"Ron Jeffries" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 09:41:25 +0100, "JMF" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>I'm using the standard XP Pro backup utility to backup my files.
>>
>>It's on my desktop, and in my little home LAN there's my laptop.
>>
>>So in order to backup the laptop files, I go through My Network Places and
>>check the folders on the laptop I want backed up.
>>
>>Everything goes fine, except that at the end there are "files skipped." I
>>look at the report, and there are a bunch of files skipped, because
>>"access
>>denied."
>>
>>I notice that they are *all* PDF files. And they seem to all be PDF files
>>that I myself have generated (like from Word files). So clearly somehow I
>>am
>>generating PDF files that my backup-er can't access over the net. I'm
>>using
>>Acrobat 8 Pro. Does somebody know where to look to somehow set the access
>>permissions so that the backup can access these files? When looking at the
>>properties of the PDF files I see nothing that seems to imply this kind of
>>behavior.
>
> I'm having similar problems with a different backup system, going
> cross-network from my backup machine to my laptop. Most of my skipped
> filres are PDF but some are ZIP and some are other things.
That's entirely possible, in the sense that I didn't actually check the
files one by one, I just noticed this sea of PDF files and figured they were
all PDFs. I'll keep a look out next time to see what other types of files
might have also been in there.
> I've noticed that if I copy the files on the laptop, the copies are
> able to be backed up.
In fact, previously I was using the backup program you get with Nero 6,
which is a clone or rewrite or "new and improved version" of the Windows
version, and everything worked fine. I may end up going back to it if this
doesn't get straightened out. I was only trying to switch over to the
Windows version because it's "standard."
> When I try to copy the files using file explorer on the backup
> machine, even it cannot copy the files. It is as if they are locked.
>
> So far, no one seems to know what is going on.
So it's probably not just a PDF-specific thing, it's something "deeper and
more mysterious." Okay, then, I'll do my part by keeping on observing, and
posting any insights or further perplexities that come out of it.
> Ron Jeffries
> www.XProgramming.com
Thanks, Ron.
Reminds me, I have less than two weeks to hand in my AgileXP2007 research
paper reviews :-D
John
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