Corrupt backups
I recently downloaded the trial 2013 version of True image 2013 and I have created a image and am image by sector, each backup completes fine but when I try to verify the backup it says backup is corrupted, does not give me much confidence that I am safe in case of a bad hard drive. (I am backing up to an external Seagate hard drive vis USB)
Any information regarding this or things I need to try?
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"Corrupted" is, unfortunately, a rather non-specific error message, in spite of its rather specific sounding term. It really just means that ATI can't validate the archive, which can be caused by disk errors or connection errors, rather than any problems with the .tib file itself.
Run chkdsk /r on each partition of that drive.
Also run a drive checking utility from the drive manufacturer, as those sometimes catch errors missed by chkdsk.
Don't connect via a hub, a port in a monitor, a USB extension cord, etc. Connect the external drive directly to a USB port on the rear of the computer case.
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John,
I have created a image and am image by sector,
If I am understanding correctly, you use the rarely used option to "Backup Sector by Sector". If true and your disk had bad sectors, the bad sectors would be included within the backup and could cause a failure of validation.
As MVP Tuttle suggested, do take the time to check both the source and target disk for disk errors.
In most normal backups of a Windows System , it is NOT necessary to checkmark/select the sector by sector option. That option is most used when the file system is not Windows. In most normal backups, you can expect the backup size to be about 70% of used space.
If you have some spare time, you may find link #2 below to be of interest.
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