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Failed to lock the file when backing up to cloud?

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I just bought Acronis True Image.  I am backing up my D drive folder level to an external HD and it backs up with out problem.  When I backup the D drive to the cloud folder level, it uploads about 100 GB (I bought 2 TB of space) and then it fails with "failed to lock the file."  I've chatted with Acronis support and two times now they've deleted my backups and had them start over.  The last time, I saw him start to do it.  I told him not to do it.  He went to click to delete the backup cloud and I tried to stop him but I was too slow.  He then insisted on making more changes and I rebooted my PC to get the guy out of my PC (Acronis support!!!)  I absolutely do not trust Acronis support anymore.  But there has to be a way to fix this than to delete my backups and wait a week for it to get to this same spot.

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David, what version / build of Acronis True Image are you running here.  You say you have just bought this, so is this ATIH 2017?  If so, then you should start a New Topic in the Acronis True Image 2017 Forum rather than here in the ATIH 2015 Forum.

The first check point with this issue is to try to identify the particular file that is giving the error and get more details of the error itself.

Please download the MVP Log Viewer utility from the link in my signature below and use this to check the logs for your Cloud backup task - post copies of these to the forum if you need help in reading / understanding the content.

David, thank you for opening the new post.  Only the moderators can close these forum posts so don't worry about this one.