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Backing up Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 System Image?
I think I saw one post somewhere stating that Windows doesn't allow backing up of system image to ReadyNAS (a network drive) using the simple file and system backup/file history that comes with WIN7 a...
Just ran a Windows backup on my WIN7 laptop, but it still resulted in Windows reporting "The backup did not complete successfully" :( .
The Windows error message was '0x81000039' which was the same as I had when I first tried running it. I confess I chose the files to backup rather than let Windows choose, as I only wanted to test it by saving a few files AND the System Image.
The explanation given for the failure was:-
Widows Backup encountered an error when accessing the remote shared folder.
Details: The specified network name is no longer available.
A couple of zip files are located on the NAS which I assume are the files (My Documents) I selected, but I've yet to check, AND there does appear to be a complete System Image as well, so I'm a little confused! Perhaps I need to follow the steps in http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/24913/~/readynas-os6-%26-windows-backup to the letter and see what happens, but I would have thought I could choose the files I want to backup, rather than have Windows decide for me each time.
I certainly don't get any errors when I use Acronis to backup.
I've yet to try it on the WIN8.1 laptop, so that's my next task.
Update
Just took a look at those 2 zip files that were created and they only hold a few of the files contained in 'My Documents' folder, so it has failed I'm afraid :(
The Windows error message was '0x81000039' which was the same as I had when I first tried running it. I confess I chose the files to backup rather than let Windows choose, as I only wanted to test it by saving a few files AND the System Image.
The explanation given for the failure was:-
Widows Backup encountered an error when accessing the remote shared folder.
Details: The specified network name is no longer available.
A couple of zip files are located on the NAS which I assume are the files (My Documents) I selected, but I've yet to check, AND there does appear to be a complete System Image as well, so I'm a little confused! Perhaps I need to follow the steps in http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/24913/~/readynas-os6-%26-windows-backup to the letter and see what happens, but I would have thought I could choose the files I want to backup, rather than have Windows decide for me each time.
I certainly don't get any errors when I use Acronis to backup.
I've yet to try it on the WIN8.1 laptop, so that's my next task.
Update
Just took a look at those 2 zip files that were created and they only hold a few of the files contained in 'My Documents' folder, so it has failed I'm afraid :(
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