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I am receiving a range of errors when backing up certain folders, and as I click ignore, or ignore all, it just gives me more errors.  At this point I am not sure if I have a valid backup or if it is faulty.

The error looks like (actual folder names were removed from this post):

 

Computer to K Drive Backup task is waiting for user interaction. Description: Information: Failed to back up file or folder 'G:\folder\folder 2\folder 3\folder 4\folder 5\folder 6\file.jpg'. It may be blocked by another application. Details: An error occurred while reading a file. The backed up file in the backup may be corrupted and will not be recovered correctly.

Click ignore & then

Computer to K Drive Backup task is waiting for user interaction. Description: Information: Failed to back up file or folder 'G:\folder\folder 2\folder 3\folder 4\folder 5\folder 6'. It may be blocked by another application. Details: An error occurred while reading a file. The backed up file in the backup may be corrupted and will not be recovered correctly.

Click ignore & then

Computer to K Drive Backup task is waiting for user interaction. Description: Information: Failed to back up file or folder 'G:\folder\folder 2\folder 3\folder 4\folder 5'. It may be blocked by another application. Details: An error occurred while reading a file. The backed up file in the backup may be corrupted and will not be recovered correctly.

Click ignore & then

Computer to K Drive Backup task is waiting for user interaction. Description: Information: Failed to back up file or folder 'G:\folder\folder 2\folder 3\folder 4'. It may be blocked by another application. Details: An error occurred while reading a file. The backed up file in the backup may be corrupted and will not be recovered correctly.

Click ignore & then

Computer to K Drive Backup task is waiting for user interaction. Description: Information: Failed to back up file or folder 'G:\folder\folder 2\folder 3'. It may be blocked by another application. Details: An error occurred while reading a file. The backed up file in the backup may be corrupted and will not be recovered correctly.

Click ignore & then

Computer to K Drive Backup task is waiting for user interaction. Description: Information: Failed to back up file or folder 'G:\folder\folder 2\'. It may be blocked by another application. Details: An error occurred while reading a file. The backed up file in the backup may be corrupted and will not be recovered correctly.

Click ignore & then

Computer to K Drive Backup task is waiting for user interaction. Description: Information: Failed to back up file or folder 'G:\folder'. It may be blocked by another application. Details: An error occurred while reading a file. The backed up file in the backup may be corrupted and will not be recovered correctly.

Then the backup seems to end, but I don't know if its full (I don't think it is) and trying to figure out what is causing it.

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Michael, there are multiple potential reasons why you may be seeing the errors described above!

Run CHKDSK G: /F and see what errors this may show if any? If any errors are shown, then also consider repeating again using /R - this will be much longer running, so perhaps run it overnight!

Do a full antivirus scan of G: and check for any malware indications?

Try running the backup of your G: drive folders after booting from the Acronis Rescue Media to eliminate any locks being held on the folder data by other applications active on your system.  This can happen if you are including SQL type data in the backup etc.

Prior to running chkdsk you should perform a simple Restart of the PC using the Power Options menu in Windows.  You will get errors like this when a Windows update has failed to install correctly.  A restart can most times fix that issue.

Thank you for the replies @stevesmith & @enchantech.  I just got back from vacation so did a combination of a restart (since my computer was off) and ran CHKDSK G: /F.

I am going to run a backup now on one of my external drives & see what happens.  I have 2 drives that I back up to & it takes about a 24+ hours to complete, so I will report back tomorrow with the status.

I ran CHKDSK plus a computer restart, had a backup run to another external drive, and the full backup ran without issue.  I tried it again on my main external drive, and same issue, different folders were picked up with errors.

So now I am wondering if it is an external drive backup issue.  So trying to sort this out here, but I am leaning that way.

There may be errors or corruption on the external disk.  I recommend a chkdsk run on your external drive to make sure all is well there.