BackUp Failure

[kenbon]

Windows Vista Ultimate . On complete backup, New bad clusters found on source volume. Backup of these clusters was skipped HDD (C (D [OX8078007D] Using Western Digital 500GHz External. The backup has been saved on External HD. Will this backup be okay to restore program files should I have a problem in the future? PC is about 3 to 4 years old and a successful backup was made at this time using about 13 DVD. Can someone give me some info on this problem. kenbon

 

[richc46]

Welcome
Test your hard drive, I think you may have problems soon. Back up as much as you can. Dont know if prior back up has saved everything.

Test Hard Drive

Hard drive scan usings SeaTools - SeaToolsfor Windows | Seagate - Both long and shorttests

 

[kenbon]

richc46 - I have tried full scan with AVG (Now uninstalled) and then with Norton 360 with nothing found. Will take your advice and back up all important files. Thankyou.

 

[richc46]

The scan that I want you to take is a scan of the hard drive, to test for corruption. It is not the same as the scans for virus.

 

[SIW2]

Seatools for dos is able to fix some errors as well as test.

I don't know if it runs on no Seagate/Maxtor drives.

Worth trying it.

If not, Western Digital will have a free app you can download from their website to test your HD.

Hiya Rich:D

 

[richc46]

Hey Si
You found my hiding place, lol. Hope all is well.

 

[kenbon]

richc46 Hi -- I have found the reason for the error message - 0x8078007D. It seems that I had installed software from an earlier operating system (2002) on the Vista. kenbon