Backing Up Using Vista Windows

I am trying to back up my system using WIndows back up process to a
external drive (formatted NTDS) and when I start the back up it shows
systems Recover (S and (C so it starts wiht recovery and part wa
thru an error comes 0x80070057 and the back up stops. I did som
research and one person says to shrink your c drive by 10mb which doe
not make sense and another suggestions was that is a common Vista issue
I need to backup my system to this external HD so I can re-imagine m
system. How can I get thru this. I am not very technical person. So hel
is appreciated. Thank

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Dbordi
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Hi,

This thread on that error explains why shrinking C: by 10mb sometimes helps:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...1-9d769165da6f

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
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"Dbordin" <> wrote in message
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> I am trying to back up my system using WIndows back up process to an
> external drive (formatted NTDS) and when I start the back up it shows 2
> systems Recover (S and (C so it starts wiht recovery and part way
> thru an error comes 0x80070057 and the back up stops. I did some
> research and one person says to shrink your c drive by 10mb which does
> not make sense and another suggestions was that is a common Vista issue.
> I need to backup my system to this external HD so I can re-imagine my
> system. How can I get thru this. I am not very technical person. So help
> is appreciated. Thanks
>
>
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> Dbordin
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>

Dbordin;1545960 Wrote:
> I am trying to back up my system using WIndows back up process to an
> external drive (formatted NTDS) and when I start the back up it shows 2
> systems Recover (S and (C so it starts wiht recovery and part way
> thru an error comes 0x80070057 and the back up stops. I did some
> research and one person says to shrink your c drive by 10mb which does
> not make sense and another suggestions was that is a common Vista issue.
> I need to backup my system to this external HD so I can re-imagine my
> system. How can I get thru this. I am not very technical person. So help
> is appreciated. Thanks

I read that link but my qiestions is "how do I shrink my C: drive????
Remeber I am not technical. Thanks for any help. Dennis


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Dbordin
Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com

Hi,

Click start, type diskmgmt.msc and hit <enter> to open disk manager. In the
lower section, right click on C: and select 'shrink volume'.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
Vote for my shoe: http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Dbordin" <> wrote in message
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> Dbordin;1545960 Wrote:
>> I am trying to back up my system using WIndows back up process to an
>> external drive (formatted NTDS) and when I start the back up it shows 2
>> systems Recover (S and (C so it starts wiht recovery and part way
>> thru an error comes 0x80070057 and the back up stops. I did some
>> research and one person says to shrink your c drive by 10mb which does
>> not make sense and another suggestions was that is a common Vista issue.
>> I need to backup my system to this external HD so I can re-imagine my
>> system. How can I get thru this. I am not very technical person. So help
>> is appreciated. Thanks
>
> I read that link but my qiestions is "how do I shrink my C: drive????
> Remeber I am not technical. Thanks for any help. Dennis
>
>
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> Dbordin
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>