Some of you may recall that I have problems with Windows 7 File Recovery creating multiple system images although I had plenty of free space on my internal drive D:.
Yesterday, however, I noticed that File History stopped making backups (also on D: on March 22. The Event Viewer displays the very clear message:
"Unable to start a backup cycle for configuration C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Configuration\Config"
There is also a warning that says:
"Directory was not backed up because it is a reparse point:
C:\Users\Public\Documents\My Pictures
If you want it to be protected, remove the reparse point."
Not sure what a reparse point is, I suspected a photos folder on my E: drive that was added to my Pictures Library. So I first excluded the Pictures Library in Exclude from File History and after I found out that that didn't help I removed the linked folder from E: from the Library altogether. That didn't solve anything either.
So I started to search the internet for a solution. In my search I noticed that many articles on File History talk about being able to make backup copies on an external drive or a network drive. For example:
Requirements
File History requires:
They don't talk about an internal drive, like drive D: in my case. So I decided to choose external USB drive K: instead. That didn't help much...
In one of the articles I read:
"You can choose to turn on File History to back up your libraries, contacts, favorites, and desktop, but you can't use both features at the same time" (from Restore files backed up in previous versions of Windows)
What's up with that? Can it be that some of those articles are based on preview versions of Win8 where things were different than the RTM version?
Anyway, in the end I deleted the .edb and .xml files in C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Configuration to set things up from scratch and sure enough:
My questions:
What a mess, I am really getting disappointed with Windows 8. Hope someone can help me out. TIA.
Yesterday, however, I noticed that File History stopped making backups (also on D: on March 22. The Event Viewer displays the very clear message:
"Unable to start a backup cycle for configuration C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Configuration\Config"
There is also a warning that says:
"Directory was not backed up because it is a reparse point:
C:\Users\Public\Documents\My Pictures
If you want it to be protected, remove the reparse point."
Not sure what a reparse point is, I suspected a photos folder on my E: drive that was added to my Pictures Library. So I first excluded the Pictures Library in Exclude from File History and after I found out that that didn't help I removed the linked folder from E: from the Library altogether. That didn't solve anything either.
So I started to search the internet for a solution. In my search I noticed that many articles on File History talk about being able to make backup copies on an external drive or a network drive. For example:
Requirements
File History requires:
- Windows 8 Client operating system
- An external storage device with enough storage capacity to store a copy of all user libraries, such as a USB drive, Network Attached Storage device, or share on another PC in the home network.
They don't talk about an internal drive, like drive D: in my case. So I decided to choose external USB drive K: instead. That didn't help much...
In one of the articles I read:
"You can choose to turn on File History to back up your libraries, contacts, favorites, and desktop, but you can't use both features at the same time" (from Restore files backed up in previous versions of Windows)
What's up with that? Can it be that some of those articles are based on preview versions of Win8 where things were different than the RTM version?
Anyway, in the end I deleted the .edb and .xml files in C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Configuration to set things up from scratch and sure enough:
My questions:
- Is it really not possible to use an internal drive for File History? If not, why do my internal drives D: and E: show up in the list to choose from in File History?
- Why on earth is it not possible to use both Windows 7 File Recovery (to make system images) and File History (to periodically save my documents and if necessary quickly find a previous version of same)? They serve two different purposes! Microsoft itself says: "Windows 8 File History is great for backing up personal files, but it is not meant for backing up system and application files."
- Normally users cannot access each others documents but with File History on a USB drive anyone can access everything?
- What is that reparse point and why did I still get that error even after excluding the Library?
What a mess, I am really getting disappointed with Windows 8. Hope someone can help me out. TIA.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8 Pro x64
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- DIY
- CPU
- Intel i5-3570
- Motherboard
- Asus P8Z77-V deluxe
- Memory
- Corsair Vengeance DDR3,1600-16GB KIT
- Graphics Card(s)
- Sapphire AMD Radeon HD7870 FLEX GHZ PCI-E
- Sound Card
- On-board
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 2x Eizo S2410W
- Screen Resolution
- 2x 1920x1200
- Hard Drives
- Samsung 840 series Pro 256GB
2x Western Digital Green 3TB - 3.5inch
- PSU
- Corsair HX 650W
- Case
- Define R4 Arctic White
- Cooling
- Mugen 3 PC Games Edition
- Keyboard
- Microsoft Wireless 6000
- Mouse
- Microsoft Wireless 6000
- Browser
- IE 10, of course