XP Back up utility

[Guest]

Yesterday I posted a message asking why I couldn't back up my entire computer
to my external hard drive. I took the advice, and converted the external
hard drive to NTFS - no problem. Now, however, when I tell my computer to
back up the entire computer to the external hard drive, I get a message,
Error returned while creating the volume shadow copy:80042301. Aborting
Backup.
Can anyone tell me what this means, and how to overcome it?
I am running WinXP pro.

 

[Dave]

Based on the information supplied, this issue is caused by the Volume
shadow copies
option that allows files to be backed up even though they are in the
process of
being written to. This feature only supports NTFS. For more information,
please
refer to the following article.

<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/prodtech
nol/winx
ppro/reskit/prdg_dsm_vtrj.asp>


If you enable this option, the backup process will fail since FAT32 doesn¡
¯t
support the feature and couldn¡¯t backup the files that are in the process
of being
written to.

I suggest you disable the option. (the option is enabled by default)

1. Click Start->Programs->Accessories->System Tools->Backup.

2. Click the Advanced Mode link and select Backup Wizard.

3. Click Next and select Back up selected files, drivers, or network data.

4. Click Next and select files for backup.

5. Click Next and choose D: to store the backup file.

6. Click Next and click the Advanced button.

7. Select Normal backup and click Next.

8. Check the Disable volume shadow copy option and click Next.

9. Finish the backup wizard to backup the files.

I hope this helps.

If anything is still not very clear, please feel free to let me know. I am
looking
forward to your reply.

Dave