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愛好者并且使用Windows 7 Media Center，則可能要備份很多預定的錄像和頻道。 在這里，我們看一個簡單的工具，它將使您輕松地做到這一點。

mcBackup 3.0 for Windows 7

適用于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.

這個方便的實用程序將備份WMC安排的錄制，頻道節目和Recoded TV。 當前版本當前是Beta版，只能與Windows 7 Media Center一起使用，并且可以與擴展程序一起使用。

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位系統的版本，因此請下載并安裝適合您的系統的版本(下面的鏈接)。 確保您已退出WMC，并正常接受默認設置來運行安裝程序。

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

安裝后，可以從TheDigitalLifestyle.com文件夾下的“開始”菜單中訪問它。

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

首次啟動時，您會看到默認情況下關閉了備份服務。

Just click on the link to start it up.

只需單擊鏈接即可啟動。

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.

在立即備份和還原選項卡下，您可以選擇要備份的內容并立即開始該過程，如果已經創建了備份，也可以在此處還原它們。

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

在“備份位置”選項卡下，您可以選擇要存儲某些項目的位置。

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.

如果備份錄制的電視，則最好將其備份到具有足夠存儲空間的位置，因為文件可能很大。

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

注意：嘗試備份到Windows Home Server，但它似乎不支持網絡位置。

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

但是，我們能夠備份到外部USB驅動器。

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

在“計劃”選項卡下，您可以選擇要備份WMC的日期和時間。

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.

創建計劃后，請確保應用設置并退出應用程序用戶界面。 它會在后臺安靜地運行并完成工作。

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

啟動備份時，沒有任何令人興奮的事情發生，您會看到備份在應用程序的左下角開始。

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

您不會收到“備份成功”的消息……但是，當您啟動mcBackup時，它會顯示上一次成功備份的日期和時間。

Restore a Backup

還原備份

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

要還原備份，請轉到“立即備份和還原”選項卡，選擇要還原的內容，然后單擊“立即還原”按鈕。

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

加載備份時，您會看到一個命令提示符窗口打開。

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

然后出現一條消息，通知您調諧器已還原。

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

該項目仍處于測試階段，但看起來有些新功能即將推出。

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愛好者，或者只是喜歡使用Windows 7 Media Center觀看電視，則mcBackup 3.0是一個很棒的實用程序，必須備份和還原錄制的電視和其他WMC設置。 同樣，它仍然處于Beta版，因此您可能會在這里和那里遇到一些怪癖。 但總體而言，它似乎運行良好，并且由于仍在進行中，因此我們希望它會變得更好并具有更多新功能。

Download mcBackup 64-bit

下載mcBackup 64位

Download mcBackup 32-bit

下載mcBackup 32位

翻譯自: https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/24631/backup-your-windows-7-media-center-settings-with-mcbackup/