Backup - Error 0x80070002

Greetings,

I currently have a dual-OS set up on my desktop. On my primary drive, I have Super OS 9.10 (a variation on Ubuntu Linux 9.10), and on the slave, I have Windows 7 Professional.

I installed Windows 7 first with that physical drive being the only drive in the computer, so it's assigned the C drive. I then put in the other hard drive as primary and installed Super OS, which uses ext4 as the file system, and I set up an NTFS partition to allow me to have some extra hard drive space for Windows (It's assigned drive letter D). I use grub to manage the dual boot, which I have had no problems with.

When I set up my Windows Backup, I set it up to back up to an external hard drive. The process always fails, though it gets through almost the entire process (according to the progress bar). My guess is that it's trying to access the ext4 partition to back it up also, but I have no proof of this. It's the only thing I can think of that could make this fail.

Any Ideas?

Thanks,
Red

I found this. Maybe it will help you. Best of luck and welcome to the forums.

This problem is due to one or more profiles under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList with missing ProfileImagePath.

To check whether you have missing profiles:
1. Open regedit, navigate to the above registry key. (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList). Expand the list

2. Click on each of the profiles listed. The first 3 profiles should have ProfileImagePath value of
%SystemRoot%\System32\Config\SystemProfile, %SystemRoot%\ServiceProfiles\LocalService, and %SystemRoot%\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService respectively.

3. Starting from the 4th profile, the ProfileImagePath should contain path to the user profiles on your machine, such as C:\users\Christine

4. If one or more of the profile has no profile image, then you have missing profiles.

To work around this, delete the profile in question (Caution: The registry contains critical settings that are necessary for your system to function properly. Take extra caution while making changes)

1. First, export the ProfileList key for safekeeping. (Right click on the key, choose “Export”, and save it to the desktop.)
2. Right click on the profile in question, choose delete.
3. Try backup again.

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Well, it looks good to me, it was worth a look. If I can find anything else I will let you know.

Best of luck with it, I am wondering if it has to do with the file system, or grub....but I don't know for sure. Have you done an sfc /scannow? You might try it.

Yes, everything I am reading is pointing to the same thing with the missing profiles.

Maybe running a repair install and using Windows 7 to manage the OSs.

Another option is using Acronis or Paragon. I'll bet they will work. You might try the free version or a trial to see for sure. Maybe Windows imaging is not fond of having a "non-Windows" system there.

If it failed you're good to delete it. It should be no problem.

Even if it was successful you can delete them if you don't want them.

Best of luck, if I find anything I will let you know.