使用mcBackup备份Windows 7 Media Center设置

If you’re a HTPC enthusiast and use Windows 7 Media Center, you probably have a lot of scheduled recordings and channel lineups you’d like to backup. Here we take a look at a simple tool that will allow you to do it easily.

如果您是HTPC爱好者并且使用Windows 7 Media Center，则可能要备份很多预定的录像和频道。在这里，我们看一个简单的工具，它将使您轻松地做到这一点。

mcBackup 3.0 for Windows 7

适用于Windows 7的mcBackup 3.0

This handy utility will backup WMC scheduled recordings,channel lineups, and Recoded TV . The current version is currently a Beta and is only designed to work with Windows 7 Media Center and does work with extenders.

这个方便的实用程序将备份WMC安排的录制，频道节目和Recoded TV。当前版本当前是Beta版，只能与Windows 7 Media Center一起使用，并且可以与扩展程序一起使用。

There are versions for 32 & 64-bit systems so download and install the one which is right for your system (links below). Make sure you’re closed out of WMC and run through the installer as normal accepting the defaults.

有32位和64位系统的版本，因此请下载并安装适合您的系统的版本(下面的链接)。 确保您已退出WMC，并正常接受默认设置来运行安装程序。

After you have it installed you can access it from the Start Menu under TheDigitalLifestyle.com folder.

安装后，可以从TheDigitalLifestyle.com文件夹下的“开始”菜单中访问它。

The first time you launch it you’ll see the backup service is off by default.

首次启动时，您会看到默认情况下关闭了备份服务。

Just click on the link to start it up.

只需单击链接即可启动。

Under the Backup and Restore Now tab you can select what to backup and start the process right away or if you’ve already created backups you can restore them here as well.

在立即备份和还原选项卡下，您可以选择要备份的内容并立即开始该过程，如果已经创建了备份，也可以在此处还原它们。

Under the Backup Location tab you can select where you want to store certain items.

在“备份位置”选项卡下，您可以选择要存储某些项目的位置。

If you backup Recorded TV it’s a good idea to back it up to a location with plenty of storage since the files can be large.

如果备份录制的电视，则最好将其备份到具有足够存储空间的位置，因为文件可能很大。

Note: tried to backup to Windows Home Server, but it didn’t seem to support network locations.

注意：尝试备份到Windows Home Server，但它似乎不支持网络位置。

However we were able to backup to an external USB drive.

但是，我们能够备份到外部USB驱动器。

Under the Schedule tab you can select the days and time you want to backup WMC.

在“计划”选项卡下，您可以选择要备份WMC的日期和时间。

After you create a schedule make sure to apply your settings and close out of the app UI. It will run quietly in the background and do it’s job.

创建计划后，请确保应用设置并退出应用程序用户界面。它会在后台安静地运行并完成工作。

When you start a backup, nothing exciting happens, you’ll see that the backup as started in the lower left corner of the app.

启动备份时，没有任何令人兴奋的事情发生，您会看到备份在应用程序的左下角开始。

You won’t get a “backup successful” message…however, when you launch mcBackup it displays the date and time of the last successful backup.

您不会收到“备份成功”的消息……但是，当您启动mcBackup时，它会显示上一次成功备份的日期和时间。

Restore a Backup

还原备份

To restore a backup go to the Backup and Restore Now tab, select what you want to restore, and click the Restore Now button.

要还原备份，请转到“立即备份和还原”选项卡，选择要还原的内容，然后单击“立即还原”按钮。

You’ll see a Command Prompt window open while it loads the backups.

加载备份时，您会看到一个命令提示符窗口打开。

Then a message letting you know the tuner has been restored.

然后出现一条消息，通知您调谐器已还原。

The project is still in beta, but it looks like there are some new features that will be available soon.

该项目仍处于测试阶段，但看起来有些新功能即将推出。

If you are a HTPC enthusiast or just enjoy using Windows 7 Media Center for you’re TV viewing, mcBackup 3.0 is a cool utility to have to backup and restore your Recorded TV and other WMC settings. Again it’s still in Beta so you might experience a few quirks here and there. But overall it seemed to work pretty good and since it’s still a work in progress we would expect it to get better and have more new features.

如果您是HTPC爱好者，或者只是喜欢使用Windows 7 Media Center观看电视，则mcBackup 3.0是一个很棒的实用程序，必须备份和还原录制的电视和其他WMC设置。同样，它仍然处于Beta版，因此您可能会在这里和那里遇到一些怪癖。但总体而言，它似乎运行良好，并且由于仍在进行中，因此我们希望它会变得更好并具有更多新功能。

Download mcBackup 64-bit

下载mcBackup 64位

Download mcBackup 32-bit

下载mcBackup 32位