Vista - Can't See Backup Sets on Internal Backup Drive

11-05-2007

When I got my PC with Vista, I installed my old hard drive as F and made it
also my backup drive. It seemed as if I'd be unlikely to run out of space
anytime soon. But my automatic backup Sunday failed for lack of space on the
F drive. It's 120 gig, with 288meg free. My problem is, when I explore the
drive, I don't see the backups on the disk. Even when I do a search
including hidden files I can't identify them.

11-06-2007

So, when you Start\Computer\F drive, you see no files or folders? The
backed up files & folders
should be in F:\ComputerName\Backup Set date\Backup Files date\Backup
files No.\etc. There will be a series of these folders. What do you see?

"bharshaw" <bharshaw@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> When I got my PC with Vista, I installed my old hard drive as F and made
> it
> also my backup drive. It seemed as if I'd be unlikely to run out of space
> anytime soon. But my automatic backup Sunday failed for lack of space on
> the
> F drive. It's 120 gig, with 288meg free. My problem is, when I explore
> the
> drive, I don't see the backups on the disk. Even when I do a search
> including hidden files I can't identify them.

11-05-2007	#1 (permalink)
bharshaw n/a posts	Can't See Backup Sets on Internal Backup Drive When I got my PC with Vista, I installed my old hard drive as F and made it also my backup drive. It seemed as if I'd be unlikely to run out of space anytime soon. But my automatic backup Sunday failed for lack of space on the F drive. It's 120 gig, with 288meg free. My problem is, when I explore the drive, I don't see the backups on the disk. Even when I do a search including hidden files I can't identify them.
My System Specs

11-06-2007	#2 (permalink)
John Hanley n/a posts	Re: Can't See Backup Sets on Internal Backup Drive So, when you Start\Computer\F drive, you see no files or folders? The backed up files & folders should be in F:\ComputerName\Backup Set date\Backup Files date\Backup files No.\etc. There will be a series of these folders. What do you see? "bharshaw" <bharshaw@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:9DD4BA50-BFC2-4AD8-8059-F7E3B87509BB@xxxxxx Quote: > When I got my PC with Vista, I installed my old hard drive as F and made > it > also my backup drive. It seemed as if I'd be unlikely to run out of space > anytime soon. But my automatic backup Sunday failed for lack of space on > the > F drive. It's 120 gig, with 288meg free. My problem is, when I explore > the > drive, I don't see the backups on the disk. Even when I do a search > including hidden files I can't identify them.
My System Specs

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