Big Worm Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 I thought there was a full bare metal backup to skydrive? In other words, if I have to replace my surface tablet with a new one I can just enter my user id and get a complete restore from the cloud including apps and settings for apps, settings for device and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikon Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 That would be interesting. I haven't heard anything like that but, if you do find something to confirm it, please post it here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drashna Jaelre Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Yes, actually. Not with skydrive, but with the live services. There is an option in the settings to sync your settings and apps. Was one the lower options on the list, IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikon Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 The part I'm not so sure of is the apps & app settings. It would be interesting if the live.com sync included that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImTheTypeOfGuy Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 I don't believe it is a bare metal backup though. The OS is not part of it. In reality, it probably just logs your apps and app settings. After you enter your id, it starts installing the apps and the settings. So just a wording problem. BTW, I have not verified this. It is just the way I believe it works based on what I heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmwills Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 How are you going to do a bare metal recovery over the WAN? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikon Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 I don't believe it is a bare metal backup though. The OS is not part of it. In reality, it probably just logs your apps and app settings. After you enter your id, it starts installing the apps and the settings. So just a wording problem. BTW, I have not verified this. It is just the way I believe it works based on what I heard. Well, given that the OS is built in, I don't think a bare metal restore of it is of any real use, at least on the RT. But if you're right and it will re-install & re-configure apps, that would be fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drashna Jaelre Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Well, with Windows 8 Pro/Enterprise, it downloads the "windows preferences" and downloads the email account settings (except for passwords). And will download the other apps you've installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikon Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 But, only Metro apps, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drashna Jaelre Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Yes, definitely. But for the Windows RT, there really aren't anything but. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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