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    Advice for building a home Server

    Hello,

    I'm interested in building a home server to back up all our computers. I have 2 desktops in the house as well as 2 laptops.

    I've built a number of computers so that isn't the issue. Newegg was offering Windows Home Server 2011 for a decent price. I guess what I need to know is about saving/backing up each computer---is it a manual operation or do I set each one up to directly save all files to the server?

    An edit: My main desktop is wired directly to my cable modem. But the 2nd desktop, and the 2 laptops are all shared wirelessly.

    Any advice/links you could offer would be appreciated. Thank you.
    Last edited by Toolman55; September 25th, 2013 at 01:16 PM.
    Toolman55

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    I have a couple copies of WHS that I played with but never really used.

    In short - when setup properly, it will make a complete image of pc and then do backups of new files as per the schedule you setup..

    Should a hard drive die - you replace the drive - boot off a WHS cd and tell it which image to restore.
    If you're happy and you know it......it's your meds.

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    Jim
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    Thanks to you both! I will look over your link Welshjim. I appreciate you both taking the time to respond.
    Toolman55

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    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832416443

    $50 (was on sale earlier for $35)

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