specify location of the volume I - help needed

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Hi all

I have a backup which is created using Acronis. The backup, which is around 1.1 gb, seems to be corrupted somehow. whenever I try to mount it I get this message :

"specify location of the volume I"

I need to look inside the backup and get some files. Is there a way to do so?

Regards

Thanks.

Sun, 04/10/2011 - 12:48
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Can you Validate the backup?

Is there a way you can Browse to find Volume 1 when the message apperars?

Mon, 04/11/2011 - 17:23
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bdhowatt@sympatico.ca wrote:

Can you Validate the backup?

Is there a way you can Browse to find Volume 1 when the message apperars?

Hi, and thanks for your answer

when I right click on the backup and choose Archive > Validate, after 10 seconds or so I get a message which states that "the archive is valid".

but when I choose Archive > Mount, it demands me to specify Volume I. I click browse and navigate through the directories and find and select the backup again, and I'm getting the same message of "specify Volume I"...

When I main menu of Acronis, it shows this backup as corrupt.

Is there a way to repair a corrupt backup?

Regards

Thanks for your care.

Fri, 04/15/2011 - 11:02
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There is no way to repair a corrupt backup.

Even though this person "lost" volume 3 instead of volume 1 there is a bit of insight in this thread as to some possible causes.

http://forum.acronis.com/forum/4216

The validation time of 10 seconds if it really is 10 seconds since times are hard to judge without a clock seems short for a 1.1GB backup so I'm not sure I'd trust the validate although you would think it would pop up with an error if it couldn't find "volume 1".

Based on the Acronis post in the link above, I would:
make sure that the latest build of your version is being used,
do a chkdsk X: /r on the partition being backed up. The use of the /r switch is very important. Replace the X: in the command with the drive letter of the partition being tested. A reboot may be necessary.
Try another backup attempt and see if it works.

FWIW, your problem and others is why I do not use Acronis for backing up data files. I find it to be great for imaging my OS and applications partition but I do not want my important data files stuffed into a proprietary container file where a problem can cause all of the files to be inaccessible. For data files I use a program like Karen's Replicator, SyncBack, etc, there are lots of them, which makes a backup of files and folders with the same structure as the original files and folders. If there is a problem it will only affect the file or files the problem relates to, not the entire backup.

Fri, 04/15/2011 - 13:50