Windows Backup cannot read the backup destination, Error: 0x8078006F


  1. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #1

    Windows Backup cannot read the backup destination, Error: 0x8078006F


    Hi
    I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate connected to network with Server 2008 (R2).

    I am trying to backup the System Image [only] to a share on the server without success:

    [Window Title] Windows Backup: Troubleshooting Options

    [Main Instruction] Check your backup

    [Content] Windows Backup cannot read the backup destination.

    [Try to run backup again] [Change backup settings]

    [Expanded Information]
    Backup time: 8/05/2016 6:20 PM
    Backup location: \\Server2008\backup\
    Error code: 0x8078006F

    The backup location is a valid share on the server and is accessible (and read/writeable) from my Win7 machine. Both SYSTEM and Administrators have "Full control". When setting up the backup, the location is tested and a username and password requested - these are accepted (and wrong ones are not, so some sort of check is being carried out), however when I attempt to run the backup (either manually or on schedule) the backup runs briefly (a few %) then fails with the message "Windows backup did not complete successfully" then the message box as above. No files are created at the backup location.

    A search of the web finds a lot of similar questions and a lot of wrong and useless answers. This has been an ongoing problem for some time, but I really would like to have a regular scheduled backup. Has anybody got any clues, please?
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  2. Posts : 7,100
    W7 home premium 32bit/W7HP 64bit/w10 tp insider ring
       #2

    Hi Seven,

    include the domain name of the network drive (not the computer you're backing up, but the network device): NETWORKDEVICE\Username\backup\


    Roy
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  3. Posts : 2,774
    Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
       #3

    In the meantime, try to schedule backups onto attached external hard-drives, until a network solution is found. 'Tis better to have any restorable backup than to not have a restorable backup.
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  4. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Hi Roy,

    Thanks for your suggestion, but I don't follow. I browsed for the location, which is:

    \\Server2008\backup\

    and entered the network credentials as requested (these were verified as correct).

    What do you mean by NETWORKDEVICE?

    I tried every combination of your suggestion I could think of but all came back as invalid paths.

    Regards,

    SevenDwarfs
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  5. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Roy,

    A further note: in the Set up backup screen the example given is:

    \\server\share

    which corresponds exactly to what I have, i.e. my server is called "Server2008" and the share is called "backup" so all would SEEM to be correct.

    And I did try removing the final backslash, but it made no difference.

    Thanks also to RolandJS, your point is well made, but I would like to be able to back up to the server, as I can then automatically back up everything from that.

    Regards,

    7D
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  6. Posts : 23
    Windows 10
       #6

    include the domain name of the network drive
    NETWORKDEVICE\Username\backup\
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  7. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #7

    Hi all

    I still don't have any useful advice on this one.

    Has anybody any clues? This seems to be quite a common problem with many queries on the web but no working solutions.
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