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My backup files are self-destructing !!

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Hi,

Incredible but true : I wanted to make a new full backup of my PC on my external 8 Tb HD drive.

On this disk, I had 2 old .tibx backup which were Ok (it was possible to browse inside the backup)
So I made my new backup. At the end, I tried to open the file : "an error occured while opening the backup archive".
Very unpleasant but possible, I deleted this file and made a new backup. Same problem !!

So I rebooted my PC : the last file was always corrupted but one of the older archives who where previously readable had turned corrupted !!!

So, new backup only for my C: drive : seems OK, but after reboot, this new file is corrupted as well !
The last correct backup file I have on my drive is that of my laptop. Curious, no ?

Please help, I can't live without the safety of a good backup!

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Jean-Claude, it is difficult to guess at why your backups are being shown as corrupted just based on the information given?

Is the external 8TB drive connected directly to your PC or is it a network drive?

If it is a USB drive, have you tried connecting to a different USB port on your PC, or tried using a different USB cable?

If you are connecting via a USB hub device, then again try connecting directly to the PC.

What make is the 8TB drive?  The reason for this question is simply the horrible mess going on at present for owners of WD network connected drives where hundred's of users, including myself, found their drives wiped by a factory restore exploit that WD had known about since around 2014 but never bothered to fix!
Fortunately my own WD MyBookLive drive was largely redundant and used for testing with all the data duplicated on other drives but I have had to spend hours on ensuring the drive was 'clean' from any malware introduced in its firmware Linux OS by the exploit.

If you have any other backup drives, then I would recommend using one to create an alternative backup to prove that the process will work successfully to a different drive.

Thanks a lot Steve for your answer.

My drive is a WD_Black D10, connected directly to my PC by USB