backup window freezes!

[JS]

Hi,

Everytime I try to backup either thru the wizard or with

run...ntbackup.exe... or try to copy to C: (not sure if I am doing this

right tho), the backup window freezes, and the only way to continue, is to

end task, with nothing accomplished. What can I do?

Thanks,

Jim

 

[Mark Adams]

"JS" wrote:



> Hi,

> Everytime I try to backup either thru the wizard or with

> run...ntbackup.exe... or try to copy to C: (not sure if I am doing this

> right tho), the backup window freezes, and the only way to continue, is to

> end task, with nothing accomplished. What can I do?

> Thanks,



> Jim



Probably the simplest thing to do would be to purchase an external USB hard

drive and Acronis True Image. The Acronis disk is bootable and you can use it

to make an image of your hard drive to the USB external. If you ever need to

recover your system for ANY reason, you do it from the Acronis bootable disk,

and restore an image from the USB drive. Pretty simple to use, and in my

experience works every time.

 

[db]

similar to mark's suggestion,



there is a free version of

making a bootable cd and

making images:



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look into the programs

called driveimagexml

and barts pe.



with dixml you can create

images of your disk in cd

size files then you can copy

them over to the ext drive.



my suggestion is to create

a folder on the hard disk

called DiskImages



then with the program

create the image files into

the folder above.



you can then copy that folder

to the ext disk.



nextly use barts pe to create

a bootable cd.



the bootable cd will give you

access to the hard disk in the

event of file system failure.



you can also copy the drive

image program onto the

barts pe disk and also install

the driveimagexml plug-in

into barts pe.



I'm sure the above methods

are completely new to you.



however, you can practice with

the above to gain a better

understanding of this

methodology.





--



db·´¯`·...¸>

DatabaseBen, Retired Professional

- Systems Analyst

- Database Developer

- Accountancy

- Veteran of the Armed Forces

- Microsoft Partner

- @hotmail.com

~~~~~~~~~~"share the nirvana" - dbZen



>

>



"JS" wrote in message newsA5AB352-2D21-4F00-809B-C4867D05C4F1@microsoft.com...

> Hi,

> Everytime I try to backup either thru the wizard or with run...ntbackup.exe... or try to copy to C: (not sure if I am doing this

> right tho), the backup window freezes, and the only way to continue, is to end task, with nothing accomplished. What can I do?

> Thanks,

> Jim

 

[Mark Adams]

"db" wrote:



> similar to mark's suggestion,

>

> there is a free version of

> making a bootable cd and

> making images:

>

> --------------

>

> look into the programs

> called driveimagexml

> and barts pe.

>

> with dixml you can create

> images of your disk in cd

> size files then you can copy

> them over to the ext drive.

>

> my suggestion is to create

> a folder on the hard disk

> called DiskImages

>

> then with the program

> create the image files into

> the folder above.

>

> you can then copy that folder

> to the ext disk.

>

> nextly use barts pe to create

> a bootable cd.

>

> the bootable cd will give you

> access to the hard disk in the

> event of file system failure.

>

> you can also copy the drive

> image program onto the

> barts pe disk and also install

> the driveimagexml plug-in

> into barts pe.

>

> I'm sure the above methods

> are completely new to you.

>

> however, you can practice with

> the above to gain a better

> understanding of this

> methodology.

>

>

> --

>

> db`...>

> DatabaseBen, Retired Professional

> - Systems Analyst

> - Database Developer

> - Accountancy

> - Veteran of the Armed Forces

> - Microsoft Partner

> - @hotmail.com

> ~~~~~~~~~~"share the nirvana" - dbZen

>





Ben, for what it's worth, I have a BartPE with a Driveimage XML plug in that

failed to restore images kept to an external hard drive. I wound up having to

copy the data off with the BartPE, and reinstalling Windows. Was a few years

ago and I don't know why it wouldn't work; but that's why I moved to Acronis.

I've not had one lick of trouble restoring an Acronis image.





> >

> >

>

> "JS" wrote in message newsA5AB352-2D21-4F00-809B-C4867D05C4F1@microsoft.com...

> > Hi,

> > Everytime I try to backup either thru the wizard or with run...ntbackup.exe... or try to copy to C: (not sure if I am doing this

> > right tho), the backup window freezes, and the only way to continue, is to end task, with nothing accomplished. What can I do?

> > Thanks,

> > Jim

>