phillyj8 Posted January 29, 2005 Report Share Posted January 29, 2005 Hi, I am using Retrospect 5.0.238 to backup 4 Macs & 1 PC. The Retrospect app resides on an iMac with OS 10.3.7. Retrospect backs up all of the Macs just fine, and has been backing up the PC fine until recently. Now, when it goes to backup the PC, it says it has 610 G remaining. The PC actually has less than 10 G on it, which I can verify by going to Configure -> Volumes and then browsing the PC. Not only does it say it has 610 G when it tries to back it up, but if I let it run, the progress bar moves incredibly slowly, as if it really is backing up that much data...I am baffled by it. The PC is running Windows 2000 SP 4. -Philip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeDave Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 This is a bug in the 5.0 version, that was fixed for the 5.1 release. It's caused by "finder.dat" files on the PC. If you search for and remove those files on the client, 5.0.238 will scan the client correctly. Here's a thread from about 3 years ago that talks in depth about the issue: http://forums.dantz.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=15187 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddyR Posted February 7, 2005 Report Share Posted February 7, 2005 I remember (vaguely) that a workaround was to exclude files of a size that do not exist on the PC. I think I used: exclude > 1Gb but I do not work in an environment where people have files of 1Gb so it might be different for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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