inside.
I took a change and created my own GUID folder (basically just copy pasted another and changed some numbers). In this screenshot, it's the top folder with a bunch of zeros.
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Now, what to put in it? I went to the Dell Drivers Website and found the download for the Marvel Wired Network Drivers. It was an EXE, but most of these driver downloads are self-extracting ZIP files, so I opened it up directly with 7-Zip (the greatest and best archive utility.)
I poked around in the driver archive looking for .INF files and .SYS files and copied both the Vista and XP drivers into my {GUID} folder on my USB key, hoping that the Windows Home Server Restore that was still waiting on Uncle Ronnie's machine would just scan these drivers and assume it put them there.
In fact, it worked! I clicked Scan again and the wired network adapter showed up in the list and the restore of Uncle Ronnie's old backup to his new hard drive worked perfectly!
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Why create a system image backup for Windows Server 2011?
Windows Home Server (WHS) 2011 and Windows Small Business Server (SBS) 2011 is very popularbecause of the good properties. People use Windows server 2011 and store many important dataon the hard drive. However, people still worry about data’s safety. After all, systemcrashes will bring a lot of troubles like losing data, reinstalling system, and many otherproblems which can bring a damage to your home workstation or your small business. Toprotect the system from those trouble, the best way is creating a system image backup forWindows Server 2011.
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How to create a system image backup for Windows Server 2011?
Both WHS 2011 and SBS 2011 built-in backup tool Windows Server Backup can create a systemimage backup. Open the Windows Server Backup, you can see there are two kinds of backup“Backup Schedule...” and “Backup Once...”.
However, when you use the tool to create a system image backup for Windows Server 2011, youmay fail with some error code, for example:
- SBS 2011 backups failing- VSS Error 0x800423F3- Event ID 8230
- WHS 2011- backup failed, unable to create a volume snapshot
What’s more, this tool cannot compress the system image. If the image is too big, it willoccupy a large space on the destination place. If you want to fix those error and make asmaller image file with simple steps, here we highly recommend you a serverbackup software AOMEI Backupper Server, a backup software that can help you create asystem image backup for Windows Server 2011 (both WHS 2011 and SBS 2011) with compression ina few clicks.
Step1. Install and launch this software, and you can see its deep-blueinterface. Click Backup at the left pane, and select SystemBackup.
Step2. Then, it will show you the page where you can create a system imagebackup for SBS 2011. The System Backup will select the system files in default, and all youhave to do is clicking Step2, and select a destination partition to storeyour system image files. You can select another local partition, or an external hard drive,or share on NAS (network attach storage) according to your requirements. Here takes D: asthe destination place.
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Tips: if you need to compress the system image to make a smaller one,clickSettings, select Compression. You can compress yoursystem image file according to your requirements, but here we recommend you select Normal.
Step3. After all the settings, clickOK to back to thesystem backup page, and click Start Backup to launch the progress. Waittill it reaches 100%, click Finish to exit.
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Comparing with Windows built-in backup tool, this software can fix almost all the backupproblems for both Windows Home server 2011 and Windows Small Business Server 2011. Besidescreating a system image backup, you can use it to restore system for Windows server 2011,backup files/folders, sync files and many other things. It is worth to have one.