Backup failure 0x80070002

[Erwin Moller]

Hi group,

I cannot make a backup with Vista Home Premium 32bit.
Whenever I try, I get this nondescriptive error: 0x80070002 and Vista
claims it cannot find some file (But it doesn't say which one.)

Also trying to adjust 'automatic backup' results in the same error.
I cannot change anything in my backupsetting, I always get this error.
So I cannot start a backup by hand, nor run automatic backup.
This has been like this for months.
My system has a RAID1 SATA array.

I try to backup to an external USB drive (Lacie, formatted NTFS with
enough diskspace).

Is Vista backup broken beyond repair on my machine?
What can I do?

Regards,
Erwin Moller

 

[Erwin Moller]

Erwin:

There's a post here that has a fix for this type of error. You can find
it here:
http://www.vistax64.com/vista-gener...failing-0x80070002-error-code.html#post614475

I hope this helps.

Hi,

Thanks for your response.

No, that is not the problem. I found that suggestion earlier, but it
doesn't apply to my situation.
I have only 2 userprofiles, and both are active and alive-and-kicking.

I do see 3 other 'users' listed that I do not know by name, but they
look serious enough to leave in.
Their Imagepaths point to:
%systemroot%\system32\config\systemprofile
%SystemRoot%\ServiceProfiles\LocalService
%SystemRoot%\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService

I think I should leave those.

Any other suggestions?

Regards,
Erwin Moller

 

[John Edwards]

EXACTLY the same problem here.

Does anyone know whether this will be corrected by SP1 (which I have
downloaded through Windows Update, but not yet installed) - or even whether
the problem might interfere with SP1 installation?

Following advice elsewhere, I have run scandisk which tells me that I have
some corrupt files that couldn't be fixed. I checked the CBS.log it
mentioned. but I don't know how to interpret the lengthy log.

Can anyone help me do so?

 

[John Edwards]

SUCCESS!!!!
I'm very pleased to report that the second attempt to Repair Install Vista
from the Medion Recovery Disc worked fine AND I have now successfully run a
backup! For information, the second time, having finally managed to delete
(from the FileRepository in C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore) the newer nVidia
graphics drivers that always crash my PC, I ran it with UAC active, Windows
Features turned off along with Virus & Spyware protection. It took about 2
hours (without Windows Updates - I have that pleasure to come!), and so far,
everything except the Media Centre (and its remote control) seems to be
working as expected.
Many thanks for your patience and help - it was good to feel that I had
someone interested in seeing me through!

John

 

[John Edwards]

SUCCESS!!!!
I'm very pleased to report that the second attempt to Repair Install Vista
from the Medion Recovery Disc worked fine AND I have now successfully run a
backup! For information, the second time, having finally managed to delete
(from the FileRepository in C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore) the newer nVidia
graphics drivers that always crash my PC, I ran it with UAC active, Windows
Features turned off along with Virus & Spyware protection. It took about 2
hours (without Windows Updates - I have that pleasure to come!), and so far,
everything except the Media Centre (and its remote control) seems to be
working as expected.
John