"R5" <R5@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:C0DDE582-8C07-431B-8C68-4E6E95D7657C@xxxxxx
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.
Apparently the backup *is* failing. It's just misreporting the failure.
There are reasons many people don't use the Windows backup utilities. Works
for some people, not for others. I suggest an imaging program, and agree
that Acronis TrueImage is a good bet, and inexpensive.
HTH
-pk