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I am facing a problem enabling the file history feature of my Windows 8 Pro installation. After noticing there was no activity to my backup drive, I decided to check what time the latest backup was executed; this turned out to be 3 weeks ago. I formatted the drive and decided to try set it up again. Ever since I have been unable to make it work.
The backups are prematurely stopped. It takes about 10 minutes to copy 50MB of files and some empty folders to the external hard drive, after which it stops as if it were completed. Forcing it run again makes no difference, and no files are copied.
My system is a two month old fresh install. I have disabled my anti-virus software and installed all the latest updates for Windows and most software. I have moved my user folders to another drive through the properties menu. I access them through my libraries, when I select I want to restore files I see them, and some small files are actually backed up to the drive I selected. Therefore I do not think this is why the problem is occurring.
I have already tried slowly formatting the drive and checking it for errors and bad sectors and plugging the drive in different ports. After that proved unsuccessful, I scouted the internet and found a couple of other suggestions. First of all I followed this guide:
What if something goes wrong in File History?
After that proved unsuccessful I followed some advices on the other threads on this forum: I restarted the Windows Search service and manually forced it to recompile its index, reset the File History settings by deleting its folder in the Application Data directory, ran the System File Checker, and just to be sure rebooted my computer and reformatted the external drive – all to no avail.
My error logs are full of failures due to trying this many times, but the one below is the most recent one, corresponding to the latest try.
- <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-FileHistory-Core" Guid="{B447B4DB-7780-11E0-ADA3-18A90531A85A}" />
<EventID>204</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>3</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x1000000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-07-13T10:43:31.513771700Z" />
<EventRecordID>257</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="1248" ThreadID="7384" />
<Channel>Microsoft-Windows-FileHistory-Engine/BackupLog</Channel>
<Computer>Koen-dell</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
- <EventData>
<Data Name="Hr">2147746817</Data>
<Data Name="ConfigFilePath">C:\Users\Koen\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Configuration\Config</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
I have been diagnosing and trying to fix the problem for the last two days, and I am getting both desperate about it not working, and paranoid for a sudden data loss.
I hope any of you have an insight to how I can help this problem. I appreciate you taking the time to read this rather long post, and I would be grateful for any suggestions. My apologies for any spelling mistakes as English is not my first language.
The backups are prematurely stopped. It takes about 10 minutes to copy 50MB of files and some empty folders to the external hard drive, after which it stops as if it were completed. Forcing it run again makes no difference, and no files are copied.
My system is a two month old fresh install. I have disabled my anti-virus software and installed all the latest updates for Windows and most software. I have moved my user folders to another drive through the properties menu. I access them through my libraries, when I select I want to restore files I see them, and some small files are actually backed up to the drive I selected. Therefore I do not think this is why the problem is occurring.
I have already tried slowly formatting the drive and checking it for errors and bad sectors and plugging the drive in different ports. After that proved unsuccessful, I scouted the internet and found a couple of other suggestions. First of all I followed this guide:
What if something goes wrong in File History?
After that proved unsuccessful I followed some advices on the other threads on this forum: I restarted the Windows Search service and manually forced it to recompile its index, reset the File History settings by deleting its folder in the Application Data directory, ran the System File Checker, and just to be sure rebooted my computer and reformatted the external drive – all to no avail.
My error logs are full of failures due to trying this many times, but the one below is the most recent one, corresponding to the latest try.
- <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-FileHistory-Core" Guid="{B447B4DB-7780-11E0-ADA3-18A90531A85A}" />
<EventID>204</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>3</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x1000000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-07-13T10:43:31.513771700Z" />
<EventRecordID>257</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="1248" ThreadID="7384" />
<Channel>Microsoft-Windows-FileHistory-Engine/BackupLog</Channel>
<Computer>Koen-dell</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
- <EventData>
<Data Name="Hr">2147746817</Data>
<Data Name="ConfigFilePath">C:\Users\Koen\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Configuration\Config</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
I have been diagnosing and trying to fix the problem for the last two days, and I am getting both desperate about it not working, and paranoid for a sudden data loss.
I hope any of you have an insight to how I can help this problem. I appreciate you taking the time to read this rather long post, and I would be grateful for any suggestions. My apologies for any spelling mistakes as English is not my first language.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8
- Computer type
- Laptop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Dell Precision M6700
- CPU
- Intel i7-3740QM
- Memory
- 32GB (4x8GB) 1600MHz DDR3 (Actually used)
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA Quadro K4000M
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Matte laptop screen, Samsung Syncmaster 2693HM 1920x1200
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080 + 1920x1200
- Hard Drives
- Samsung 840 Pro 256GB
- PSU
- 240 watt Dell powerbrick
- Mouse
- Logitech Performance MX
- Internet Speed
- 60mbs
- Browser
- Google Chrome
- Antivirus
- Avast Free