windows backup failure

[Just Plain Rick]

After just turning on my computer (Vista home premium, 400gb hd, 2048 mb memory) I hadn't starting working yet and the following appeared on my screen -

An error occurred when checking the status of the last automatic backup:

Catastrophic failure (0x8000FFFF)

Verify the status of your backup.



The last time I auto-backed up everything seemed ok. Does this error happen frequently and how do you verify a backup?

Thks!

 

[John Hanley]

Can you tell us where is your backup destination? (e.g. external hard drive,
DVD, or where?).
After just turning on my computer (Vista home premium, 400gb hd, 2048 mb
memory) I hadn't starting working yet and the following appeared on my
screen -

An error occurred when checking the status of the last automatic backup:

Catastrophic failure (0x8000FFFF)

Verify the status of your backup.



The last time I auto-backed up everything seemed ok. Does this error happen
frequently and how do you verify a backup?

Thks!

 

[Just Plain Rick]

my destination is to a...
LightScribe DVD SuperMulti Drive / CD-Writer

HP Pavilion m7750n, AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core

 

[Just Plain Rick]

DVD

 

[Guest]

DVD

 

[Guest]

:

I too tried to backup using a cd-rw but received the catastrophic failure
0x8000FFFF message. What can be done to correct this?

 

[Eduardo Laureano [MSFT]]

Can you check for errors in your event log in VSS and report back?

Log Name: Application
Source: VSS
Level: Error

Thanks,
Eduardo

 

[Guest]

Can you check for errors in your event log in VSS and report back?

Log Name: Application
Source: VSS
Level: Error

Thanks,
Eduardo

 

[Guest]

Can you check for errors in your event log in VSS and report back?

Log Name: Application
Source: VSS
Level: Error

Thanks,
Eduardo

<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
<Provider Name="Windows Backup" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">4104</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2007-09-30T12:10:31.000Z" />
<EventRecordID>10649</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>JeffSpica</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
- <EventData>
<Data>Catastrophic failure (0x8000FFFF)</Data>

<Binary>FFFF0080E0040000EC06000008070000420ED1665C2BEE174B64529CB14610EA71000000</Binary>
</EventData>
</Event>

in advance...thanks... ...jeff

 

[Tyro]

There are two reasons for doing a backup: 1) to restore your files after you
hose them over with changes or delete them. 2) to restore your goodies after
a disk failure. In the event of disk failure you purchase a new hard drive
and restore from your backup to get your stuff back. What good would it do
to backup your things to the same hard drive that may fail without notice?
Think about it. I backup my files on my laptop to my desktop daily.
If I were to do a complete PC backup, I would back up to an external hard
drive. You can get one for less than $100. What kind of backup are you
trying to do?

Tyro

 

[Mick Murphy]

Nothing to do with Vista Home Premium.

Vista home Premium version does not do complete System Backups.

Get 3rd party software; Acronis true Image, etc

http://www.acronis.com.au/

 

[Jim]

Cheaper to use free software .

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Cheaper to use free software .

But spammers want you to spend money on them