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What is a Backup?

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Copy of data that is archived and can be used to restore corrupt or lost data due to hardware or system failure.

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Backups often distinguish between different types of data. Name the three types:

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  1. System State
  2. User Data
  3. Application Data
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What’s included in System State backup?

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Data includes all of the files required to boot and run the computer

Operating system files
Registry
Drivers
Configuration files.

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What’s included in User Data backup?

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All data files saved and modified by users or applications that users run. Eg: Word, music, pictures

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What’s included in Application Data backup?

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Files installed by an application and application configuration files. Executable files and any files needed by the application to run.

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Why is the user data is the most important data for a company.

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Because user data changes constantly, back up the user data frequently and on a regular schedule.

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When does Application data change?

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Only following the installation of an application or following a configuration change.

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Use the following tools to protect Windows 2000 and XP systems:

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Windows Backup (Ntbackup)

Automated System Recovery (ASR)

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How do you execute Ntbackup?

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Run Ntbackup.exe or start Windows Backup from the Administrative Tools in the Control Panel.

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Ntbackup is the backup utility included with which Operating Systems?

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Windows 2000/XP

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With Windows Backup (Ntbackup) you choose the data you want to backup. What are the choices?

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System state data,
Entire volumes,
Selected folders or files

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Again, what is System state data?

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All files required to boot and run the computer (OS files, registry, drivers, configuration files)

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With Ntbackup where can backups be saved to?

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tape, network location, or a file on a hard disk

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Windows (Ntbackup) cannot backup to what?

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Recordable disc media (CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW. To save media this way, backup to a file then copy the backup file to discs.

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With Windows (Ntbackup) you can schedule backups to take place at regular times. (True or False)

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True

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What is Automated System Recovery (ASR)?

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A simple way to backup and restore the OS.

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When would you use the ASR tool?

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To recover from a hardware failure or other errors that prevent the OS from loading.

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ASR is a tool for which Windows OS’s?

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2000/XP

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Which backup tool do you use on Windows 2000/XP to create an Automated System Recovery (ASR) backup?

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Automated Wizard in the Windows backup (Ntbackup)

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Windows XP ASR is an extension to what?

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The conventional backup and restore.

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The Automated System Recovery tool (ASR) backs up the System State data, but what does it not back up?

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User data

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The ASR backup does not backup User data, but it does backup, what?

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System state data

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What is the feature, ASR referred to in Windows 2000?

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Emergency Repair Disk (ERD)

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Which backup tools do you use to protect Windows Vista systems?

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Automatic Backups

Complete PC Backup and Restore

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Automatic backups are currently used only for what?
User data
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What does Automatic backups not backup?
OS files or applications
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How do you select the data you want to backup using Automatic backup?
Select by file type, i.e., documents, pictures, music Cannot selectively backup files or folders or drives.
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After using Automatic backup, you can add files to the backup. When you add files, what is backed up?
Only the changes are added to the existing backup.
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If you do a full backup using Automatic backup, what is created?
A new backup.
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What files can be restored from the Automatic Backup?
All files or selected files
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What is the Net Technology File System (NTFS) File System?
NTFS is the file system that superseded the FAT file system beginning with NT 3.1 and forward.
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You can only back up files that exist on which file system?
NTFS partition
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Where can you backup data to using the Automatic backup?
Hard dis, CD-R, DVD-R, network drive
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Using the Automatic backup tool and are backing up to a hard disk, where must you back up the files to?
A different disk than where the files are stored.
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What does the Automatic Backup utility in Windows 7, allow you to backup?
Allows you to select individual folders and files, as well as include system files in the backup
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The Complete PC Backup and Restore replaces the _____/______ features of previous Windows versions.
ASR/ERD
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Complete PC Backup creates an _____-______ ________ of the ______ computer.
image-based | entire
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What does the Complete PC Backup and Restore backup?
Everything on the system: OS Installed programs drivers user data files
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During a restore from the Complete PC Backup and Restore, what is restored?
The entire system, you cannot select only a portion of the backup to restore.
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What does the System Restore utility do?
Takes snapshots (called restore points) of your system.
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What is the purpose of the snapshot feature in the System Restore utility?
It allows you to roll back your computer to a specific point-in-time configuration.
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What does the Restore points take snapshots of in the System Restore utility?
``` System files registry settings program files batch script executable files ```
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What does the Restore point tool not protect?
User data files
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What do Automatic Restore Points do?
Automatically creates restore points in the background at regular intervals. By default, once a day Before configuration changes (installing applications, installing an unsigned driver)
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You can ________ create a restore point.
manually
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When you restore to a restore point, what is restored?
Previous settings, so any changes that were made after the restore point was made are not restored.
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System Restore works only on which files system?
NTFS
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Where are System Restore files automatically save to?
The same disk.
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System Restore uses up to a percentage of free spce on the disk. You can ________ the amount of disk space used, but cannot ________ it above the _______.
decrease increase default
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What happens when available disk space for restore points is used?
Older restore points are deleted to make room.
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System Restore is enabled _____________.
automatically
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Which Windows OS systems use System Restore?
Windows XP and later.
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What is Previous Versions?
also called Shadow Copies, takes snapshots of files and folders and protects against accidental deletion or modification of user data files.
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Which versions of Windows is Previous Versions available?
Vista/7
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What does Previous Versions not protect?
Disk failure
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Where are Previous Versions backups saved?
Same disk.
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Facts about backups to keep in mind:
Backup user data more often than the system, it changes more frequently. Backup system state data and applications (or make a restore point) whenever you make a system change.
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Be sure to ____ your backup and restore strategy. It does no good to back up your data if you can't restore it.
test
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Backup media should be stored _______ to prevent the same disaster from affecting the network and the backup media.
offsite
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Backups can be scheduled using the tools within the ______ utility, or by creating a ___ ____ in the _________ _____ folder in the Control Panel.
Backup, new task | Scheduled Tasks
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To protect your Windows XP system, you've used the Automated System Restore wizard in the Backup utility to create an ASR diskette. Will this adequately protect your data?
No, you need to create a backup of your user data as well.

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