Skipped Files Error when Doing System Backup


  1. Posts : 12
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
       #1

    Skipped Files Error when Doing System Backup


    Hi It keeps skipping a Podcast file for some reason, i think related to Zune Media Player for my Windows Phone? Is there a way to solve that so backup completes successfully?


    Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials 2.116.0

    Windows Firewall

    Clean Install a few weeks ago

    backing up to second internal drive, but i can move it to my External if needed

    Am Willing to uninstall and Reinstall Zune Player if needed

    Previous Antivirus was Avast 6.0 Free
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  2. Posts : 12,012
    Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
       #2

    Did the backup application generate a log file? The log file might give some indication why the podcast file was skipped.

    I've seen backup apps skip certain files at times. Usually because the skipped file was open/in use or because the path to the skipped file was very long.
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  3. Posts : 12
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Log file i tried to pull up again, and it came up blank for some reason, i'm gonna recreate the backup tonight before i goto sleep and see if it finishes all the way, or if it doeesn't, and hopefully log file saves right this time

    Backup application is Windows 7 Home Premium built in backup
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  4. Posts : 10,455
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1
       #4

    Hi bikeman. Windows backup can get itself in a twist if you have made changes to your directory structure especially deleting folders that are in the backup. If you go through the change settings routine again it should sort the problem.
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  5. Posts : 12
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Skipped Files During backup--Problem Resolved


    Thank you all for the info, sorry it took so long to reply and mark this as solved, been extremely busy, and normally i don't delete or make too many changes, but was doing some cleaning up of files, and most likely that is why it failed the first 2 times i tried
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  6. Posts : 10,455
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1
       #6

    No problem bikeman. I'm just glad it's solved.
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