Advice Needed On Backup For Dual Boot System
I'm going to change my main (Vista) desktop, from which I originally set up my HP MediaSmart WHS, to dual boot with Windows 7. From then on I will use the Windows 7 installation on the machine for daily use and the Vista installaion only occasionally.
I've read that if you dual boot as described above, give the Windows 7 installation the same computer name as the Vista installation and have WHS back up set up it will understandbly confuse the home server.
Given the above what is the simplest thing to do with regard to computer backups from WHS once I have dual-booted?
Would it be to uninstall the connector and HP MediSmart software from the Vista installation, remove the computer from the WHS backup list, give the Windows 7 installation the same computer name as the Vista installation, install the connector and HP MediSmart software in Windows 7 and then configure backup for the computer in WHS?
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I wouldn't think it should be a problem because the computer name has nothing to do with identification as far as WHS is concerned (it's driven by a unique GUID that is generated when you install the Connector software). The only downside to doing what you want is that you are using 2 of the available 10 computer slots to backup 1 physical computer.I'm going to change my main (Vista) desktop, from which I originally set up my HP MediaSmart WHS, to dual boot with Windows 7. From then on I will use the Windows 7 installation on the machine for daily use and the Vista installaion only occasionally.
I've read that if you dual boot as described above, give the Windows 7 installation the same computer name as the Vista installation and have WHS back up set up it will understandbly confuse the home server.
Given the above what is the simplest thing to do with regard to computer backups from WHS once I have dual-booted?
That's what I would do (install the Connector software on the OS you will use most, then backup everything under that one installation, including the other OS partition/drive).
Would it be to uninstall the connector and HP MediSmart software from the Vista installation, remove the computer from the WHS backup list, give the Windows 7 installation the same computer name as the Vista installation, install the connector and HP MediSmart software in Windows 7 and then configure backup for the computer in WHS?- Proposed As Answer bykariya21MVP, ModeratorSaturday, November 07, 2009 2:24 PM
- Marked As Answer byMalcH Monday, November 09, 2009 1:56 PM
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I wouldn't think it should be a problem because the computer name has nothing to do with identification as far as WHS is concerned (it's driven by a unique GUID that is generated when you install the Connector software). The only downside to doing what you want is that you are using 2 of the available 10 computer slots to backup 1 physical computer.I'm going to change my main (Vista) desktop, from which I originally set up my HP MediaSmart WHS, to dual boot with Windows 7. From then on I will use the Windows 7 installation on the machine for daily use and the Vista installaion only occasionally.
I've read that if you dual boot as described above, give the Windows 7 installation the same computer name as the Vista installation and have WHS back up set up it will understandbly confuse the home server.
Given the above what is the simplest thing to do with regard to computer backups from WHS once I have dual-booted?
That's what I would do (install the Connector software on the OS you will use most, then backup everything under that one installation, including the other OS partition/drive).
Would it be to uninstall the connector and HP MediSmart software from the Vista installation, remove the computer from the WHS backup list, give the Windows 7 installation the same computer name as the Vista installation, install the connector and HP MediSmart software in Windows 7 and then configure backup for the computer in WHS?- Proposed As Answer bykariya21MVP, ModeratorSaturday, November 07, 2009 2:24 PM
- Marked As Answer byMalcH Monday, November 09, 2009 1:56 PM
- Thanks kariya21, I would just like to keep this one open for another 48hrs and see if anyone else has any comments.
- I will mark your answer as the reply now kariya21, many thnaks.
In the light of all the backup/connection problems highlighted on this forum after users have upgraded to Win 7 x64 I've decided to postpone my installation of Windows 7 x64 until after PP3. - One note regarding multi-boot computers: if you have several operating systems installed on a computer, you generally need to backup and restore all bootable partitions at the same time. If you don't do so, your computer may fail to boot after a restore.
I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)
