Backup and Restore non-functional

Hi Everyone,

I'm having the same issue as the person here:
https://www.sevenforums.com/performan...t-working.html

except that I'm running 64-bit Windows 7 Professional. I've opened the logs for Backup and Restore and got the following diagnostic info:

Code:

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   - <System>
     <Provider Name="" Guid="{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}" /> 

    <EventID>10</EventID> 

    <Version>0</Version> 

    <Level>0</Level> 

    <Task>0</Task> 

    <Opcode>0</Opcode> 

    <Keywords>0x0</Keywords> 

    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2010-03-16T15:53:19.756622400Z" /> 

    <EventRecordID>950</EventRecordID> 

    <Correlation />  

    <Execution ProcessID="2464" ThreadID="3960"  ProcessorID="1" KernelTime="0" UserTime="0" />  

    <Channel />  

    <Computer>MersaultWindows</Computer> 

    <Security />  

   </System>


  - <DebugData>
     <SequenceNumber>0</SequenceNumber> 

    <FlagsName />  

    <LevelName />  

    <Component />  

    <SubComponent />  

    <FileLine>10</FileLine> 

    <Function />  

    <Message>GUID=b7d39042-6284-b652-5fe6-32f60e0380e6 (No Format Information  found).</Message> 

   </DebugData>


   </Event>

That repeats (except the GUID, File Line, and System Time change) for each time I've clicked the "Backup Now" button. Seems like the diagnostic info is a bit lacking!

I've reset the registry keys (as the prior article states) twice with no effect. It is extremely important that I get this working. I upgraded to Windows 7 specifically to utilize the shadow backup capability. This is a week-old install of that OS, and I'm very disappointed that it is already failing. Especially since I can't backup! Ugh...

Thanks in advance,
zwerdlds

There have always been problems with Backup/Restore in Vista, and now in Win7. I think they never got that 100% to work. Plus there are certain programs that seem to get into the way of the restore (e.g. Norton). That's why I was always using OEM products. First Ghost and Paragon, but both are quite complex. Now I use free Macrium which works really very well.

Re: When it began, it did at one time work, at least it appeared to do so... I attempted to perform an overnight backup after I installed, but after 48 hours the progress bar was stuck at about 10 percent. It has never fully performed the backup. I looked at the disk usage and it was actually about 10% of my C: drive.

The amount of time I have sprent researching this and attempting to fix it, along with the potential for data loss should my disk fails is frustrating. Why does Microsoft advertise a feature that is non-functional?

I guess I'll go third party...

I guess I'll go third party...

That would be a wisw move. See my link above. That works - and fast.