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Starting Windows Backup... ... ... ...
I'm hoping someone may have some insight into what's going on here. I'm running on a new machine (the first I've built myself) with a fresh copy of Win 7 Pro on it. I've hardly installed anything at this point, just things that came with my motherboard, a few games, and openoffice.
The problem is that when I click to "set up backup", a window pops up saying "Starting Windows Backup: Please wait while Windows Backup starts". I let that window stay open for an hour before having to close it with the task manager. Clicking the cancel button just makes it say "canceling..." indefinitely.
Things I've tried:
- Clean boot with msconfig
- sfc /scannow
- Ensuring that the backup and shadowcopy services are set to auto
- Flipped a couple settings in the uefi, bios, or whatever it's called these days
- Spread a circle of salt around my desk and said a prayer
I would simply move on to another backup program, but I have a feeling that there is some underlying issue here. Windows installer seems to be *very* slow sometimes. For example: When installing openoffice, I was staring at a "preparing to install" window for about half an hour while I did my laundry.