Problem with NTBackup utility

[Guest]

I am trying to use the HDD on my desktop to backup files from my notebook.
The files I am backing up are my "Documents and Settings" folder (about
19gig). The Desktop has two hard drives a 6gig with the OS and programs and a
60 gig that is has very little on it ( reports 48gig available). Both
computers are XP Home Edition SP2 with all updates. The computers are
networked and it is working fine.

When I run the backp program it writes about 3 gig of data to the desktop's
60 gig HDD then I get this error message:

"The device reported an error on a request towrite data to media.
Error Report: Unknown Error.
There may be a hardware or media problem.
Please check the system log for Relavant failures"

I ran "chkdsk" and found no problems.

Any thoughts?
Is there a file size limit, can it be changed?
Where is this system log file?

Thanks
Andrew

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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I am trying to use the HDD on my desktop to backup files from my
notebook. The files I am backing up are my "Documents and Settings"
folder (about 19gig). The Desktop has two hard drives a 6gig with the
OS and programs and a 60 gig that is has very little on it ( reports
48gig available). Both computers are XP Home Edition SP2 with all
updates. The computers are networked and it is working fine.

When I run the backp program it writes about 3 gig of data to the
desktop's 60 gig HDD then I get this error message:

"The device reported an error on a request towrite data to media.
Error Report: Unknown Error.
There may be a hardware or media problem.
Please check the system log for Relavant failures"

I ran "chkdsk" and found no problems.

Any thoughts?
Is there a file size limit, can it be changed?
Where is this system log file?

Thanks
Andrew

If the destination is formatted as FAT32, it could be the problem - there's
a 4GB file size limit (amongst other things, I believe).

Another option you have is to not use NTBackup, but to do something to
copy/sync the files. I like SecondCopy at www.centered.com - it's
inexpensive and works very well. Or you could write a simple batch file
using xcopy or robocopy or something. Either of these would copy the
files&folders themselves, and not create a single 'backup file' you could
access only via your backup software.

Your Event Logs can easily be accessed via start | run ...type 'eventvwr'
with no quotes, and press Enter. That's the way I do it, rather than going
through the program files/etc.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the quick reply.

All the HDD's are formated as NTFS. Does NTFS have a file size limit? I will
look into SecondCopy. I would like a backup utility that keeps track of the
files and can append, update, etc.

I am still curious as to why the NTBackup doesn't complete though. Event
viewer log file doesn't tell me anything more.

A batch file...as in DOS? I'm old enought to know better, and wise enough to
pay for a back-up utility

Thanks
Andrew

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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Thanks for the quick reply.

All the HDD's are formated as NTFS. Does NTFS have a file size limit?

I suppose it does, but you ain't hitting it.

I will look into SecondCopy. I would like a backup utility that keeps
track of the files and can append, update, etc.

It's a very nice way to go - since it allows you easy access to the files &
folders in Explorer on the destination computer as well. Plus, two-way
synchronization, so you can work on the data in either location and know
you're getting the same data in both places.

I am still curious as to why the NTBackup doesn't complete though.
Event viewer log file doesn't tell me anything more.

Could be network connectivity issues - hard to say without doing isolation
testing. For example, to a USB-attached hard drive or something...rather
than across the network.

A batch file...as in DOS? I'm old enought to know better, and wise
enough to pay for a back-up utility

Ah, command line utilities are still my method of choice for many things.
Lean, clean, and fast.

 

[Rock]

Thanks for the quick reply.

All the HDD's are formated as NTFS. Does NTFS have a file size limit? I
will
look into SecondCopy. I would like a backup utility that keeps track of
the
files and can append, update, etc.

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For NTFS the file size limit is the size of the volume which can be up to
2TB, so you're not near that limit.