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June 16th 07, 03:47 PM
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Severe problem while using Windows Backup
Yesterday I tried using Windows backup for the 1st time. I first tried
backing up to a DVD+RW but the program kept giving me the error that the DVD couldn't be used. I erased the disk and continued to get an error. I tried several times, and at one point the backup started. I was surprised and stopped it, because I didn't think the DVD had been formatted. I then discovered that my entire Data drive had been erased/formatted. (Luckily I had a one week old backup.) However, I don't want this to happen again, as even losing a week's worth of data can be a problem. I may have accidentally selected the data hard drive partition rather than the DVD drive to back up to (that is the only thing I can think of that might have caused this), but my question is, must the entire backup drive be empty? Can I backup to a hard drive partition that has other files on it or must I select an empty partition? Does Windows Backup automatically format or erase the drive that it is using if there is data there? I don't remember getting any warnings, but might have since I thought I was trying to backup to the DVD+RW. Also, will Windows Backup backup data files that are a partition other than C? I have changed most of my data locations to the separate Data partition. I expected the backup to mainly back up my Data drive, since I have virually no data files on C, but the backup that started was backing up my C drive. 
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June 16th 07, 06:34 PM
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Severe problem while using Windows Backup
Obviously, Vista's new version of Backup has shortcomings (to put it
mildly). However you can get the old NTBackup running on Vista. See: http://www.petri.co.il/installing_wi...ws_vista.ht m -- David Dickinson eveningstar at die-spammer-die dash mvps dot org Please reply only to the newsgroup, not by email.
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June 17th 07, 03:32 AM
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Severe problem while using Windows Backup
Thank you. I also looked at the article on the Vista backup program and it
mentioned that when selecting writable media, you must use a disk that can be written and rewritten. I tried to use DVD+RW disks, but they could not be formatted. Will the program normally format DVD+RW disks to be used for backup? I am trying to determine if my DVD drive (on a fairly new computer) is working correctly. It does not seem to be able to format any DVD disks that have been erased once...or the drive is somehow destroying the disks when it erases them. Any thoughts? "David Dickinson" wrote: Obviously, Vista's new version of Backup has shortcomings (to put it mildly). However you can get the old NTBackup running on Vista. See: http://www.petri.co.il/installing_wi...ws_vista.ht m -- David Dickinson eveningstar at die-spammer-die dash mvps dot org Please reply only to the newsgroup, not by email.
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