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Windows Home Server Corrupts Files

Posted by timothy on from the handy-for-plausible-deniability dept.

crustymonkey points out a ComputerWorld article which says that "Microsoft Corp. has warned Windows Home Server users not to edit files stored on their backup systems with several of its programs, including Vista Photo Gallery and Office's OneNote and Outlook, as well as files generated by popular finance software such as Quicken and QuickBooks." Crustymonkey asks Don't back up your files to Windows Home Server, as recommended by Microsoft themselves? I'm not exactly sure what the point is in having a home server if you can't back up files on it."

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  1. One wonders...... by 8127972 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    .... If there's a user friendly alternative to Windows server for Joe Enduser? I run a Debian box with Samba on a computer that does hardware RAID 1 for my file sharing needs (I also have an SCP turned on so I can shove files onto it from outside my network too). But that's not something that I can suggest to my friends and family. So what can I suggest to them that is as "user friendly" as Windows Server?

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    1. Re:One wonders...... by Hatta · · Score: 3, Interesting

      You can try FreeNAS or Open Filer.

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  2. Yes, profit. Mod parent up. by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Quote from Microsoft's support article: "When you use certain programs to edit files on a home computer that uses Windows Home Server, the files may become corrupted when you save them to the home server."

    A large amount of Microsoft's profit, in my opinion, comes from selling unfinished software, and then getting money for "upgrades". Microsoft won't get money for the fix to this problem, but I think you will agree that Microsoft is the largest supplier of unfinished software, and making the whole world a beta tester is cheaper than selling a finished product.

    Therefore, MOD PARENT UP.

    I notice that people are inventing nonsense about this; the problem appears not to have anything to do with editing backups.