I'm out of suggestions. My only thought at this point is a wild hack,
changing the date after disabling the online time setting. Move the date to
the day more than 30 days from the last new backup, make a backup, Of
course, if you restored, you would have to move the BIOS time up while
restoring, but I think that might workaround this blank drive problem. I
really don't know how a restored system would work with a date conflict like
that. ( but a total system backup DOES let you pick partial data out of it.)
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Quote:
> In "Properties" - "Policies" - "Write Caching and Removal", the option
> selected is "Optomize for quick removal" which apparently disables write
> caching on the disk.
>
> I suspect the only way to get to the bottom of this will be to get hold of
> another disk and attempt a restore. I'll update the post with the results
> as
> soon as I can get hold of another disk.
>
> Thanks for taking the time to advise.
>
> Tim
>
> "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
> Quote:
>> I think your problem is centered around the 'write caching' setting for
>> this
>> removable drive. (Disk Properties, Policies tab.) I would suspect this is
>> set to use write caching to speed the drive, and the drive was removed
>> without using the "Safely Remove hardware" icon in the Notifications
>> area.
>>
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>> "Tim" <Tim@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:FF70EC12-9339-4A9D-82F2-F8C5AA1DCFD9@xxxxxx Quote:
>> > Mark,
>> >
>> > Thanks for your prompt reply and my apologies for taking so long to get
>> > back
>> > to you.
>> >
>> > I open "Backup Status and Configuration", select "Complete PC Backup",
>> > select the external USB HDD as backup media, then the system says that
>> > a
>> > previous backup exists and "only the differences will be saved".
>> >
>> > The problem is that there is no previous backup (as the exernal USB HDD
>> > has
>> > been reformatted). I want everything on the C: partition to be backed
>> > up
>> > not
>> > just "the differences".
>> >
>> > You say that "There are setting available during a backup that let you
>> > set
>> > the interval between Complete backups", but I don't see any options.
>> > It
>> > just launches straight into the backup and creates a backup directory
>> > of
>> > 26Gb
>> > (clearly not a complete backup as 52Gb of space is used on the C:
>> > drive.
>> >
>> > I need to make a genuine "complete" backup.
>> >
>> > I'm using Vista Business.
>> >
>> > Thanks again,
>> > Tim
>> >
>> > "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Not sure you are saying what you have done. You open "Backup Status
>> >> and
>> >> Configuration", highlight "Complete PC Backup" and it doesn't tell you
>> >> the
>> >> location of the last successful backup, and where it is?
>> >> There are setting available during a backup that let you set the
>> >> interval
>> >> between "Complete" backups.
>> >>
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>> >> "Tim" <Tim@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> news:2480A427-9071-4E2F-BF84-5E4994D2D958@xxxxxx
>> >> > Does anyone know how to reset the Vista backup routine in order to
>> >> > force
>> >> > it
>> >> > to do a fresh complete backup? My problem is detailed below...
>> >> >
>> >> > I've used Complete PC Backup to backup / restore various new
>> >> > customer
>> >> > installs. The way I understand it is that the first time it's run
>> >> > it
>> >> > backs
>> >> > up ALL the data on the selected partition(s) to the backup media,
>> >> > then
>> >> > subsequent backups are incremental and smaller in size.
>> >> >
>> >> > I've just finished rebuilding a Vista machine and want to make a
>> >> > complete
>> >> > (i.e. not incremental) backup of it. 52Gb of space has been used
>> >> > for
>> >> > data
>> >> > on
>> >> > the C: drive, but when I attempt to make a complete backup it says
>> >> > that
>> >> > previous backups have been detected and it will only backup the
>> >> > differences.
>> >> > The backup file created is only 26Gb.
>> >> >
>> >> > There are no other backups on the system as the backup device (ext
>> >> > USB2
>> >> > HDD)
>> >> > has been reformatted. I'm guessing that if I attempted to restore,
>> >> > the
>> >> > routine would try to find a previous complete backup that no longer
>> >> > exists
>> >> > and fail. The only way I can test it would be to attempt a restore
>> >> > which
>> >> > I
>> >> > cannot risk.
>> >> >
>> >> > There must be a hidden file somewhere that records previous backups.
>> >> > If I
>> >> > can reset this I could make a full 52Gb backup.
>> >> >
>> >> > Any advice would be greaty appreciated.
>> >> >