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  1. sargan
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    W7 64 bit ultimate
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    W7 backup fails every time


    Although originally working, now W7 backup will not work.
    I am running 32bit Ultimate

    I have emptied the backup drive, the back up starts ... runs to about 80% of progress bar ... then fails with message Backup failed to complete.

    The error code is ox81000015

    This says that Windows could not zip a file ... and remove any of 3 listed programs ... none of which I have installed.
    To be safe I also removed 7zip (even though not listed) another 2 Hr attempt and again fails.

    Anybody any idea how to resolve ? ... W7 was supposed to be better at backup compared to Vista
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  3. Brink
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    Hello Sargan,

    You might see if the KB article from Microsoft below may be able to help.
    In addition, you might also download and merge the ZIP option in the tutorial below. It will reset the associations for ZIP files back to default, and hopefully help.
    Hope this helps,
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  4. sargan
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    Brink said:
    Hello Sargan,

    You might see if the KB article from Microsoft below may be able to help.In addition, you might also download and merge the ZIP option in the tutorial below. It will reset the associations for ZIP files back to default, and hopefully help.Hope this helps,
    Shawn

    I don't have any of the 3 apps they say to remove installed ... so KB not much help.
    I did remove 7zip just in case.
    reset zip & tar file associations ... will try backup again
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  6. sargan
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    OK ... tried again after fixing file associations .... and removal of all my compression programs ... still the same ...
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  7. HammerHead
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    Worth a Try


    I solved this one time by changing the permissions on the directory that it was writing the backup file to. It is worth a try. You can reconfigure you backup in Win backup and that may help. Or you can go to the directory where the backup is stored (that is if you have had a successful backup previous.) and take possession of the directory and files in it.

    You may also find this tut useful.

    Backup Complete Computer - Create an Image Backup
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  8. sargan
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    I deleted all folders, so it is an empty HDD, so not a folder permissions issue.
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  10. Brink
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    If you have not already, go ahead and format the HDD as well to make sure it's not a drive permission issue and see if you have the same issue afterwards.

    In addition, it wouldn't hurt to run a sfc /scannow command to see if there are any issues with your system files.
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  11. sargan
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    I did that - no issues .
    Looked in event viewer for failure .. it gives extra comment that drive windows is installed on does not have enough free space drive and needs at least 400MB ....windows is on a 232GB partition with 192GB free .. so loads more space than needed.

    So it is complaining about the source drive not destination drive.
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  12. sargan
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    I just limited back up by removing music & pictures ... backup reduced by several GB ....
    Now just OS and My documents.
    Still fails.
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  13. Brink
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    Sargan,

    You might consider using Macrium Reflect Free to do your backups with instead. It's a great free reliable program.

    Imaging with free Macrium
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