How to automatically verify backups
My search has found inconsistent information. I'm doing a combination of hourly and daily backup jobs from multiple partitions. I'm using ShadowProtect Desktop version 5.2.3.37285 on Windows 10. I...
View ArticleI don't need this often, but when I do! Quick question, please....
My hard drive is showing errors on my laptop. It works as if no problems now. I have an SSD and Sata to USB adapter on the way.I plan to restore my last full backup to the SSD and swap wth the failing...
View Article"Status: Expired" - but it shouldn't be
I have ShadowProtect Desktop (Version 5.2.3.37285) installed on two Window 10 PCs. I renewed in April 2015 (3 licenses) and all has been working fine until yesterday. Suddenly on one of my PCs,...
View ArticleI need help understanding what gets deleted or compressed
Attached to this post are my backup settings and then a list of the files that exist. This confuses me. I would expect at this time, there are just two sets of files, the monthly from November and the...
View ArticleCompatability with Windows 10
Will my Shadoe Protect version 4.2.5 work with Windows 10 ?
View ArticleTrying to access a share to store the image gets a weird error message. Any...
Starting with SP desktop. We have 2 machines doing continuous backups to a share on an sbs 2011 standard server. It's a domain configuration. The share is on an external hard drive connected to the...
View ArticleChain split across two USB drives
For reasons I'll skip, I was swapping USB drives.I had Drive_A and Drive_B.Continious backups.On week one, the backups went to Drive_A.On week two, Drive_A was replaced by Drive_B.All went pretty...
View ArticleC drive getting errors. Replace computer?
I want to check my thinking, please.1) Am I correct: This computer should be replaced?2) Should I run CHKDSK?3) How do I restore a backup taken with OLD computer to NEW computer?Question 1:Carol...
View ArticleIs there a way to script / automate the recovery of a machine - as a way to...
Is there a way to script a restore in the recovery environment? I envision you'd boot off the thumb drive with the RE. It would have the image on the thumbdrive. The RE woudl start, say no to start...
View ArticleVirtualBoot error .... VT-x/AMD-V hardware acceleration is not available on...
Just tried to virtual-boot an image from a 64-bit Windows 7 Dell XPS.I got this error:read more
View Articleerror on image conversion tool
I have a continuous incremental ackup chain started Oct 2013 and ending Dec 2014. I want to use the image conversion tools to create a single SPF image as of Dec 2014 to free up space. Unfortunately,...
View ArticleUnable to create incremental backup due to lack of storage space
I am using StorageCraft ShadowProtect version 5.2.3.Yesterday, I manually launched an incremental backup of my laptop's C drive. It failed with my log showing that there was not enough empty space on...
View ArticleKudos & question about viewing backup properties, licence
Hi,First of all: kudos! I just had a secondary storage drive start to fail on me. It was failing incremental backups, saying a device attached to the system disappeared. Thankfully, the full backup...
View ArticleHow to launch the Recovery Environment? - Tablet has no CD drive
Bob bought a Windows 10 Surface tablet . We installed ShadowProtect Desktop. All is well.The tablet has no CD drive.So my question is: "How do you run the Recovery Environment on a tablet without a...
View ArticleBackups failing since updating to Windows 10
Hi team,Getting frustrated and alarmed. Upgraded to SPX and encountered problems with some backups failing. Obtained good tech support but in the end decided to revert to ShadowProtect Desktop. Deleted...
View ArticleSPX Desktop stopped backing up
Hi,While using SPX 6.0.16 on my own PC, I have just discovered that the backups haven't been working since 7th March. Interestingly the last backup, for whatever reason, is a differential (this is a...
View ArticleLack of Desktop Edition support for before/after backup target volume mounting?
Okay. I completely struck out with a support ticket on asking for a simple example of how to securely mount a backup target volume just before the backup job runs and then to dismount it after the job...
View ArticleEncrypted laptop disk
Hello,My first post since purchasing Shadow Protect Desktop for Windows. I'm running Windows 7 (all updates) on a Lenovo T450s laptop at work. They require the disk to be encrypted using MacAfee. For...
View ArticleUpdating to a new Windows 10 system and trying to decide whether to continue...
I am a longtime user of ShadowProtect desktop. I am currently using SP 4.1.5 on my old desktop, which is a Windows XP system. I have two backup jobs, one for my system drive and one for my secondary...
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