Configuring Data Protection

Chapter 12

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Chapter Objectives

Use Windows Backup

Use Windows Restore

Use System Restore and Shadow Copies

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Recall

A special printer file, which is a copy of the document to be printed, is created by a program called print spooler

Some common types of printers are Inkjet printer, Laser printer and Multifunction printer

The three basic printer permissions are Print, Manage Printers and Manage Documents

Windows Vista detects most of the printers as soon as they are connected to the computer and automatically installs the driver for them. Such printers are called plug-and-play printers

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Windows Backup

Backup file is copy of a file that is stored in a separate location from the original

Windows Vista allows : Manual backup

Automatic backup

Frequency of backup process depends on the number of files that are created or modified

Backup storage depends on the size of files that is backed up It allows you to keep the backup on another computer that is

connected through a network or a stand-alone network drive

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Practical Activity: Demonstrate a procedure to configure automatic file backup on a computer. (10 min)

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Configuring Automatic Backup Settings Allows you to configure the automatic backup settings using

the Back up Files wizard

It also allows you to back up your files to a network location

If your computer is turned off during scheduling times, it will not run automatic backup

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Accessing and Encrypting Backup Files A backup contains all the files created by the users

Backups are saved in the following format:

<backup location>\<computer name>\Backup set <year-month-day>\<time>

Backups are shown in compressed form in the folder

Windows Vista allows you to schedule backup that occurs automatically and performs update

Encrypting Back-up files – Allows to encrypt backup files with your personal encryption certificate

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Practical Activity: Demonstrate a procedure to start a manual backup. (10 min)

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Changing Backup Settings

Allows to change your back up settings using Backup Files wizard after configuring the automatic backup settings

You can change the backup settings using the Change Settings link

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Using Complete PC Backup Procedures Business, Ultimate and Enterprise versions of Windows Vista

support an advanced backup and restore utility called Windows Complete PC Backup and Restore

It creates an image of the hard drives you have chosen and saves this image to another hard drive or multiple DVDs

To create a Complete PC backup, your hard disk should be formatted to use NTFS

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Practical Activity: Demonstrate the steps to create a complete PC backup image. (25 min)

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Windows Restore

Restore operation does not require any elevated privileges

By default, it restores the folder at the original location

Restoring the data at different location is also known as dummy storage

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Practical Activity: Demonstrate a procedure to restore a folder along with the subfolders using the Backup and Restore Center. (10 min)

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Advanced Restore

Allow to restore the files or folders from another computer

Provides two options namely

Advanced Restore

Restore Files options

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Practical Activity: Demonstrate a procedure to restore a file using Advanced Restore option of the Backup Status and Configuration dialog box. (10 min)

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System Restore

Used to restore the system files of a computer to an earlier part of a time

It provides you to undo the system changes without affecting the users personal folders

It uses the System Protection feature to regulate, create and save restore points

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Practical Activity: Demonstrate a procedure to create the restore point, to restore a system to a previous restore point and turn off the System Protection. (15 min)

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Restoring a PC from a Complete PC Image Windows Complete PC backup is a complete restoration of

your system

It does not enable you to restore the items individually

Your recent settings will be replaced

Used to restore the contents, if the hard disk or the entire computer stops working

You can restore the Complete PC image with the Windows Vista installation disk

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Practical Activity: Demonstrate a procedure to restore a PC from a Complete PC image. (25 min)

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Restoring Windows Vista to a previous State You can be restored back to the previous working state

Restore it from the restore point using the System Restore wizard

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Practical Activity: Demonstrate a procedure to restore Windows Vista to its previous state. (15 min)

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System Restore and Shadow Copies Shadow copies are copy of the document

It is created with the system restore point

It is created automatically

System Protection should be enabled for creating the shadow copy automatically

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Restore previous versions of files Windows Vista allows you to restore the files using the File

properties dialog box

If you have lost any backup disk, you cannot restore files that are on missing disks

Windows Vista allows you to restore the previous version of the files directly from the hard disk

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Practical Activity: Demonstrate a procedure to restore previous versions of files and to restore a deleted or renamed file. (15 min)

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Summary I Backup is a process that prevents the loss of important

information Backup and Restore center allows you to perform the backups

and change the settings of the backup manually You can keep the backup in the backup media such as another

fixed hard disk on the computer, removable media such as USB, CD-Readable, CD-Rewritable or DVD

Windows Vista allows you to schedule the backup. You should schedule the backup at the midnight. If a backup does not fit on one disk, it requires additional disks during backup. This is a disadvantage of the automatic midnight scheduling

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Summary II

Backups are saved in the following format: <backup location>\<computer name>\Backup set <year-month-day>\<time>

A complete PC backup creates the backup image that contains copies of your program, system settings and files. This backup image is stored on another location from the original one. When you create a Complete PC backup, your hard disk should be formatted to use NTFS (New Technology File System)

System Restore is used to restore the system files of a computer to an earlier part of the time. It provides you to undo the system changes without affecting the user's personal folders

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Summary III Windows Vista provides Windows Complete PC backup that is

used to do complete restoration of your system

Windows Vista allows you to restore your computer back to the previous working state using the System Restore wizard

Windows Vista allows you to revert the previous settings using the System Restore utility. You can select the Undo System Restore option to undo the previous settings

Shadow copies are created with the system restore point. If the original copy of file has been deleted, you can restore it using shadow copies

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