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Verify failed with "Unexpected end of the image file" but restore succeeds

I am having a problem with verifying any images that are saved to a particular storage device. The error is: sbfile 404 Cannot open file smb://\\ywc05\Backups\Print_Srv\C_VOL-b003-i006.spi (-1392 Invalid data format.) A second one that failed to verify got this error: sbfile 505 smb://\\ywc05\backups...

Posted to Server Edition (Forum) by Paul Sterley on 07-25-2010
using Desktop 4 to move a partition image to a new partition

I just purchased a license for Desktop 4 for use on an additional computer. In addition to scheduled incremental and full backups, I want to use Desktop 4 to fix a partition problem on the computer's current drive. The computer is currently configured for dual boot and one of the OS's was installed...

Posted to Desktop Edition (Forum) by plax on 06-04-2010
Restoring to new, larger hard disk

I have just replaced a hard disk in our test server. Tried to restore our SP backup and it would not boot. The backup was made with sbserver edition. All i did was unplug the old disk, plug in new, booted IT edition, choose restore, selected the latest incremental from the USB drive, chose the new 500gb...

Posted to Server Edition (Forum) by Dr_Snapid on 05-03-2010
Re: bad experience going to new system hard drive

leobull Let's see if we can get you up and running with this. [quote user="leobull"]i restored the c partition(making it the active partition, the hp recovery partition and left out the srp. [/quote] Based on this description, I'm a little unclear of which volumes to restored to the...

Posted to Desktop Edition (Forum) by FTTester on 05-01-2010
Re: Trial user question: How do restores work?

Just to add to the comments from SPT One of the differences between ShadowProtect and other backup applications, is that ShadowProtect creates a separate backup file for each volume. That may mean you have to click a few extra buttons at restore time, it does have some distinct advantages, namely: You...

Posted to Desktop Edition (Forum) by FTTester on 04-28-2010
Re: ShadowProtect Desktop vs. built-in Windows 7 System Image Backup

Tim This is the post I wrote which is referenced in the thread you gave above: http://forum.storagecraft.com/Community/forums/p/2622/12870.aspx#12870 When you say you want layman's terms....are you saying this post is too technical? If so, the only way I can parse it down would be to say: ShadowProtect...

Posted to Desktop Edition (Forum) by FTTester on 03-17-2010
Re: Problem restoring image to vmware workstation.

One other thing to keep in mind. VMware VMs tend to use a default SCSI virtual driver, rather than and IDE drive common in other VMs. If you are performing a HIR restore, make sure you load the vmscsi driver. In Workstation open the Floppy drive settings and browse to the driver floppy - something like...

Posted to Server Edition (Forum) by FTTester on 03-15-2010
Re: Trying to restore an image to smaller disk without success

This procedure is produces different results for everyone. It really depends on the disk itself and where the MFT is located. StorageCraft is unable to incorporate the ability to shrink a partition due to certain copyright and patent issues, so this feature which is from Microsoft is the best that you...

Posted to Server Edition (Forum) by SPT on 02-26-2010
Re: Bare Metal Restore

Brent You do not need to create the partitions outside of the ShadowProtect Recovery Enviornment CD. When you boot into this CD, you select the Restore Wizard. After seelecting the backup you wish to restore, the wizard will ask where you want to restore to. If you select a blank HDD, the wizard will...

Posted to Desktop Edition (Forum) by FTTester on 02-21-2010
When restoring image and .spi files missing can the program tell us which is missing

If you do a restore of a partition using SP it does the verify that all .spi files are available. If there are any missing it comes up with a dialog box asking you to navigate to where the missing .spi files might be. It would be helpful if that dialog box could tell you which .spi file it actually can't...

Posted to Feature Requests (Forum) by iwatkins on 02-20-2010

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