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look in disk manager how to show the disk drives<br />
i have used hdd Regenerator often to repair bad sectors on a drive: <a href="http://www.dposoft.net/hdd.html" rel="ugc">http://www.dposoft.net/hdd.html</a>
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it is a shame these softwares do no not report more detail<br />
where's the &quot;user friendliness&quot; gone?<br />
today - you have to know everything, or look it up yourself
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- Can you provide the version of Acronis being used?<br />
- Can you run the &nbsp;<a href="https://kb.acronis.com/content/2707" rel="ugc">AcronisInfo utility</a> and upload the result?<br />
(Please make sure to have all drives in place during run.)
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Okay, so this is what I have done…<br />
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On a hunch, I used True Image to to back up a different device. That backup completed successfully! Obviously, there was something True Image didn't like about my C: drive. Having compiled enough circumstantial evidence to isolate the culprit, I could see no reason to procrastinate further.<br />
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I configured CHKDSK to run at the next restart. Assuming it would take some time, I restarted my laptop just before going to bed. When I awoke at 2:45 in the morning, I was greeted by a Windows login screen. I had difficulty logging in. Not only was it rejecting my fingerprint, but it wasn't giving me an opportunity to enter my PIN number. At that time my laptop was not in the docking station, nor was Wi-Fi enabled. I thought that perhaps if it could connect to the Internet, I could use my Microsoft account credentials to login. My recollection of how things progressed are a little fuzzy – after all, it was 3 AM in the morning – but at some point I was informed that the system was going to restart so that it could repair the disk. I restarted my laptop and went back to sleep.<br />
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When I awoke approximately one hour later, I was greeted by a login screen with which I was more familiar. After a successful login, I shut the system down and placed the laptop back in the docking station. After starting up the system, I ran CHKDSK. The results were as follows:<br />
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Since I didn't know how to check the results of the scan that ran during system initialization, I decided to do the next best thing. So, I reran the True Image backup policy that had been giving me so much trouble. It finished in a little under two hours. Although the email notification message indicated a successful completion, the log did contain a few error messages…<br />
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<i>9 &nbsp; &nbsp;True Image &nbsp; &nbsp;9/27/2016 11:09:26 AM &nbsp; &nbsp;Pending operation 172 started: 'Creating partition image'.<br />
10 &nbsp; &nbsp;True Image &nbsp; &nbsp;9/27/2016 11:11:18 AM &nbsp; &nbsp;VSS retry: 1<br />
11 &nbsp; &nbsp;True Image &nbsp; &nbsp;9/27/2016 11:11:18 AM &nbsp; &nbsp;Failed to start creating the volume snapshot.<br />
12 &nbsp; &nbsp;True Image &nbsp; &nbsp;9/27/2016 11:11:18 AM &nbsp; &nbsp;VSS writer 'System Writer' with class ID 'E8132975-6F93-4464-A53E-1<wbr />050253AE22<wbr />0' has failed to process the snapshot.<br />
13 &nbsp; &nbsp;True Image &nbsp; &nbsp;9/27/2016 11:11:18 AM &nbsp; &nbsp;Unknown Win32 error<br />
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I don't know how significant these messages are, but the final message reads…<br />
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<i>22 &nbsp; &nbsp;True Image &nbsp; &nbsp;9/27/2016 1:01:38 PM &nbsp; &nbsp;Operation has succeeded.<br />
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This backup policy includes a validation step. The validation of the backup was initiated, and there are no indications in the log that it failed…<br />
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<i>18 &nbsp; &nbsp;True Image &nbsp; &nbsp;9/27/2016 12:29:50 PM &nbsp; &nbsp;Validate Backup Archive Location: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;D:\My Backups\Entire PC (CHAMPS-LAPTOP)_inc_b3_s2_<wbr />v1-2.tib&quot; &nbsp;<br />
19 &nbsp; &nbsp;True Image &nbsp; &nbsp;9/27/2016 12:29:50 PM &nbsp; &nbsp;Pending operation 4 started: 'Validate Backup Archive'.<br />
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Sounds like problems in communication between Acronis VSS Provider and NTDS writer. <br />
When Acronis VSS Provider is used for VSS support, the final snapshot is created by means of Acronis SnapAPI drivers technology. <br />
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Still, hard to tell without full logs and half the messages.
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The last couple of backups completed successfully, and I hadn't seen a disk error in the system log for a couple of days. Yesterday, however, I began receiving the following warning:<br />
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<i>An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk1\DR1 during a paging operation.</i><br />
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It looks as though I'm going to have to replace the disk.
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<i>&quot;Have you tested the disk with the manufacturer's util?&quot;</i><br />
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I have downloaded the Seagate tool and will let you know what I find.
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It occurred to me that, in the past, I have run diagnostics on my laptop. Furthermore, that diagnostic utility was provided by the manufacturer of my computer – namely, Dell. So, I dredged up the manual to see what I could find. Installed on my computer is something which is referred to in the manual as &quot;Enhanced Pre-Boot System Assessment Diagnostics.&quot;<br />
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I ran Dell's diagnostic tool. The drive test failed, but the memory test did not. I don't see any benefit in running additional third-party or OEM tools. So, this is what I did…<br />
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1. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I replaced the drive in my laptop<br />
2. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I reran Dell's &quot;Enhanced Pre-Boot System Assessment&quot; Diagnostics, and everything came back clean except for the battery. The laptop was not connected to an outlet so &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the battery was not charging.<br />
3. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I restored the Windows partition image from the most recent Acronis True Image backup<br />
4. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I reran Seagate's SeaTools for Windows utilitys<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The S.M.A.R.T. test succeeded<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Short DST succeeded<br />
5. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I ran the Windows CHKDSK utility in read-only mode, which returned some index errors<br />
6. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I reran CHKDSK in repair mode. It ran for six hours!<br />
7. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I reran CHKDSK in read-only mode. It returned more index errors.<br />
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Since then I have run two True Image backups, both of which terminated successfully.<br />
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I'm not sure what the cause of the index errors might be, but in the absence of any other symptoms, I'm choosing to ignore them.<br />
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Since replacing the hard drive, I haven't seen any more &quot;bad block&quot; errors in the system log. In addition to the bad block errors, I was also seeing controller errors. I haven't seen either since replacing the drive. However, in the last 24 hours I have seen one of the following: &quot;An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk1\DR1 during a paging operation.&quot;<br />
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Since replacing the drive, I have run two successful backups. The last backup – which was a full – completed in under 90 minutes! I cannot say with absolute certainty that I have solved the problem. I can't say why one test returns a clean bill of health while another flags errors. While trying to diagnose the problem with my backups, it seems as though I've opened an entirely new can of worms. Perhaps the jury is still out, but I'm going to consider this case closed.<br />
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Although I received many good recommendations from those who responded to this question, I just didn't have time to try them all. Consequently, I really can't discount any of them. Which was the best solution? For me, they were the ones that provided a clear path to a systematic and structured approach to troubleshooting the problem. Whether my tools are better than any of the ones recommended, I couldn't say.<br />
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It might not be clear how or even if I solved the problem. However, in conjunction with the contributions from the experts, I'm hoping this might help the next person who encounters this problem.
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I've been using Acronis True Image for a number of years. During that time it's been both a blessing and curse. On several occasions I've used it to restore a broken system, or move my system to a new drive. On the other hand, it has been high maintenance – requiring lots of tweaking to keep the backups running as configured.<br />
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The other day I got up to discover that my backup (which is scheduled to run during the night) had failed. Instead, True Image had sent several email notifications indicating that the backup was waiting on &quot;user interaction.&quot; Since the backup is scheduled to run at night while I'm asleep, I hadn't seen the prompts. So, I ran the backup manually to see whether I could reproduce the error. The following is what I got:<br />
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I'm not sure where to start. First of all, I'm not sure to which drive the message is referring – the source drive, or the external target device. For example, the Disk Management utility under Windows 10 refers to my C: drive as &quot;Disk 0,&quot; and the external drive as &quot;Disk 1.&quot; If I knew the location of the &quot;snapshot&quot; to which the message refers, that would help. Unfortunately, I don't.<br />
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When I requested that Windows 10 scan the disk containing my Windows partition, I was informed that it didn't need one. I'm assuming that means that Windows 10 has been checking the disk periodically, but had yet to find any errors. Regardless, I elected to go with a scan. I was informed that it would run the next time the system was restarted, so I restarted the system.<br />
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The system took longer than usual to restart, so I assumed it was running the scan. However, since the laptop was still in the docking station and the lid was closed, I couldn't follow the progress. Eventually I was presented with a login prompt. After successfully logging in, I found no notifications waiting for me. I assumed that the scan completed without errors. If the scan generated a log, I don't know where to find it. In the meantime, subsequent attempts to run the backup have continued to fail with the same error.<br />
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I tried cloning the backup and rerunning it, but I'm getting the same error. I could use tools at my disposal to scan both drives, but since that could take a long time, I'd rather avoid scanning a drive that is not defective. How can I tell which drive True Image is complaining about?
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I've been using Acronis True Image for a number of years. During that time it's been both a blessing and curse. On several occasions I've used it to restore a broken system, or move my system to a new drive. On the other hand, it has been high maintenance – requiring lots of tweaking to keep the backups running as configured.

