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Originally Posted by mosesbotbol
What files and folders do you want backed up?
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Every damn thing.
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Where are you backing up to and how often?
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Dedicated drive, daily.
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Do you want to preserve previous copies, do increments, full copies each times, or differentials?
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Weekly image with daily differentials is fine.
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I'd figure out what is going on with Win7's backup before throwing in the towel.
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Good luck with that. Google Win7 backup problems and read for a few weeks. I installed Win7 on this box back in late December. Loaded it up with everything and attempted a backup. Never completed one. Just sits there with it's little spinning icon.
On the new box - as a test - I installed Win7 and did a backup (image and copy) - worked fine no problems. Installed two programs and did it again - no problem. Installed two more programs and did it again. Problem. Deleted and reformatted the hard drive using for backups (brand new WD Black) - reran the backup. Did the image and when it got to 98% sat there for 7 hours. Reformatted that drive, used a different brand new drive - same results - 98% and stuck. Reformatted all three drives and did another clean install of Win7 using a different drive (all three drives are brand new WD Black 1TB - no errors) - repeated everything with same exact results.
Two boxes - same results. I am done with it.
I am coming off of using a RAID setup for the past 7 - 8 years or so, so never worried about it. Am not using RAID in either box and don't plan to.
Before RAID I did use Backup Exec on a tape drive.
I really prefer to just do daily image shots or a weekly image with daily differentials.
Thanks,
Ron
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Backup Exec is the biggest name in backup's, but a simple batch file launched in the task scheduler works too.
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As a last note: I thought maybe it was trying to back up the back up drive, causing the problems. I mean, ya never know. In the settings I excluded that drive from the back ups just to make sure - no difference.