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Shadow copy warning on backups
I am using Backup Exec V11D to back up a Vista Ultimate workstation (amongst
others). It started out with no problems at all, and then I began to get warnings like this in the backup job report: VSS Snapshot warning. File c:\windows\system32\wmdconn.cpl is not present on the snapshot The reason the file is not present on the snapshot is that it is not present on the disk! After installing an updated NVIDIA driver on this system, I had around 30 such warnings, relating to NVIDIA files that were at some point installed, but then removed. I have since reinstalled Vista completey and copied over only my user settings, but the messages are starting again (the one at the top is from last night's backup). Symantec support think it is something in Vista that is 'stuck', remembering files that have been deleted. Has anyone come across this? Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. Regards, William |
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Shadow copy warning on backups
Hi William,
You mention Symantec, I would suggest uninstalling any Symantec applications while troubleshooting. Regards, Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User http://bertk.mvps.org Member: http://dts-l.org William Hudson wrote: I am using Backup Exec V11D to back up a Vista Ultimate workstation (amongst others). It started out with no problems at all, and then I began to get warnings like this in the backup job report: VSS Snapshot warning. File c:\windows\system32\wmdconn.cpl is not present on the snapshot The reason the file is not present on the snapshot is that it is not present on the disk! After installing an updated NVIDIA driver on this system, I had around 30 such warnings, relating to NVIDIA files that were at some point installed, but then removed. I have since reinstalled Vista completey and copied over only my user settings, but the messages are starting again (the one at the top is from last night's backup). Symantec support think it is something in Vista that is 'stuck', remembering files that have been deleted. Has anyone come across this? Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. Regards, William |
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Shadow copy warning on backups
William Hudson wrote:
I am using Backup Exec V11D to back up a Vista Ultimate workstation (amongst others). It started out with no problems at all, and then I began to get warnings like this in the backup job report: VSS Snapshot warning. File c:\windows\system32\wmdconn.cpl is not present on the snapshot The reason the file is not present on the snapshot is that it is not present on the disk! OK. Check that it's not there but hidden or something, then check whether there is anything that references it in Regedit or (say) Control.ini (if that file is still relevant in Vista). After installing an updated NVIDIA driver on this system, I had around 30 such warnings, relating to NVIDIA files that were at some point installed, but then removed. Any history of "registry cleaning"? Any beta drivers, or drivers offered via MS/Windows Update? Sounds like a pretty bad driver bundle and/or install management. I have since reinstalled Vista completey and copied over only my user settings, but the messages are starting again (the one at the top is from last night's backup). Symantec support think it is something in Vista that is 'stuck', remembering files that have been deleted. Has anyone come across this? Any suggestions? Any bad exits? AutoChk "papers over" the effects of bad exits, but that doesn't magically complete files that were not yet written to disk. System Restore's backup material gets torn up by this on a regular basis, as do any logs that were held open. Shadow Copy underlies System Restore, so I wonder more about that. ------------ ----- ---- --- -- - - - - The most accurate diagnostic instrument in medicine is the Retrospectoscope ------------ ----- ---- --- -- - - - - |