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Subject: Need alternative to NT Backup
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Brian Campbell User is Offline
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4/23/2008 05:41 PM  
Hi all,
 
Have a sever where the NTBackup file is continually 'corrupt and unusable' and I am looking for  an alternative that would alow me to restore system state and Exchange quickly. Any suggestions?
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4/23/2008 05:44 PM  
What problems do you have?
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4/23/2008 05:54 PM  
when you catalogue the file you get a message 'Unrecognized Media' - The backup file contains unrecognized data and cannot be used.

I am backing up to external USB Drives which appear to be healthy. The backup files themselves are 108Gb in size - would this be a problem?
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4/23/2008 06:34 PM  
Is that drive NTFS formatted?
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4/23/2008 08:41 PM  
Hi Mariette,

I can confirm that the drive is NTFS formatted. I have seen this before and although I have found no documentation to support, I have found that when I reduce the amount of data to be backed up that the error goes away (maybe anecdotal).
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4/23/2008 08:53 PM  
If you copy that file to a fixed hard drive and then catalogue it can you see if that works?
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