I ran a chkdsk on the external drive which came up clear and then tried a test file from the C drive that worked. Still no luck on the C drive back up though- I got the same error. Then I tried telling it to backup all the files from the C drive, but not the C drive as a whole. It's still working on it, but it hasn't quit yet.
Perhaps it likes this way better. I was hoping for a quick "doh! Thanks again! How much space is left on the external drive? Are you running Ghost from the C: drive as you're backing up the drive? I don't know about version 14, but in earlier versions of Ghost, this would cause failure. Can you try using the probably still included utility to create a bootable disk CD, presumably to run the old-school DOS Ghost interface? I bet that'll get you the backup you're looking for. Has my gmail been hacked?
I am trialling this software because, after a year of failing backups using Windows native backup to an Iomega NAS device, I was advised to get some dedicated software for the task. So far I have tried Acronis TrueImage, which also proves unreliable, and now Ghost, that has yet to work at all. Error E7DF: Unable to write to file.
Error E7D Unable to set file size. Details: Source: Norton Ghost. My backup device is an Iomega ix Storcenter that sits on the same subnet, separated from my laptop by a my PlusNet ADSL router and b a second Belkin router, both running at up to Mbps. Connections during these backup runs are all hard wired. Although the error, on the face of it, seems straightforward - can't see the NAS device - it is always there when I go looking for it. It may be significant that, in order to get Acronis TrueImage to run at all, I had to modify the error retry and timeout settings to force the software to keep writing to the NAS when it thought it was getting errors.
As this is my third attempt at getting some kind of reliable backup regime in place, I would appreciate any assistance in identifying the real problem and resolving it. I have already spent some time with Iomega support and they advised that I abandon the OS backup utility and get some proper software. This is not going well. At pesent I am re- running a file level backup, having decided to try moving the NAS from its position in the back bedroom to a port on the router by the laptop - currently this is working, but seems very slow.
However this suggests to me that the underlying issue may be more to do with the interaction of the NAS device with my home network, so assuming this backup goes through I'm going to turn my attention to the network layer.
I am, however, concerned at the number of separate files the backup is creating, and I wonder how efficient it is. I guess I need to wait until it's finished, then test the restore function. If you go to "Tasks" and run a "one time backup" that option will eliminate any "complicated" settings, try it and see what happens. You could also try a "Cold" backup again eliminating other settings. On the external drive the Raid configuration may be causing the problem so try disabling the raid and see what happens and a NAS has to be Mapped via Ghost.
I was going to question the router setup before your last reply. UMI:V Does anyone have any idea how to get this cleaned up.
Thanks for your help, David. I have the same question 0. Reg: Feb Do you have more than one harddrive connected to the motherboard? Look at this long thread OUgrad Super Contributor 6. Reg: Dec This thread is closed from further comment. Please visit the forum to start a new thread.
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