On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 14:26:01 -0700, R5 <R5@xxxxxx>
wrote:
Quote:
>The backup is not failing, it says it's complete, but the file that it
>creates is less than 70GB, and my drive is 225GB full out of 279GB. The
>machine is running Vista Ultimate and running Vista Media Center. 157GB of
>the files are recorded shows, my music and pictures. I'm expecting a file
>closer to 225GB, especially since media files don't compress well (if this
>program compresses).
>
>I find it awfully coincidental that 225 - 157 = 68, which is about the size
>of my backup file.
>
>The bigger problem is that I can't use the backup it creates. When I go to
>the restore operation, it finds the backup, I hit start and get back Restore
>Failed, element not found 0x80070490, which leads me to believe the backup is
>incomplete.
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