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I only recently bought Retrospect Desktop - 5 days ago - and I can't use it at all. Every time I try to backup my mac and my network clients, it hoses my CDs and locks the computer.

 

 

 

I'm using good quality TDK CD's (not CDRWs) that haven't given me any problems in any other programs.

 

 

 

To avoid a lot of to-ing and fro-ing, I've included both the full details of the mac that's running Retrospect, plus the details of the error I'm getting, and the way I've configured my daily backup.

 

 

 


 

Software overview

 

Mac OS overview

 

System: Mac OS X 10.1.4 (5Q125)

 

Startup device

 

Name: PeptoLab00

 

Memory overview

 

Built-in memory: 256 MB

 

Number of empty RAM slots: 1 (DIMM1/J14)

 

PC100-222S

 

Location Size Memory type

 

DIMM0/J13 256 MB SDRAM

 

 

 

Video memory: 16 MB

 

Backside L2 cache: 256K

 

Hardware overview

 

Machine ID: 406

 

Model name:

 

Keyboard type: Apple Pro Keyboard

 

Processor info: PowerPC G3 (2.4)

 

Machine speed: 600 MHz

 

Production information

 

ROM revision:

 

Boot ROM version: 4.17f4

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...Damn, it cut if off! Here's the next bit...

 

 

 


 

Devices and Volumes

 

USB No devices found on this bus

 

USB

 

output (Mitsumi Electric)

 

Product ID: 4098 ($1002)

 

Vendor: Apple Computer

 

Driver version: Not available

 

Driver name: Not available

 

Power (mA): 500 ($1f4)

 

Release number: 80.0

 

Serial number:

 

Mitsumi Electric

 

Product ID: 516 ($204): Apple Extended USB Keyboard

 

Vendor: Apple Computer

 

Driver version: Not available

 

Driver name: Not available

 

Power (mA): 250 ($fa)

 

Release number: 80.0

 

Serial number:

 

Logitech

 

Product ID: 770 ($302): Apple Optical USB Mouse

 

Vendor: Apple Computer

 

Driver version: Not available

 

Driver name: Not available

 

Power (mA): 100 ($64)

 

Release number: 80.0

 

Serial number:

 

FireWire 80.0

 

No devices found on this bus

 

PCI

 

Display card

 

Card type: display

 

Card name: ATY,Rage128P2ks

 

Card model: ATY,Rage128Pro2

 

Card ROM #: 113-XXXXX-104

 

Card revision: 0

 

Card vendor ID: 1002

 

Ethernet address:

 

Hard drive

 

unit number 0

 

ata device type ata

 

device serial 5EF0QFCH

 

device revision 3.11

 

device model TheDFMTable

 

ST340823A

 

Size: 38.15 GB

 

Capacity: 40.94 GB

 

PeptoLab00

 

Volume format: Mac OS Extended (HFS+)

 

Capacity: 38.15 GB

 

Available: 23.42 GB

 

Percent full: 38

 

Write protected: No

 

Is being file shared: No

 

Where:

 

CD-RW (Apple disc burning:Supported)

 

unit number 1

 

ata device type atapi

 

device serial

 

device revision AH36

 

Product Identification CD-RW CW-7121

 

Vendor Identification MATSHITA

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Non Apple Extensions:

 


 

 

 

ACard62xxM.kext

 

ACard671xSCSI.kext

 

ACard68xxM.kext

 

Adaptec2906-2930.kext

 

Adaptec29160x.kext

 

Adaptec39160x.kext

 

Adaptec78XXSCSI.kext

 

UltraTek100.kext

 

UltraTek33.kext

 

UltraTek66.kext

 

 

 

 

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Non-apple (besides Retrospect) Applications:

 

 

 


 

IE 5.1.4

 

SharePoints version 2.0.3

 

 

 

 

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The errors I'm seeing:

 


 

 

 

+ Normal backup using Daily Backup at 14/5/2002 4:17 PM

 

To backup set Daily Backup A…

 

 

 

- 14/5/2002 4:17:21 PM: Copying Users on PeptoLab 01…

 

14/5/2002 4:17:21 PM: Connected to PeptoLab 01

 

Trouble writing: “9-Daily Backup A” (4283636224), error 206 (drive reported a failure: dirty heads, bad media, etc.).

 

Additional error information for device "Panasonic CD-RW" [0:1],

 

Sense > 70 00 03 00 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 00 0c 00 00 00 00 00

 

(MATSHITA|CD-RW CW-7121 |AH36)

 

14/5/2002 5:04:08 PM: Execution stopped by operator.

 

Remaining: 7171 files, 1.2 GB

 

Completed: 0 files, zero KB

 

Performance: 0.0 MB/minute

 

Duration: 00:46:47 (00:00:48 idle/loading/preparing)

 

 

 

14/5/2002 5:04:08 PM: Execution stopped by operator.

 

Total duration: 00:46:47 (00:00:48 idle/loading/preparing)

 

 

 

 

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My backup script options:

 

 

 

SELECTING: All files except cache

 

 

 

OPTIONS: Verification On

 

Data Compression (using ~compression filter)

 

Synchronise client clocks

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please, PLEASE help me! I don't want a refund for a product that's faulty (even if it is inexcusable after the Beta was made public for a couple of months and worked fine with my system) - I want a backup solution immediately. I need that peace of mind.

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Just a follow-up (this is rapidly becoming a 1 person thread!).

 

 

 

I have managed to backup up locally if the session doesn't need to change CDs midway through backup. I've also checked the members of my backup, and Retrospect seems to have included the files on the 'suspect' CD in the catalog files. Those files seem to be retrievable.

 

 

 

The 206 error seems to put the CD into a permanent 'spin' which Mac OS X can't resolve. Even a soft-reset from the side switch of my iMac won't fix it. I need to power down from the wall plug... wait 30 seconds then restart and it finally spits out the CD.

 

 

 

Hope this helps - has anyone at Dantz read this thread yet???

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