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cannot backup with paragon

I have WinXP and 3 hard drives. I want to back up hard drive 2 (1,2,3) to hard drive 3, but Paragon Backup and Recovery says that hard drive 3 is read only and will not advance to the next step.

tjvetter

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I used Paragon 2012 free for DOS with a boot CD.

rindi

Maybe you first have to partition/format your HD 3.

tjvetter

ASKER

Thanks, but HD 3 is a 1 terabyte drive with two partitions that I use for backups, so I don't want to lose the data on HD 3.

rindi

What happens if you install the backup utility to the OS you want to backup, and then run it?

tjvetter

ASKER

I am not sure what you mean. I am not trying to backup my OS. HD 2 does not have the OS on it (HD 1 does). Also, I am using a boot CD with the backup utility so it is operating in DOS, not WinXP.

rindi

You say you have WinXP. The paragon backup utility can be installed to XP, and then you can select what drive you want to backup and where to... Maybe the Installed version works while the Linux boot CD has a problem (Paragon's LiveCD of the backup and recovery free runs under Linux, not DOS).

tjvetter

ASKER

I did as you suggested and in the backup wizard, when I select HD 3, logical "Terror," which has 255 GB of free space as the location for the archive, I get message that "This volume is read-only and cannot be used to store backups."

I have a attached a pdf screen shot of that.Paragon-Backup-Wizard.pdf

tjvetter

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I checked the properties of the backups folder in Terror and the read-only box had solid green in it. I cleared the box and applied the change to all folders, files, and sub folders, closed the properties window. Then when I again checked the properties of the backups folder, the read-only box again was solid green. I cleared it again and repeated. Each time I check the properties, the read-only box is filled. Why? How do I fix that?

rindi

According to your screenshot, the disk you want to backup to is full. Have you tried deleting old backups, or clearing it's recycle bin?

Also, for a good backup strategy you need to backup not only to one destination, but rather you should cycle between at least 2. Backup media can also break or get corrupt. So I suggest you get at least another external disk to backup to, and then change the backup disks at least once a week.

tjvetter

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Thanks Rindi, but the backup location is not full. I believe the "0 Bytes" message is because Paragon B & R thinks that the folder is read only.

Also, thanks for the backup advice.

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tjvetter

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See the solution for the reason. The problem was the "read only" status of my HD 3 Terror volume per Paragon B & R. Use of the Backup Capsule was a work-around, not a solution to the stated problem.