Setting up a Hyper-V Server 2019 or Hyper-V Server 2016 to boot and run from a USB stick is actually easy to accomplish with the steps shown below. The most important thing is you need a fast USB 3.0 stick that offers fast random access speeds and high throughput at a good price. One such […]
Below are some strategies to help protect against ransomware. The simplest solutions include: Invest in a good cloud backup system Rotating external hard drives. Only one drive should be connected at a time. Configure external hard drives to use the same drive letter when plugged in and avoid plugging in more than one drive at […]
Below is a list of strategies to troubleshoot SMTP settings. If sending email alerts or logs fails, the first step is to examine the error message. Most of the time, the error message helps narrow down the cause of the error; however, most of the time the following checklist should be used to systematically pinpoint […]
Unfortunately there is still a widely held belief that file fragmentation is a thing of the past and not necessary. Some IT guys even mention they read somewhere that “NTFS does not need fragmentation” or somehow prevents fragmentation. Unfortunately the truth is, things haven’t changed at all and file fragmentation is the result of the […]
When you encounter an issue with just one VM failing, it’s almost certainly an issue inside the VM, not the host. That’s because any VSS-aware service inside a VM can break the Hyper-V backup cycle by vetoing. When all VMs fail to back up, it’s likely something on the host causing the failure. Please check […]
Are you looking for a simple way to backup Hyper-V virtual machine guests on Windows Server 2025-2008 or Windows 11-8 PCs? With BackupChain’s server backup software you can set up and backup Hyper-V virtual machines in just three minutes and just a few steps. Backup for the Windows host server disk as well as backup […]
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Do you need a free SFTP and FTP client for Windows? Check out DriveMaker, it’s a free SFTP and FTP client that maps a drive to SFTP and FTP sites. This works like a network drive with a real drive letter, say X:\ Once you have the drive letter mapped you can use it from […]
Probably by far the best option to do bare-metal recoveries and other bare-metal operations is to have a USB pluggable boot disk or USB stick with Windows on it. You can prepare such a boot disk ahead of time and be prepared in case you do not have a second PC or server where disk […]
