Thanks for your reply Max. I didn't even know what it was until I looked it up just now. :)
No, I hadn't paused/disabled it. How do you do it?
I'll give an update on how things went the past few days.
After banging my head against the wall and not being able to make a backup (I tried many times, always with the same error message) I gave it a rest for a day and thought about what my next step should be.
I decided to restore the same working backup I had previously restored to.
I had a few minor changes I wanted to make to my tablet before making the backup (the one that wouldn't work).
But after restoring, I simply wanted to do a test to see if I could make ANY backup.
So I made just one simple change (which would show which backup I made) and tried to backup my system.
This time it worked! Woo Hoo!
OK. So now I went ahead and made the other minor changes and tried to backup again.
It didn't work again! Same error message!
Which is leading me to believe that Macrium has deliberately injected something into their code to cause problems for users of their Free edition. :(
Too turn off the Windows Defennder, open the WD program by using Search\"Windows..., and in Settings/Real-time Protection uncheck the 'radio button'.Remember to check it again.
Thanks Max, I found Windows Defender and disabled Real-time protection.
Then I re-booted to make sure it was locked in.
Then I tried to make another backup image but once again I got the same error message. :( The message tells me to run chkdsk on c: with /f.
I do that but my c: drive is clean. No errors show up at all.
Do you know of any other programs that might be running in the background besides Windows Defender?
Too turn off the Windows Defennder, open the WD program by using Search\"Windows..., and in Settings/Real-time Protection uncheck the 'radio button'.Remember to check it again.
Actually, from some things i've rad tonight, the problemm may be linked to the free version; that said:
My suspicion is that it is linked to the free version.
As I mentioned a couple of posts ago, I was able to make another backup by going back to one of my good restores and making a very simple change.
I hadn't tried to make any other backup until this evening. I really didn't change much at all. Just added the touchmousepad, that's all.
Sure enough, when I tried to make a backup with Macrium it failed with the same error message. :(
I just hope that my restores (which have worked up until now) won't fail me down the road. But it's frustrating that I can't make a new backup when I want to.
what i would try is: uninstall macrium and reboot/then delete the program in the registry./then install the latest version. do so only if you know how to use the regedit command and/or know how to properly back up the registry and restore it if necessary (Advanced). This is a long shot and probably not worth trying unless you're familiar with the process.
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Did you pause/disable Bitlocker ?
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Thanks Max.
I had already read both of the threads you linked to above.
The Macrium didn't help and the DVP8 link is for a *factory* backup which is different than what I am doing.
It is also extremely complicated (the method he is describing).
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October 2nd, 2014 19:00
Perhaps this thread can help with your intermittent problem:
http://smsupport.macrium.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2493
If I ever use an imaging process I think I'll start here:
http://forum.tabletpcreview.com/threads/step-by-step-guide-to-creating-a-factory-backup-image-for-the-dell-venue-8-pro.60222/
You could disable Windows Defender service if the first thread doesn't help you.
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Thanks Max, I found Windows Defender and disabled Real-time protection.
Then I re-booted to make sure it was locked in.
Then I tried to make another backup image but once again I got the same error message. :(
The message tells me to run chkdsk on c: with /f.
I do that but my c: drive is clean. No errors show up at all.
Do you know of any other programs that might be running in the background besides Windows Defender?
It's quite frustrating.
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Too turn off the Windows Defennder, open the WD program by using Search\"Windows..., and in Settings/Real-time Protection uncheck the 'radio button'.Remember to check it again.
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October 2nd, 2014 21:00
Actually, from some things i've rad tonight, the problemm may be linked to the free version; that said:
http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/mobile-devices/f/3824/t/19581946
can't recall the activation/disable procedure at the moment and i'm getting tired.
you could also try a clean boot and run the following:
sfc /scannow but i would be surprised if they help.
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My suspicion is that it is linked to the free version.
As I mentioned a couple of posts ago, I was able to make another backup by going back to one of my good restores and making a very simple change.
I hadn't tried to make any other backup until this evening.
I really didn't change much at all. Just added the touchmousepad, that's all.
Sure enough, when I tried to make a backup with Macrium it failed with the same error message. :(
I just hope that my restores (which have worked up until now) won't fail me down the road.
But it's frustrating that I can't make a new backup when I want to.
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October 15th, 2014 21:00
what i would try is: uninstall macrium and reboot/then delete the program in the registry./then install the latest version. do so only if you know how to use the regedit command and/or know how to properly back up the registry and restore it if necessary (Advanced). This is a long shot and probably not worth trying unless you're familiar with the process.