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12-01-2006

I have had the same problem. I installed Vista on a second hard drive (SATA
2). I received the same error as you. There were no drives available for me
to backup to.

I reinstalled Vista on SATA 1 and I was able to see all my drives. This is a
repeatable error condition in that I can make it reappear just by
reinstalling Vista to my SATA 2 drive again.

I reported this bug about 2-3 months ago but I guess that Microsoft was
unable to replicate the condition.

By the way, this "may" have to do with the M/B chipset, hardware and SATA
implementation on the M/B. I experience this on an Asus A7N8X2.0 Deluxe
(about 3 years old). It was one of the first M/B's to have built in SATA
capability. It is likely that new boards will not display this problem.

Seeing as how Asus has put this board out to pasture it is not a problem
that will be addressed or fixed.

--

Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"Jeffrey Kohler" <JeffreyKohler@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:56919124-E914-4938-84A4-9E2FBE9B3531@microsoft.com...
> I'm attempting to use the "Backup and Restore Center" to back up my
> computer.
> However, whenever I click "Back up computer" I get the following error
> message:
>
> "Windows could not find backup devices on your computer. The following
> information might explain why this problem occurred:
>
> Incorrect function. (0x80070001)
>
> Please close the backup application and try again."
>
> I do have a DVD RW drive.
>
> Any suggestions?

12-01-2006	#3 (permalink)
Richard Urban n/a posts	Re: Windows Backup "could not find backup devices on your computer" I have had the same problem. I installed Vista on a second hard drive (SATA 2). I received the same error as you. There were no drives available for me to backup to. I reinstalled Vista on SATA 1 and I was able to see all my drives. This is a repeatable error condition in that I can make it reappear just by reinstalling Vista to my SATA 2 drive again. I reported this bug about 2-3 months ago but I guess that Microsoft was unable to replicate the condition. By the way, this "may" have to do with the M/B chipset, hardware and SATA implementation on the M/B. I experience this on an Asus A7N8X2.0 Deluxe (about 3 years old). It was one of the first M/B's to have built in SATA capability. It is likely that new boards will not display this problem. Seeing as how Asus has put this board out to pasture it is not a problem that will be addressed or fixed. -- Regards, Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User (For email, remove the obvious from my address) Quote from George Ankner: If you knew as much as you think you know, You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew! "Jeffrey Kohler" <JeffreyKohler@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:56919124-E914-4938-84A4-9E2FBE9B3531@microsoft.com... > I'm attempting to use the "Backup and Restore Center" to back up my > computer. > However, whenever I click "Back up computer" I get the following error > message: > > "Windows could not find backup devices on your computer. The following > information might explain why this problem occurred: > > Incorrect function. (0x80070001) > > Please close the backup application and try again." > > I do have a DVD RW drive. > > Any suggestions?
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