I get an error message #80042301 when attempting backups. I have checked the

registry for

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ContentIndex\Catalogs\System

and

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ContentIndex\Catalogs\Web

and all the settings are correct.

the application log has a slew of errors, some are (source, event #) vss,

8193;Perflib,2002;vss,5013;vss,12291;ntbackup,8018;ntbackup,8019.

 

I need to back-up my system but can't. I have just installed an external

hard drive to do the back-up but that doesn't help. I have downloaded SP2 for

WIN XP Pro but need to do a back-up before I can install. Any help would be

appreciated.

Thanks,

Mico

"MICO1313" wrote

>I get an error message #80042301 when attempting backups. I have checked

>the

> registry for

> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ContentIndex\Catalogs\System

> and

> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ContentIndex\Catalogs\Web

> and all the settings are correct.

> the application log has a slew of errors, some are (source, event #) vss,

> 8193;Perflib,2002;vss,5013;vss,12291;ntbackup,8018;ntbackup,8019.

>

> I need to back-up my system but can't. I have just installed an external

> hard drive to do the back-up but that doesn't help. I have downloaded SP2

> for

> WIN XP Pro but need to do a back-up before I can install. Any help would

> be

> appreciated.

 

Sorry I can't help you with Ntbackup. I gave up on that years ago. I use

and recommend a drive imaging program to image the system to an external

drive. I currently use Acronis True Image version 10 which works in both XP

and Vista. It does full, incremental and differential imaging on a drive or

partition basis. Restores can be at the file, folder, partition or drive

level. It also does file backup and disk cloning.

 

Look around for the best price. I have seen it as low as $21.99 at

Newegg.com.

 

You should always have a full and complete backup. It shouldn't be

dependent on getting ready for a system change.

 

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]