Jasper
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| posted on 23/4/07 at 11:00 AM |
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Windows Back-up stopped working
Been running Windows Back-up for some weeks now - backing up to a Seagate external HDD. No problems.
Tried it recently and I get an immediate error:
Backup Status
Operation: Backup
Active backup destination: File
Media name: "Backup.bkf created 23/04/2007 at 11:49"
Error returned while creating the volume shadow copy:80042301
Aborting Backup.
I have LOADS of free spave, so it's not that..... and have succesfully written other files to the drive with no problem.
Any ideas techie heads?????
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ecosse
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| posted on 23/4/07 at 11:35 AM |
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There are quite a few things that can cause it but try this for starters
"Open Regedt32.exe and navigate to the following key": HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEsystemsetup
And change the "UpgradeInProgress" value to 0
If the key doesn't exist it's not that 
Also check the event logs for any related errors and post back with the details
Cheers
Alex
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Jasper
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| posted on 23/4/07 at 12:11 PM |
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Hi Alex
Gone into regedt32 - the "UpgradeInProgress" does not exist in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE system setup - so not that.
No idea how to look at the events log - I'm a bit of a PC dunce....
Thank for the help so far though 
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britishtrident
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| posted on 24/4/07 at 02:41 PM |
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I have had my fingers bitten with various version of Windows Backup that I would never depend on it.
Rather than use Windows backup down load a copy of Cobian Backup it is a 100% free#, well supported is rock solid and has loads of options including
backing via FTP or to CDRW and compressed backups are in the latest standard Zip format
http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm
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Jasper
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| posted on 27/4/07 at 11:52 AM |
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Thanks mate - I'll have a look.
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