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I automated Linux backups with a simple bash script and cron (and it’s better than a GUI)

Skip one-click backup apps. This rsync script gives you full control over what gets saved and when, plus logs and a few hard-won lessons.
Redmond Magazine

Restoring a File from a Windows Image Backup

PowerShell recovery scripts using WBAdmin no longer work in Windows 11, but VHDX mounting offers a manual workaround for restoring files. I recently wrote an article in which I walked you through the ...
Redmond Magazine

Using PowerShell To Back Up Windows 11

A PowerShell script using WBAdmin can create full system backups of Windows 11, offering a simple, scriptable alternative for advanced users. Over the last couple of years, I have written a few blog ...
Ars Technica

Robocopy script hangs on large (>GB) files

I am using a robocopy script to backup a lot of files to an external HDD, some small and some quite large (>1GB). Sometimes robocopy will hang on a larger file...until I press ctrl-c which rather than ...

How to create and run a PowerShell script file on Windows 11 or 10

Whether you use Windows 11 or 10 on your computer, you must change the execution policy to run a script with PowerShell. To change the execution policy to run PowerShell scripts on Windows 11 (or 10), ...