Re: Script for backing up Windows 11 host

Hello Falko and Ged,


Thanks for your feedback, that was the info I was looking for.
I can now try to configure my backuppc to backup my sole wintendo laptop as well. 🙂
Lets see how it goes...


Regards,

Dan


On 18-03-2026 18:32, Falko Trojahn wrote:
> Hello Dan,
>
> Dan Johansson via BackupPC-users schrieb am 18.03.26 um 16:02:
>
>> Some time ago, someone posted a script (or part thereof) for backing up a Windows 11 host with BackupPC using native Windows tools.
>>
>> I can not find the post/script among my emails 🙁
>>
>> Could someone please tell me where I can find those scripts?
>>
>
> may be you mean this?
>
>
> > That's what I did more than five years ago, too - but we didn't use
> > samba client for Windows backups with BackupPC, but this:
> >
> > https://www.michaelstowe.com/backuppc/
> >
> > and I remember it working very well. Especially that it did
> > use shadow copies. I think we used Win10 these days.
> >
> > But later we switched to Urbackup client.
> >
> > If you don't have recent Windows versions at hand ...
> > Usually it is possible to get some Windows developer edition VMs.
> > Ah, we did use this: https://github.com/xdissent/ievms/
> >
> > Maybe some newer fixes are in the forks or pull requests like:
> > https://github.com/xdissent/ievms/pull/343
> >
> > Just my 2¢
> > Falko
>
> Link to the archive is here:
> https://sourceforge.net/p/backuppc/mailman/backuppc-users/?viewmonth=202509&viewday=28
>
> Another thread about Win 11 Backup was here:
> https://sourceforge.net/p/backuppc/mailman/backuppc-users/thread/DM6PR20MB344338A189BF8697A04E4CC8DD242%40DM6PR20MB3443.namprd20.prod.outlook.com/#msg58747558
>
> Best regards
> Falko
>
>
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Dan Johansson,
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