I use Acronis to backkup my C drive before I make any changes to my VMC. Then I keep my recordings on D. This works great for rolling back a bad update etc, but like other have said you can't go back in time without losing recordings.

I also don't see this as a big deal. I never understood archiving when you can just buy the DVDs. But then again maybe others don't value there time as much as I do. But I can think of 100 other things I'd rather do than to archive TV shows, convert them and burn them to disc etc.

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Ben
How good can it be, if it isn't HD?
Engadget HD

Here's a question for this subject. Lets say I get a Cable Card setup, get the tuners running and able to view all channels in HD and premium channels with the system then do a full system (C: OS only) backup.

If I record shows after doing a backup, then restore it, will I be able to watch those shows ? OR do I have to do a backup everytime I want to make any changes to my system ?

Is they system creating a DRM record everytime something is recorded or is the DRM record only created when the system is connected with the tuners ?

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-Dave

MCP, MCSA, MCSE 2003
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Home theater specialist (10+ years)

call it a hunch (as i've never tried it myself), but i bet it wouldn't work. The DRM behind it is pretty ridiculous, so i doubt they'd let something like that get past ya. I'm guessing whatever DRM file there is gets marked for that exact recording playback permission

just guessing tho

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Mike Garcen
TGB Moderator | MissingRemote Editor/Reviewer| Microsoft MVP - Media Center
My MCE Setup

No you will not be able to watch the shows recorded with the CableCARD tuner since the last backup of the C: (system) drive.

So every time, before I make any changes I make another backup first.

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Ben
How good can it be, if it isn't HD?
Engadget HD

Probably doesn't help, but if you end up losing a one time movie recording from HBO and you ended up backing up your recording schedule, VMC will rerecord the movie HBO when it airs again.  This might seem obvious for a recurring series, but it also works for 1 time recording events, which helps.

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