Backup problems

[Peter Richards]

Whenever I ran a backup, it would hang, so I downloaded "Update for
Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) 2.0 (KB883357)" and
tried the backup again. It still hung at the same point, but
fortunately the computer didn't reboot this time. It did miss part of
one file and so the backup was corrupt or incomplete. The log stated:

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Backup Type: Copy

Backup started on 25/11/2005 at 8:15 PM.
WARNING: Portions of "\Boot Files\C:\WINDOWS\Fonts\tahomabd.ttf"
cannot be read. The backed up data is corrupt or incomplete.
This file will not restore correctly.
Backup completed on 25/11/2005 at 8:17 PM.
Directories: 177
Files: 2174
Corrupt: 1
Bytes: 377,593,536
Time: 2 minutes and 35 seconds
==============

Any ideas please on how to fix this ?

Peter

 

[Peter Richards]

Ran a defrag on that drive and the report stated:

Fragments File Size Files that cannot be defragmented
2 344 KB \WINDOWS\Fonts\tahomabd.ttf

I assume I just replace the file, unless the area on disk where the
file now is, is corrupt ?

Peter

 

[Enkidu]

Whenever I ran a backup, it would hang, so I downloaded "Update for
Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) 2.0 (KB883357)" and
tried the backup again. It still hung at the same point, but
fortunately the computer didn't reboot this time. It did miss part of
one file and so the backup was corrupt or incomplete. The log stated:

==============

Backup Type: Copy

Backup started on 25/11/2005 at 8:15 PM.
WARNING: Portions of "\Boot Files\C:\WINDOWS\Fonts\tahomabd.ttf"
cannot be read. The backed up data is corrupt or incomplete.
This file will not restore correctly.
Backup completed on 25/11/2005 at 8:17 PM.
Directories: 177
Files: 2174
Corrupt: 1
Bytes: 377,593,536
Time: 2 minutes and 35 seconds
==============

The backup appears OK except for that one file. When you say that the
backup hung, what exactly do you mean?

To check if the backup is OK, look at the properties of the directory
that you backed up and compare the number of directories and files with
the backup report.

Cheers,

Cliff

 

[Peter Richards]

The backup appears OK except for that one file. When you say that the
backup hung, what exactly do you mean?

The term 'hung' or 'hang' is often referred to, even Microsoft have it
defined, see:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q216641/

"your Windows-based computer may stop responding (hang)."

To check if the backup is OK, look at the properties of the directory
that you backed up and compare the number of directories and files with
the backup report.

Thanks, I have since removed the offending font, it actually was
causing a bad sector problem, as soon as I replaced it, the backup now
works okay with no hanging at all, and no errors.

Thanks,

Peter