USB ext. backup error "cyclic redund. check" 80070017

The error may originate from the drive you are trying to back up. You might also want to ruin a chkdsk on that drive (see this article).

Also, some problems have been reported with SP1 and drives formatted with FAT. Make sure the backup drive is NTFS. All else fails and you want to remove SP1:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948537/en-us

Bravo!

 

Ran chkdsk on C: and found corrupted jpg.  Backup than ran OK

 

Thanks,

 

Great! Glad the problem is solved.

When I ran chkdsk on the external drive, I was surprised to see it was FAT.  The backup facility is integral to Vista.  The external drive was new and USB-attached to the Vista machine.  I don't recall a separate formatting process -- I just plugged it in and ran the Vista backup. 

 

In light of the system seeming to run OK, is there any reason to reformat the external HD to NTFS?

 

Curious,

 

If it's working properly, there is really no great urgency. NTFS does use disk space more efficiently and will allow longer file names than FAT. I'd probably think about reformatting when the disk is getting full and you have to free up some space. Or you can simply do it now. Some disk imaging software will NOT work properly if the destination disk is FAT.

I have the same problem, but the solution does not worl for me.

Using Ghost 12.0 in Windows Vista when I verify a restore point I get an Error.
Error ED800012: The internal structure of the image file (CRC check) is
invalid, damaged or unsupported.

I bought and installed Acronis True Image 11 Home backup software and get
"Archive is corrupted".

I have backed up to a WD external drive and to my D:\ drive and I get the same
failures.

I have done a chkdsk /v /r on my C: D: and external drives and this did not
help. All drives are NTFS.

What else can I do to try to fix this problem?