Windows 7 Backup

[gregrocker]

I create a primary formatted partition on the secondary or primary HD to save the backup image, then copy it from there to the external.

This way there is a recovery partition that is easily detected from the booted Win7 DVD Repair console to reimage the HD, and an external backup in case HD is disabled.

 

[DesjEric]

Hi, i have the same problem.

But when i retry few times, the backup start, and after i have the error code 0X800706BA. RPC services unavailable. If i try again, the error append again but not at the same time.

Maybe this information help other to help us.

 

[IggyAZ]

This may be a nothing answer but are you using your AC power supply when backing up?
It always a good practice if it available to have external power on.

My 2 cents

 

[sterac]

Hi there, I have an Acer Aspire X1300 that I recently got and was unable to backup to an external hard drive. If I backed up to another partition on the internal it worked fine, but this wasnt a good enough solution for me, so I trwled around the internet for hours and hours and discovered there is an issue with external mass storage connected via usb when using the nvidia chipset found on the X1300 motherboard. On the Microsoft support site I found KB976972. I follwed the instructions to get this hotfix and since installing it I have backed up 100% successfully to external drives. This also cured the problem I had of moving large data files such as HD video to my externals.
Hope this helps.
sterac

 

[IggyAZ]

Hi there, I have an Acer Aspire X1300 that I recently got and was unable to backup to an external hard drive. If I backed up to another partition on the internal it worked fine, but this wasnt a good enough solution for me, so I trwled around the internet for hours and hours and discovered there is an issue with external mass storage connected via usb when using the nvidia chipset found on the X1300 motherboard. On the Microsoft support site I found KB976972. I follwed the instructions to get this hotfix and since installing it I have backed up 100% successfully to external drives. This also cured the problem I had of moving large data files such as HD video to my externals.
Hope this helps.
sterac

Great find. Hopefully it can help the original guy out also.

 

[DesjEric]

Thank you sterac, i have already apply this hotfix. :huh:
And i try to do the backup on other partition.

Do you do an upgrade on your Acer Aspire X1300, or clean install (format drive and install windows7 after) ?

 

[computersplus]

Read this

check if Volume shadow copy and windows backup services are running and set to automatic in Services Console.

1. Click on Start, type Services in Start Search. When the Services page is open, scroll the page to find Volume Shadow Copy and Backup service.

2. Right click on them and check if they are started.

3. If the services are disabled, start the services and set it to Automatic and check if the issue gets resolved.



If the services are running and you get Error Message: “0x8007007B - The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect”, file name or volume label has special characters.


I just helped someone with a similar problem not the exact same error code but close the below solved the issue maybe it will help you



The system does not accept the keyboard combination Alt+0 through Alt+32 or the following characters: \\ \\ / [ ] : | < > + ; = . ? "



This gives the system an invalid path, so please correct the file name or volume label and make sure the username you are logged into has no spaces or special characters and then try to perform the backup.



It would also be caused due to Operating System shell corruption. If your file name and volume does not have any special characters and you are getting this error message, Create a new user account and perform the backup from the new user account and let us know if it helps.

 

[DesjEric]

hi computersplus,
I have a french version of windows 7
The service Volume Shadow Copy and Backup service, is it link to that program "C:\Windows\system32\wbengine.exe" AND "C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k SDRSVC" ?

 

[computersplus]

Related

I do not believe so no

 

[computersplus]

AVG

do you have AVG installed on that machine?

 

[DesjEric]

No i do not have AVG.

what's the service 'Volume Shadow Copy' and 'Backup service' run, you can see it on service properties.

 

[computersplus]

Service

start menu - run - type services.msc

 

[DesjEric]

My windows7 is in french the services names are in french... i do not have backup service, but i have 'Sauvegarde Windows' related to service 'SDRSVC', that run 'C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k SDRSVC'.

 

[computersplus]

French

well that makes things harder for sure.... maybe someone here speaks french

 

[sterac]

Hi DesjEric, I did a clean install of Win7 x64. My X1300 came with Vista Home Premium x64 and as I was installing Win7 x64 straight away it seemed easier than uninstalling and cleaning up all the uneccessary Acer rubbish that came with it.

 

[tabreslin]

Backing up to external USB HD

This may be a nothing answer but are you using your AC power supply when backing up?
It always a good practice if it available to have external power on.

My 2 cents

Something else to consider along this train of thought:

Have you tried going into of all your USB Root Hub Properties in Device Manager and unchecking the "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power" option.

 

[sterac]

This thread was started after Peter g3hee posting about his problem using Windows Backup with Win7 on an Acer Aspire X1300 which is a tower. I have one myself and spent hours researching it because it was driving me nuts, although a lot of people that know me would say I am already nuts. If I have a glitch I have to solve it, if something is supposed to work then in my opinion it should work. My machine duplicated the exact fault as original post and it turned that it was caused in my case by a combination of Win7, the Nvidia chipset and 4GB of ram. Here is the link to the solution You encounter problems when you move data over USB from a Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer that has an NVIDIA USB EHCI chipset and at least 4GB of RAM.
which since applying has cured the problem. I have run Windows Backup a number of times to confirm this has fixed my problem.
Good Luck to all of us who has bought a X1300, mine was bought in a hurry after a complete failure of another computer, for something new it is very noisy and runs quite hot.

 

[gregrocker]

They had X1300 on sale at Fry's for $278US at Christmas. We bought two. So far, so good.

THe sideways tray on trim tower is a bit hinky. I noted the heat and noise but it isn't noticeable by them.

But the family members are in love with them, doubling their computing power from older $1000+ machines

Gotta admit the keyboard is like butter compared to mine.

 

[Peter g3hee]

I would like to thank everybody who has been kind enough to come up with suggestions to rectify the persistent failure of the Windows 7 Backup program on my Acer 1300.
I have tried out, as far as I am able, all the fixes that were recommended to me but to no avail, bar one.
Finally I decided to adopt the (to me) ultimate course of action amongst the fixes and used the 2cnd. (white) disk that Acer supplied with the Windows 7 Upgrade pack and executed a clean install.
Eureka ! All is now sweetness and light, the Backup works fine, and as an added bonus I have off-loaded all the dreadful advertising crud that emanated from the Ist.(Green) Acer disk.
Many Thanks everyone.

Peter g3hee

 

[gregrocker]

Peter, are you able to get favorite apps and any needed drivers off the Green disk? You may not need them since the Win7 DVD included is mostly driver-complete.

You can also check the Acer Support Downloads webpage for your model for apps/drivers if not accessible on the CD.