Vista - Vista Backup & Restore

05-13-2008

My equipment:
Laptop connected wireless to a router.
Desktop connected to same router with Ethernet cable.
Seagate external HDD, connected to the desktop with a USB 2 connection.

I'm trying to use Vista Backup & Restore to backup the laptop to the
external HDD.
When I try to set it up, the program finds the disk alright. But then it
asks for a user & password. What user & password? I tried with all the PW's
and users I have on the two computers, but nothing works. I can't get by
this so I'm stuck here, please help!

Roger

PS. On the desktop it runs just great.

05-13-2008

"R" <someone@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:A79AC71B-F2E5-4A6B-A4DB-812CEB147024@xxxxxx

Quote:

> My equipment:
> Laptop connected wireless to a router.
> Desktop connected to same router with Ethernet cable.
> Seagate external HDD, connected to the desktop with a USB 2 connection.
>
> I'm trying to use Vista Backup & Restore to backup the laptop to the
> external HDD.
> When I try to set it up, the program finds the disk alright. But then it
> asks for a user & password. What user & password? I tried with all the

PW's

Quote:

> and users I have on the two computers, but nothing works. I can't get by
> this so I'm stuck here, please help!

Is the app not asking you to create a new password
for this backup alone ?

Beware multiposting.
--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

05-13-2008	#1 (permalink)
R n/a posts	Vista Backup & Restore My equipment: Laptop connected wireless to a router. Desktop connected to same router with Ethernet cable. Seagate external HDD, connected to the desktop with a USB 2 connection. I'm trying to use Vista Backup & Restore to backup the laptop to the external HDD. When I try to set it up, the program finds the disk alright. But then it asks for a user & password. What user & password? I tried with all the PW's and users I have on the two computers, but nothing works. I can't get by this so I'm stuck here, please help! Roger PS. On the desktop it runs just great.
My System Specs

05-13-2008	#2 (permalink)
Don Phillipson n/a posts	Re: Vista Backup & Restore "R" <someone@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:A79AC71B-F2E5-4A6B-A4DB-812CEB147024@xxxxxx Quote: > My equipment: > Laptop connected wireless to a router. > Desktop connected to same router with Ethernet cable. > Seagate external HDD, connected to the desktop with a USB 2 connection. > > I'm trying to use Vista Backup & Restore to backup the laptop to the > external HDD. > When I try to set it up, the program finds the disk alright. But then it > asks for a user & password. What user & password? I tried with all the PW's Quote: > and users I have on the two computers, but nothing works. I can't get by > this so I'm stuck here, please help! Is the app not asking you to create a new password for this backup alone ? Beware multiposting. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)
My System Specs

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