Comments on: Vista: Automate and Schedule Complete PC Backup http://www.walterglenn.com/2007/06/27/vista-automate-and-schedule-complete-pc-backup/ writer * designer * technologist Tue, 17 Aug 2010 03:46:09 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Rob http://www.walterglenn.com/2007/06/27/vista-automate-and-schedule-complete-pc-backup/comment-page-1/#comment-37438 Rob Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:11:11 +0000 http://www.walterglenn.com/2007/06/27/vista-automate-and-schedule-complete-pc-backup/#comment-37438 After the first successful backup, I am getting failures every day with error: 0x81000006 saying the destination cannot be found. Has anyone found a fix for this? Here is the full error: File backup failed. The error is: The backup location cannot be found or is not valid. Review your backup settings and check your hardware configuration. (0x81000006). Thanks for your help! After the first successful backup, I am getting failures every day with error: 0×81000006 saying the destination cannot be found. Has anyone found a fix for this?
Here is the full error:
File backup failed. The error is: The backup location cannot be found or is not valid. Review your backup settings and check your hardware configuration. (0×81000006).

Thanks for your help!

]]> By: Walter http://www.walterglenn.com/2007/06/27/vista-automate-and-schedule-complete-pc-backup/comment-page-1/#comment-35618 Walter Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:00:10 +0000 http://www.walterglenn.com/2007/06/27/vista-automate-and-schedule-complete-pc-backup/#comment-35618 Unfortunately, this is not an available parameter. But I agree it would be very useful. Unfortunately, this is not an available parameter. But I agree it would be very useful.

]]> By: David http://www.walterglenn.com/2007/06/27/vista-automate-and-schedule-complete-pc-backup/comment-page-1/#comment-28194 David Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:35:48 +0000 http://www.walterglenn.com/2007/06/27/vista-automate-and-schedule-complete-pc-backup/#comment-28194 How do you automatically remove old backups. For example, say I only want to keep at most 2 backup copies of my C drive, taken weekly. Would be nice if you could specify this as a parameter. How do you automatically remove old backups.

For example, say I only want to keep at most 2 backup copies of my C drive, taken weekly. Would be nice if you could specify this as a parameter.

]]> By: Joe http://www.walterglenn.com/2007/06/27/vista-automate-and-schedule-complete-pc-backup/comment-page-1/#comment-16664 Joe Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:33:19 +0000 http://www.walterglenn.com/2007/06/27/vista-automate-and-schedule-complete-pc-backup/#comment-16664 To fix the disk error restart your computer and boot the Vista Installation Disk. Once there you click continue and click repair my computer. You can try to do the automatic repair but the command prompt works a lot better. Start the command prompt and type in bootrec. This will display four different repairs that you can make. Try bootrec \RebuildBCD To fix the disk error restart your computer and boot the Vista Installation Disk. Once there you click continue and click repair my computer. You can try to do the automatic repair but the command prompt works a lot better. Start the command prompt and type in bootrec. This will display four different repairs that you can make. Try bootrec \RebuildBCD

]]> By: Paul http://www.walterglenn.com/2007/06/27/vista-automate-and-schedule-complete-pc-backup/comment-page-1/#comment-9758 Paul Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:36:41 +0000 http://www.walterglenn.com/2007/06/27/vista-automate-and-schedule-complete-pc-backup/#comment-9758 Hi, I did a complete pc backup of a vista system and tried to duplicate the image to another system of exactly the same model using WinRE. It seemed to be successful but, after restarting the system, it could not boot saying "disk error". What went wrong? Hi,
I did a complete pc backup of a vista system and tried to duplicate the image to another system of exactly the same model using WinRE. It seemed to be successful but, after restarting the system, it could not boot saying “disk error”. What went wrong?

]]> By: Charles M. Barnard http://www.walterglenn.com/2007/06/27/vista-automate-and-schedule-complete-pc-backup/comment-page-1/#comment-5512 Charles M. Barnard Sat, 01 Sep 2007 20:17:33 +0000 http://www.walterglenn.com/2007/06/27/vista-automate-and-schedule-complete-pc-backup/#comment-5512 You might note that Vista Home versions do not hav wbadmin installed.... You might note that Vista Home versions do not hav wbadmin installed….

]]> By: Walter http://www.walterglenn.com/2007/06/27/vista-automate-and-schedule-complete-pc-backup/comment-page-1/#comment-5497 Walter Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:27:39 +0000 http://www.walterglenn.com/2007/06/27/vista-automate-and-schedule-complete-pc-backup/#comment-5497 You are correct. It should be a backstroke. I changed it in the article and thanks for catching the mistake! You are correct. It should be a backstroke. I changed it in the article and thanks for catching the mistake!

]]> By: Charles M. Barnard http://www.walterglenn.com/2007/06/27/vista-automate-and-schedule-complete-pc-backup/comment-page-1/#comment-5490 Charles M. Barnard Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:06:20 +0000 http://www.walterglenn.com/2007/06/27/vista-automate-and-schedule-complete-pc-backup/#comment-5490 Is this slash correct?: "-backuptarget:e:/backups" ^ or should it be a backstroke? Is this slash correct?:
“-backuptarget:e:/backups”
^
or should it be a backstroke?

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