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ASR fails on a system which has successfully created sets
in the past with the following message:

The files for the recovery diskette could not be created.
The operation was aborted.

Backup is to a separate drive which has sufficient free
space (and the page file).

XP pro, sp1. Any suggestions?
 
An Error Message Is Displayed When You Attempt to Use the Automated System Recovery Wizard
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;302700&Product=winxp

ASR Restore Procedure Does Not Succeed When You Specify Drive C as the Destination for the Backup File
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;298278&Product=winxp

HOW TO: Re-Create a Missing Automated System Recovery Floppy Disk in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;299526&Product=winxp

How to Set up and Use Automated System Recovery in Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/itpro/managing/asr.asp

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Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
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| ASR fails on a system which has successfully created sets
| in the past with the following message:
|
| The files for the recovery diskette could not be created.
| The operation was aborted.
|
| Backup is to a separate drive which has sufficient free
| space (and the page file).
|
| XP pro, sp1. Any suggestions?
 
Relocate the Page File back to the drive Windows XP
is installed on.

How to Set up and Use Automated System Recovery in Windows XP
http://www.windows-help.net/WindowsXP/howto-18.htm

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| these articles offer no help. I am using XP Pro but this
| message seems to apply to the home version? Can windows
| get confused?
 
I have exactly the same problem, with XP Professional, SP1a, and ASR
(Automatic System Recovery) backup creation as was discussed in a thread
started in this group on 3/15/2004 by "bk".

Namely: When I try to use the Windows XP Pro Automatic System Recovery
Wizard to create a backup file along with the associated diskette, I get
the error message:

The files for the recovery diskette could not be created.
The operation was aborted.

But threee days ago I had no problem making an ASR backup set and
associated diskette! So something has changed that caused this
different result.

I emphasize that this is with XP Pro, and not Home. And it worked before.

I followed the aforementioned thread, and nothing seemed directly
relevant: my pagefile is already on the system partition, C:.

I can tell you this: I had installed Roxio Drag-to-Disk (formerly known
as DirectCD) yesterday to use with a Plextor DVD writer. That is an
extension to the file system that, to my surprise, added to Windows
Explorer "local volumes" corresponding to the several non-Windows (in
fact, Linux) partitions on my 2nd hard drive; and that installation also
messed up my drive letters.

That much is now ostensibly repaired: I uninstalled Drag-to-Disk; delted
the Linux partitions; and reset the NTFS (and one FAT) partition letters
to what they should be. Note that the drive letter for C: never
changed, of course.

I've found nothing relevant in the Microsoft Knowledge Base -- just the
one article about the same error with ASR in XP Home.
ASR fails on a system which has successfully created sets
in the past with the following message:

The files for the recovery diskette could not be created.
The operation was aborted.

Backup is to a separate drive which has sufficient free
space (and the page file).

XP pro, sp1. Any suggestions?
Click to expand...

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Murray Eisenberg (e-mail address removed)
Mathematics & Statistics Dept.
Lederle Graduate Research Tower phone 413 549-1020 (H)
University of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (W)
710 North Pleasant Street fax 413 545-1801
Amherst, MA 01003-9305
 
I should add that the backup accessory itself is working: I can, for
example, back up the SystemState. (THis backs up MUCH lesss than ASR:
on my system, only around 365MB for SystemState backup vs. over 2 GB for
an ASR backup when I could still use ASR.)

And I have some 39 GB free space on the NTFS partition on my 2nd hard
drive to which I save such backups.

Murray said:
I have exactly the same problem, with XP Professional, SP1a, and ASR
(Automatic System Recovery) backup creation as was discussed in a thread
started in this group on 3/15/2004 by "bk".

Namely: When I try to use the Windows XP Pro Automatic System Recovery
Wizard to create a backup file along with the associated diskette, I get
the error message:

The files for the recovery diskette could not be created.
The operation was aborted.

But threee days ago I had no problem making an ASR backup set and
associated diskette! So something has changed that caused this
different result.

I emphasize that this is with XP Pro, and not Home. And it worked before.

I followed the aforementioned thread, and nothing seemed directly
relevant: my pagefile is already on the system partition, C:.

I can tell you this: I had installed Roxio Drag-to-Disk (formerly known
as DirectCD) yesterday to use with a Plextor DVD writer. That is an
extension to the file system that, to my surprise, added to Windows
Explorer "local volumes" corresponding to the several non-Windows (in
fact, Linux) partitions on my 2nd hard drive; and that installation also
messed up my drive letters.

That much is now ostensibly repaired: I uninstalled Drag-to-Disk; delted
the Linux partitions; and reset the NTFS (and one FAT) partition letters
to what they should be. Note that the drive letter for C: never
changed, of course.

I've found nothing relevant in the Microsoft Knowledge Base -- just the
one article about the same error with ASR in XP Home.
Click to expand...

--
Murray Eisenberg (e-mail address removed)
Mathematics & Statistics Dept.
Lederle Graduate Research Tower phone 413 549-1020 (H)
University of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (W)
710 North Pleasant Street fax 413 545-1801
Amherst, MA 01003-9305
 

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