Complete PC Backup Failure

[Tallman]

Vista 5744 installed on D: with Boot files on C:

When doing Complete PC Backup I receive the Following error message:
"Not all volumes containing system data are included in the backup
(0x80780018)"

Does anyone know how to include data from multiple volumes when selecting
the Complete PC Backup?

This was no problem with Ghost 9.0 under Windows XP Pro.

All Help appreciated

Gerry

 

[robw]

Install Ghost? Leave XP Installed on a separate directory and backup from
there?

-Rob

 

[Jill Zoeller [MSFT]]

In the CompletePC Backup Wizard, there is a screen called "Which disks do
you want to include in the backup?" that gives you the option of choosing
partitions. Did you not see this page, or if you did, what did you select?

 

[Tallman]

I do not have a Backup Wizard screen. I just realized that my C: partition
that contains Boot Mgr is a FAT32 Partition. Maybe I need to convert that
Partition to NTFS before a Wizard will appear?

 

[Jill Zoeller [MSFT]]

Yep, that's what our dev suspected and I was just about to check with you on
this. Looks like the volume must be NTFS for Complete PC Backup to back up
the volume.

 

[Tallman]

Problem Solved!

I converted the FAT32 Partition to NTFS ( C: with the Boot Mgr ) and now
the Complete PC Backup Screen asks which Drives I want to include in the
Backup. Somewhere in the Help section it would be helpful to indicate that
only NTFS partitions can be included in the Backup. Maybe it's in there
somewhere but I couldn't find it

Thank's for commenting about the Wizard, that lead me to think through this


Gerry

 

[Jill Zoeller [MSFT]]

Good to hear that! There is a reference to NTFS in the Help, but like you I
had a hard time finding it. The topic is called "Back up your programs,
system settings, and files." I was thinking it would have Complete PC Backup
in the title and therefore didn't think this was it immediately.

Also, fyi, we have some additional info about this and our other backup
features on our blog at http://blogs.technet.com/filecab/default.aspx. Use
the tags on the right to search for blog posts by topic.

 

[Guest]

I dont consider thsi solved.. saying you have to convert a partition to get a
good backup is not exceptable.. some of us boot other os;s and need some
partitions to be fat32.. if the os runs with these disk configurations.. it
should be able to get a good backup

 

[Richard Urban]

A full backup is very likely going to greater than the 4 gig limit imposed
by the fat32 file system. That is why a fat 32 partition is not showing up
as a viable backup target. By converting the partition to NTFS you create a
viable backup target.

Sorry you find this unacceptable, but life goes on.

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[Michael Hughes]

The problem isn't that you can't specify a FAT32 file system as a target for the backup (that's logical), it's that the program can't backup FAT32 partitions even if they contain system files.

I have three partitions: a FAT32 boot partition, an NTFS partition on which Vista is installed and an NTFS partition to which I want to write the backup. The Windows Complete PC Backup program never asks what drives I want included in the backup; it just tries to backup the Vista drive and then fails with the message "Not all volumes containing system data are included in the backup. (0x80780018)".

I agree with the previous post; since this renders the system backup program useless it seems unacceptable. How hard can it be to backup and restore a FAT32 volume?

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[todd]

I am having the same problem, except I don't think I have files on any other disks. When I choose all off the disks, it fails regardless.
This raises the question: How do you identify which disks have system files?

I am speculating, but if fat is a problem, and I am using it as my multiboot partition, what do I do now?

Hopefully someone comes up with a good answer, because I want this feature!!



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