The other day I got up to discover that my backup (which is scheduled to run during the night) had failed. Instead, True Image had sent several email notifications indicating that the backup was waiting on "user interaction." Since the backup is scheduled to run at night while I'm asleep, I hadn't seen the prompts. So, I ran the backup manually to see whether I could reproduce the error. The following is what I got:



I'm not sure where to start. First of all, I'm not sure to which drive the message is referring – the source drive, or the external target device. For example, the Disk Management utility under Windows 10 refers to my C: drive as "Disk 0," and the external drive as "Disk 1." If I knew the location of the "snapshot" to which the message refers, that would help. Unfortunately, I don't.

When I requested that Windows 10 scan the disk containing my Windows partition, I was informed that it didn't need one. I'm assuming that means that Windows 10 has been checking the disk periodically, but had yet to find any errors. Regardless, I elected to go with a scan. I was informed that it would run the next time the system was restarted, so I restarted the system.

The system took longer than usual to restart, so I assumed it was running the scan. However, since the laptop was still in the docking station and the lid was closed, I couldn't follow the progress. Eventually I was presented with a login prompt. After successfully logging in, I found no notifications waiting for me. I assumed that the scan completed without errors. If the scan generated a log, I don't know where to find it. In the meantime, subsequent attempts to run the backup have continued to fail with the same error.

I tried cloning the backup and rerunning it, but I'm getting the same error. I could use tools at my disposal to scan both drives, but since that could take a long time, I'd rather avoid scanning a drive that is not defective. How can I tell which drive True Image is complaining about?

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