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by jlittle
Tue Jan 29, 2013 10:47 pm
Forum: AISBackup Support
Topic: external HD as boot disk and also regular backups?
Replies: 6
Views: 11858

To be sure I understand: I can use the HD for other backup jobs without messing up it's "bootability", right?
by jlittle
Tue Jan 29, 2013 5:49 pm
Forum: AISBackup Support
Topic: external HD as boot disk and also regular backups?
Replies: 6
Views: 11858

external HD as boot disk and also regular backups?

I put an external HD on my wife's new laptop to make a first backup, and chose the source option that starts out "C: [boot] recommended for disaster recovery..." I got a question asking me if I wanted to make the drive bootable. I would love that, but if I do then can I also do regular bac...
by jlittle
Tue Jan 29, 2013 5:33 pm
Forum: AISBackup: Restore CD
Topic: can't download precompiled boot image file
Replies: 2
Views: 49540

Hi Barry. I don't know why the downloads are failing; I believe the error message I get is the same as the other poster quoted: "Failed to download and install the AISBackup Restore Image file." (That's not exactly a helpful message.) There's never any sort of interruption to my service, a...
by jlittle
Mon Jan 28, 2013 8:19 pm
Forum: AISBackup: Restore CD
Topic: can't download precompiled boot image file
Replies: 2
Views: 49540

can't download precompiled boot image file

Like another person here posted, I have tried several times over the last few years to download the precompiled boot image file with no luck. I understand there's a direct link to it?
by jlittle
Sun Nov 25, 2012 11:32 pm
Forum: AISBackup Support
Topic: What is MpSfc.bin?
Replies: 6
Views: 12510

I just excluded it from the backup.
by jlittle
Thu Sep 06, 2012 6:08 pm
Forum: AISBackup Support
Topic: What is MpSfc.bin?
Replies: 6
Views: 12510

Re: File not backed up

Did you try restarting the PC and re-running the backup? yes, there was no error message about the file this time. Given the location the file is not required (history of Windows Defender scans) Then I'll just exclude that whole history folder. The file does not exist on this Windows 7 PC That just...
by jlittle
Thu Sep 06, 2012 2:27 am
Forum: AISBackup Support
Topic: What is MpSfc.bin?
Replies: 6
Views: 12510

Well, this is very weird. I tried finding the file doing a search of just the file name and my search program came up empty. So I opened AISB, looked in the log to get the location of the file, and there it was! And it seems to be fine; I was able to open its properties, and everything looks normal....
by jlittle
Wed Sep 05, 2012 4:27 pm
Forum: AISBackup Support
Topic: What is MpSfc.bin?
Replies: 6
Views: 12510

What is MpSfc.bin?

Last night on a backup, the file MpSfc.bin couldn't be backed up. I can't find anything to tell me what that is. Do I need to back it up?
I'm using version 2.9.0.400 on win7 Home.
Thanks
by jlittle
Sat Jul 31, 2010 4:03 pm
Forum: AISBackup: Restore CD
Topic: Can't restore with AISBU restore CD
Replies: 15
Views: 53817

Actually, my host is 64-bit (that's the same OS I'm trying to install in VB); it's VB that won't support a 64-bit guest without HAV. But, no, hardware virtualization can't be enabled in my BIOS because it's just not in my cpu. My processor is specifically mentioned in several web sites as one that d...
by jlittle
Fri Jul 30, 2010 5:19 am
Forum: AISBackup: Restore CD
Topic: Can't restore with AISBU restore CD
Replies: 15
Views: 53817

Well, turns out I can't run Win7 64-bit as a virtual guest because the cpu in my Win7 computer (the host) doesn't have Hardware Assisted Virtualization. I got virtualbox set up okay, and went through the Win7 installation process where I got a message that it couldn't run because of the cpu. (Actual...
by jlittle
Thu Jul 29, 2010 10:42 pm
Forum: AISBackup: Restore CD
Topic: Can't restore with AISBU restore CD
Replies: 15
Views: 53817

Okay, that's great. I'm going to take a look at that. Thanks again, Barry. By the way, there's a forum called dslreports.com. Somebody there was asking for suggestions for backup software. I gave you and your program a pretty long pitch. (I usually do when someone asks.) Just thought you might like ...
by jlittle
Thu Jul 29, 2010 9:06 pm
Forum: AISBackup: Restore CD
Topic: Can't restore with AISBU restore CD
Replies: 15
Views: 53817

Well, Barry, it looks like my attempts at doing a test restore are over. My recovery disk does not offer the repair option, it will only restore to factory defaults. Perhaps more importantly, I also have a Windows 7 repair disk, and it gave me a notice that it can't run because the cpu in my test ma...
by jlittle
Thu Jul 29, 2010 8:34 pm
Forum: AISBackup: Restore CD
Topic: Can't restore with AISBU restore CD
Replies: 15
Views: 53817

Re: Restore usinf recovery partition

Barry wrote:I have noticed that recovery partitions for Windows Vista and Windows 7 are very much better than the old reset to factory options and many offer the ability to try to repair rather than blindly reset to factory.
Barry
Okay, I didn't know that. I'll take a look at the link.

Thanks a lot.
by jlittle
Thu Jul 29, 2010 8:08 pm
Forum: AISBackup: Restore CD
Topic: Can't restore with AISBU restore CD
Replies: 15
Views: 53817

Re: The other partition

The other Volume{xxxxx} partition on your PC is likely to be the recovery partition which may be used to reset your PC back to factory settings. Actually, it would also be possible to run AISBackup from the recovery partition by starting a command prompt and running AISBackup from a CD or USB flash...
by jlittle
Thu Jul 29, 2010 7:47 pm
Forum: AISBackup: Restore CD
Topic: Can't restore with AISBU restore CD
Replies: 15
Views: 53817

Hi Barry. Yes, as it turns out, I do have TWO partitions that are labled Volume{xxxxx}; one looks like the one in your screen shot, except it doesn't have the file called BOOTSECT.BAK. The other one has 6 folders: ACERBOOT, BOOT, D2D, EFI, RyTools, and SOURCES. I assume I should use the one that loo...