Backup to External drive

xxxdannyxxx · 08 Jan 2012

qim said:

Well, now I am havinbg problems with scannow. If I enter the commands in the 'Run' nothing seems to happen and ceratinly I get no results. If I open the Dos window it tells me that I am not an administrator. I am!

The computer is new (two weeks old) and I would be surprised if there is any corruption already.

qim

Right click on the cmd shortcut and "run as administrator" then type the command SFC /SCANNOW and hit enter.

qim · 08 Jan 2012

No problems with SFC. Any other ideas?

Regards

qim

xxxdannyxxx · 08 Jan 2012

Did you choose whilst setting your backup properties "let windows choose whats best to back up".
Whilst searching that error others say that they solved it by choosing themselves what to back up. Just manually select all your user folders etc and try that. If not I will ask for some more help here mate

Danny

qim · 08 Jan 2012

I tried several options under the 'let me choose' but with no success. I keep getting the same message.

qin

mjf · 08 Jan 2012

It's difficult to add to what Danny has said but a couple of things.
I have my system protection setup like this

F: is a partition on an external HDD I stored Windows images and file/folder backups on. I recommend you turn protection off if you had it on.

I would do a file system check on your external HDD partions
Computer>right click on partition>properties>tools>check now>automatically fix file system errors.

If all ok then you may need to go into Backup & Restore, go back into change setting and make sure you have set the backup partition. In my case it would be F:. As Danny said use the "let me choose" option and untick create a system image. System images are best mad manually by using the "Create a system image" from the main Backup & Restore Window (IMO).

qim · 08 Jan 2012

Tnaks MJF

In the process of following your instructions I came up upon a new possibly related problem: when I went into Control Panel/ back up your computer an error came up

Backup or restore your files

( RED Cross) An internal error has occurred

The parameter is incorrect (0x80070057)

Any further help appreciated.

qim

Meanwhile I found this link, but can't understand it...
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...1-8c0736c5fd1a

xxxdannyxxx · 09 Jan 2012

Also you may try this see if that helps - Backup User and System Files - Reset to Default Configuration

The only other thing I can come up with is to remove the data from that external drive to another and format the disk. Then reset your partitions and try again.
Windows backup can be unpredictable, maybe the best bet at this point is to try Macrium (Link in previous post)

Danny