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- DOCUMENT:Q110481 17-FEB-1994 [W_NT]
- TITLE :NTBACKUP.EXE Doesn't Backup Entire Hard Disk
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
- KEYWORDS:BUGLIST3.10.003 FIXLIST3.10.003
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft U.S. Service Pack 2 for Windows NT and Windows NT Advanced
- Server version 3.1
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- SYMPTOMS
- ========
-
- NTBACKUP.EXE does not backup the entire hard disk drive when issued from
- the command line or from a batch file. Also, the following error may
- appear:
-
- You do not have permission to access portions of \xxx
- Please see the owner or administrator to get permission.
- Error reading alternate file data.
-
- CAUSE
- =====
-
- The initial release of the U.S. Service Pack 2 for Windows NT and Windows
- NT Advanced Server version 3.1 has a regression problem.
-
- If you use the command line statement:
-
- NTBACKUP backup C:\<directory path> /B /L "C:\BACKUP.LOG"
-
- NTBackup will backup the specified directory, but will not backup the local
- registry as specified by the /B switch. If the specified directory is not
- the root directory, the following error message will appear in the status
- box:
-
- You do not have permission to access portions of \xxx.
- Please see the owner or administrator to get permission.
- Error reading alternate file data.
-
- where "xxx" will be part of the subdirectory path name. NTBACKUP.EXE will
- also create an empty log file with a size of 2 bytes and write it in the
- \\WINNT directory instead of the path specified by the /L switch.
-
- RESOLUTION
- ==========
-
- Service Pack 2 has been re-released with a correction for this problem.
-
- If you applied the previous Service Pack 2 before 1/31/94, you need to
- update your Windows NT or Windows NT Advanced Server to the new version.
-
- To determine if you have the new Service Pack 2 on a running system, at a
- command prompt type "WINVER".
-
- If WINVER shows that the release is:
-
- Build 528: CSD003 - you have the old Service Pack 2.
-
- If WINVER shows that the release is:
-
- Build 528: Service Pack 2 - you have the new Service Pack 2.
-
- STATUS
- ======
-
- Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT and Windows NT
- Advanced Server version 3.1. This problem was corrected in the latest U.S.
- Service Pack for Windows NT and Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1. For
- information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in
- the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):
-
- S E R V P A C K
-
- Additional reference words: 3.10 failure broke
- KBCategory:
- KBSubCategory: NTAP
-
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