Backup archives won't validate in Windows
I am running Vista on C drive and XP on D drive. These are the first two partitions of a 5 partition drive. I create my backup images on a totally different drive. Using Acronis True Image 2010, if I boot from the CD and create the images (one for C and one for D) then I can turn right around and validate both archives and they pass. But when I boot back into Windows and try to validate the same two backups, the validation fails. So I'm not really sure if the backup archives are any good or not. I had version 11 before and was having the same problem. I have Acronis scheduled to create a new backup of each operating system weekly. So far NONE of the archives pass validation in Windows. I really DO need to know if I have a valid backup if the need arises. The computer in question is a Pentium D 3.2 GHz with 2 Gb of ram. Memtest runs all night on it without any errors.
I have another computer that is set up pretty much the same way except it has Vista, XP, AND Windows 7. I have scheduled FULL backups of each operating system each week and all of those archives pass validation without any problems.
What is my problem with computer #1?

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