shaftoe Posted June 25, 2006 Report Share Posted June 25, 2006 I'm running Professional v7.0.344, update version 7.0.12.105 on a stand alone PC running WinXP home SP2 w/all updates saving to an external WD HD via USB2. I back up weekly with grooming limited to the latest 4 backups. In my last 4 backups I have gotten the following error twice: File "C:\WINDOWS\repair\software": didn't compare at offset 25,542,716 in stream "Data" 6/25/2006 4:26:45 PM: 1 execution errors I checked the online help and it sounds like all my data files are fine but for this WINDOWS file which I don't think would harm any recovery I might need to do. Am I right that this is trivial or is there something going on here that I need to address and/or fix? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jroager Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 The Repair folder contains a copy of the system's registry that were created after the first successful startup of Windows XP. If you ever have to do a repair on the registry, you would this from the Recovery Console to restore the backup copy of the registry from the Repair Folder. I would use the Selector to exclude the file "software" from the backup. You are right, this more trivial than critical. Let me know if this works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaftoe Posted June 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 Quote: The Repair folder contains a copy of the system's registry that were created after the first successful startup of Windows XP. If you ever have to do a repair on the registry, you would this from the Recovery Console to restore the backup copy of the registry from the Repair Folder. I would use the Selector to exclude the file "software" from the backup. You are right, this more trivial than critical. Let me know if this works. Thanks for the response. I forgot to mention in my original message that in the last 4 backups I had been using a script rather than running "Immediate Backup". I am reluctant to exclude any category of file from being backed up b/c I want to be able to do a complete restore if I lose my HD. So I reverted to Immediate Backup once more and had a successful backup wo/error. However, I'm still interested in what you described and why it appeared as an error. Thanks again, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jroager Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 Thats cool that you were able to have a successful backup. If you want more info on what I had described; you can start with http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp-sys32.htm Has for "why it appeared as an error"; I would have to recreate the error and that can often be difficult to do. I would just do more research on the folder causing the error and this could help you in finding answers. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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