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06-13-2008
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| | Strange behaviour in Complete PC Backup Vista Business Want to do a complete PC backup for my newly purchased notebook, however, i started to do the backup to dvd, it seems it never ended, and kept prompt me to insert a blank disk. I have two partitions in one single hard drive, drive c is the system partition, drive d is the backup image of my notebook for recovery, Control panel -> system and maintenance -> Back and restore center -> Back up computer -> DVDRW Drive, it said it will take 4 to 7 dvds, however, it still continued to prompt me to insert a blank disk after the 9th dvd, then i stop manually, Is it normal? How can chase the backup log? Should I skip the recovery disk from the backup? thanks huang |
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06-13-2008
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| | Re: Strange behaviour in Complete PC Backup Vista Business Don't know.... "Mr_Huang" <mr.huang.hk@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:38592d1b-b0d6-46d3-a9d2-b9c61e54a013@xxxxxx Quote: > Want to do a complete PC backup for my newly purchased notebook, > however, i started to do the backup to dvd, it seems it never ended, > and kept prompt me to insert a blank disk. > > I have two partitions in one single hard drive, drive c is the system > partition, drive d is the backup image of my notebook for recovery, > Control panel -> system and maintenance -> Back and restore center -> > Back up computer -> DVDRW Drive, it said it will take 4 to 7 dvds, > however, it still continued to prompt me to insert a blank disk after > the 9th dvd, then i stop manually, > > Is it normal? > How can chase the backup log? > Should I skip the recovery disk from the backup? > > thanks > huang |
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06-13-2008
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| | Re: Strange behaviour in Complete PC Backup Vista Business Don't know.... "Mr_Huang" <mr.huang.hk@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:38592d1b-b0d6-46d3-a9d2-b9c61e54a013@xxxxxx Quote: > Want to do a complete PC backup for my newly purchased notebook, > however, i started to do the backup to dvd, it seems it never ended, > and kept prompt me to insert a blank disk. > > I have two partitions in one single hard drive, drive c is the system > partition, drive d is the backup image of my notebook for recovery, > Control panel -> system and maintenance -> Back and restore center -> > Back up computer -> DVDRW Drive, it said it will take 4 to 7 dvds, > however, it still continued to prompt me to insert a blank disk after > the 9th dvd, then i stop manually, > > Is it normal? > How can chase the backup log? > Should I skip the recovery disk from the backup? > > thanks > huang |
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06-13-2008
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| | Re: Strange behaviour in Complete PC Backup Vista Business Most laptops provide a utility to "copy" the recovery partition to removeable media (DVD/CD) allowing recoveing the space used for the partition (usually 9+ gigs). There is no value in backing up the recovery partition - keep in mind that the partition restores the computer to the original configuration - any chnages made since purchase are lost. As you know, size of the backup depends on used space on the HD and type of data. Complete Backup should give the size of the backup. Suggest consider using an external HD. "Mr_Huang" <mr.huang.hk@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:38592d1b-b0d6-46d3-a9d2-b9c61e54a013@xxxxxx Quote: > Want to do a complete PC backup for my newly purchased notebook, > however, i started to do the backup to dvd, it seems it never ended, > and kept prompt me to insert a blank disk. > > I have two partitions in one single hard drive, drive c is the system > partition, drive d is the backup image of my notebook for recovery, > Control panel -> system and maintenance -> Back and restore center -> > Back up computer -> DVDRW Drive, it said it will take 4 to 7 dvds, > however, it still continued to prompt me to insert a blank disk after > the 9th dvd, then i stop manually, > > Is it normal? > How can chase the backup log? > Should I skip the recovery disk from the backup? > > thanks > huang |
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06-13-2008
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| | Re: Strange behaviour in Complete PC Backup Vista Business Should have also mentioned number of DVDs would be affected using 4g single layer or 8g double layer disks "Mr_Huang" <mr.huang.hk@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:38592d1b-b0d6-46d3-a9d2-b9c61e54a013@xxxxxx Quote: > Want to do a complete PC backup for my newly purchased notebook, > however, i started to do the backup to dvd, it seems it never ended, > and kept prompt me to insert a blank disk. > > I have two partitions in one single hard drive, drive c is the system > partition, drive d is the backup image of my notebook for recovery, > Control panel -> system and maintenance -> Back and restore center -> > Back up computer -> DVDRW Drive, it said it will take 4 to 7 dvds, > however, it still continued to prompt me to insert a blank disk after > the 9th dvd, then i stop manually, > > Is it normal? > How can chase the backup log? > Should I skip the recovery disk from the backup? > > thanks > huang |
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06-30-2008
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| | RE: Strange behaviour in Complete PC Backup Vista Business While I have no asnswer to your problem I wonder if you have examined any of the 9 disks you wrote? Look at one of them in Windows Explorer (perhaps not the 9th one) and see if you have the same problem I have at the moment - each DVD has only about 250mb of files stored on it! For me this has only just started after months of unremarkable back-ups. Beano -- Mike Bean Senior Technologist, Cartouche "Mr_Huang" wrote: Quote: > Want to do a complete PC backup for my newly purchased notebook, > however, i started to do the backup to dvd, it seems it never ended, > and kept prompt me to insert a blank disk. > > I have two partitions in one single hard drive, drive c is the system > partition, drive d is the backup image of my notebook for recovery, > Control panel -> system and maintenance -> Back and restore center -> > Back up computer -> DVDRW Drive, it said it will take 4 to 7 dvds, > however, it still continued to prompt me to insert a blank disk after > the 9th dvd, then i stop manually, > > Is it normal? > How can chase the backup log? > Should I skip the recovery disk from the backup? > > thanks > huang > |
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07-03-2008
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| | Re: Strange behaviour in Complete PC Backup Vista Business I guess I have chosen backup the entire computer which include two partitions (one Windows Vista System and one hidden recovery partition), it turns out to an endless loop to backup my hidden recovery partition to DVD. Thanks for all the advices. On Jun 30, 8:15*pm, Beano <Be...@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > While I have no asnswer to your problem I wonder if you have examined anyof > the 9 disks you wrote? > > Look at one of them in Windows Explorer (perhaps not the 9th one) and seeif > you have the same problem I have at the moment - each DVD has only about > 250mb of files stored on it! > > For me this has only just started after months of unremarkable back-ups. > > Beano > -- > Mike Bean > Senior Technologist, Cartouche > > > > "Mr_Huang" wrote: Quote: > > Want to do a complete PC backup for my newly purchased notebook, > > however, i started to do the backup to dvd, it seems it never ended, > > and kept prompt me to insert a blank disk. Quote: > > I have two partitions in one single hard drive, drive c is the system > > partition, drive d is the backup image of my notebook for recovery, > > Control panel -> system and maintenance -> Back and restore center -> > > Back up computer -> DVDRW Drive, it said it will take 4 to 7 dvds, > > however, it still continued to prompt me to insert a blank disk after > > the 9th dvd, then i stop manually, Quote: > > Is it normal? > > How can chase the backup log? > > Should I skip the recovery disk from the backup? Quote: > > thanks > > huang- Hide quoted text - > - Show quoted text - |
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