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Backup failed error 0x8078002A on an external 3Tb drive
I bought 2 new 3Tb Seagate Expansion drives model STAY3000300.
I tried to "Create a system image" and both 3Tb drives were presented as possible destination discs. I selected one of them and after a couple of messages about preparing and starting the following message was displayed. (same message on the other 3Tb drive as well)
The backup failed
BIG RED BAR
One of the backup files could not be created. (0x8078002A)
Additional Information:
The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error, (0x8007045D)
The system is Windows 7 64bit and bang up to date with Windows update. The system disc is a OCZ Agility 3 120Gb SSD.
Another strange thing is I have been doing backups to another external disc for many months - a 1Tb Iomega portable external.
The MAIN BU file is about 26Gb and, yes, all my discs are formated as NTFS so it is not a file size issue.
I am not desperate as I have other discs to backup to but I am curious why the backups fail on the new 3Tb external drives?