Comments on: Schedule a Complete PC Backup

By: PC Arbor

PC Arbor — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:34:43 +0000

Interesting. Just pulled up your blog post doing a search for XP repair.

I like XP but it can be tough to fix sometimes. (But it is still easier for me to understand than NT!)

Thanks for posting.

By: XP Ann Arbor

XP Ann Arbor — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:27:18 +0000

We saw something like this in our corner of Michigan recently.

Can’t wait all these XP systems to start needing upgrades.

Thanks for the post.

By: Brent Trahan

Brent Trahan — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:39:46 +0000

Not sure.

By: Alan

Alan — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:04:20 +0000

Thanks for the quick reply, Brent. I may now be in the situation where I have incomplete backups in both programs because I have been using VSS in both. Is there any way to unmark the files and start again?

By: Brent Trahan

Brent Trahan — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:43:53 +0000

I think so.

By: Brent Trahan

Brent Trahan — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:43:22 +0000

You should never use another backup program that uses volume shadow copy.

Let’s say you have 2 backup programs. Backup program 1 backs up your computer using volume shadow copy. You edit a few files and then backup your computer with backup program 2 that also uses volume shadow copy. Backup program 2 marks the freshly edited files as backed up using volume shadow copy. When backup program 1 backs up the files again it won’t backup those freshly edited files becuase they were marked as backed up by program 2.

By: Alan

Alan — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:35:40 +0000

PS – When you run Complete PC Backup from the control panel, is it set to use -allCritical and -vssFull?

By: Alan

Alan — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:01:14 +0000

“-vssFull Performs a full backup using Volume Shadow Copy (VSS). Each file’s history will be updated to reflect it was backed up. Warning: Do not use this if you’re using another backup programs.”

Does this mean I cannot have another backup program running SIMULTANEOUSLY as a Complete PC Backup? Or can I use another backup program at a different time to running a Complete PC Backup, and still use -vssFull.

I am using GenieSoft Backup Manager 8.

By: pegas

pegas — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:32:52 +0000

Thanks for your quick reply! It’s a pity though but still better to see the command prompt than to trigger the backup manually. Anyhow just curious, if the backup can be run completely silently, I mean even without having seen the command prompt.

By: Brent Trahan

Brent Trahan — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:20:39 +0000

Not that I know of.