New backup problem

New problem with my Toshiba A505 S6960 64 bit Windows 7 Home Deluxe.
When creating the Windows recovery discs, Recovery Discs 1 through 3 were created with no problems. But when I tried to create the applications and drivers disc, I get the following error message:
"Failed to open the following file:
D:\comps1\TC0012810\tc00128100B.exe
Error Code 020123-F1-00000000"
I ran it again and got the same message but this time it failed to open the following file:
D:\comps1\TC0014960\TC0014960D.exe
Both of these errors occur when the backup is being verifyied and the backup terminates.
Any ideas??????
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Contact Toshiba as per this post and tell them what is happening and have them send you a complete set of Recovery Disks. They should NOT charge you for them since you have tried to make them and can't due to a problem with the faulty system image they put on your system.
If you don't post your COMPLETE model number it's very difficult to assist you. Please try to post in complete sentences with punctuation, capitals, and correct spelling. Toshiba does NOT provide any direct support in these forums. All support is User to User in their spare time.

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Since January and updating to 10.5.6 (not sure if that had anything to do with it), my iMac had been freezing up and required me to manually power off and on, at first a few times a week, later increasing to several times a day. I suspected a HD failure, but no hardware tests or SMART status tests indicated so. Since February, Time Machine has been doing backup. A couple of weeks ago I finally had time to do a reformat of the iMac HD and did a full reinstall and updated directly to 10.5.7. Since then I have had no freezing issues.
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Pondini wrote:
Just why do you want to prevent TM from deleting old backups? If it's because you've been deleting things from your internal HD, trusting TM to keep it's copies indefinitely, that's not a good idea.
The reason is, TM's copies are no longer backups: now they're your originals. When (not if) your TM drive fails, you may lose all of them.
Thank you for your input. As I wrote earlier, I have reformatted the internal HD and reinstalled a "blank" system. So yes, most files, documents etc. are now found only in the TM backup. One reason for not simply doing a full restore from the TM backup was to allow time to make sure the internal HD was not in fact failing, and being able to reintroduce things step by step in case the problem should materialize again.
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I am trying to update my time machine backup on time capsule, but time machine keeps trying to create an entirely new backup (evidenced by the 200GB backup size). How can I get time machine to modify my old backup rather than create a new one?

I am trying to update my time machine backup on time capsule, but time machine keeps trying to create an entirely new backup (evidenced by the 200GB backup size). How can I get time machine to modify my old backup rather than create a new one?

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Getting this error: Time Machine completed a verification of your backups. To improve reliability, Time Machine must create a new backup for you.

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I have a little network with 2 x Macpro, 1 x Macbook pro Retina, 1 x Mac Mini server and one DiskStation.
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Scott F wrote:
Time Machine completed a verification of your backups. To improve reliability, Time Machine must create a new backup for you.
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My Time Machine drive is a 500GB drive connected to an Airport Extreme via USB.
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You really should find a more reliable way to back up. See #2 in [Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/FAQ.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum) for your options.
I find this message confusing. Why must TM create a new backup?
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Time Machine says it needs to make a new backup.....

I have a Time Capsule. I did the initial backup via ethernet cable as instructed, then moved my iMac downstairs where it needs to be. The Time Capsule is upstairs functioning as my wireless network router and backup disk. I then connect the iMac via wireless to the Time Capsule backup disk upstairs and begin to do my subsequent backups wirelessly. All goes well for several weeks, then one day I get a message on my iMac that basically says that Time Machine has verified that it must do a new backup. Another full backup. OK, so I bring the iMac upstairs to do another backup via ethernet cable, then back downstairs to connect wirelessly. All goes well for another several weeks, then again it tells me I need to do another full backup.
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See Pondini info about the issue.
C13 http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
And yes, we find that wireless is much less robust than ethernet.
There is too much automatic stuff in the wireless of the TC.
Lock it down.. I recommend a full reset.
Give it all new names.. short, no spaces and pure alphanumeric. That includes TC name, wireless name for 2.4ghz and different name for 5ghz.
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Airport Extreme with disk is
1. Not authorised by Apple for use with TM.
2. Suffers the same problem.
See http://pondini.org/TM/Airport.html
TM is very exacting.. and very difficult.
SuperDuper will create a simple file structure that isn't dependent even on AFP.
As alternative to wireless you might find EOP adapters will work better for you.
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I am afraid to allow TM to start a new backup, that it will lose my backup history.
It will, but you have no choice. The disk image file is corrupt and must be replaced. You can copy it in the Finder to another storage device so that you may still have access to the data, if it's mountable.
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blevenstein wrote:
Earlier this week the HD in my iMac died. I had the drive replaced and performed a full restore from my Time Machine backup. The four hour restore went fine.
The next day I turned Time Machine back on. I expected it would want to perform a complete backup of the restored machine. It appeared to start okay, calculating changes and deleting old backups. But then it started doing that in a loop: checking changes, deleting backups, cleaning up, checking changes, deleting backups, etc.
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That does sound like the sparse bundle is now hopelessly corrupted.
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I Wish I had seen this before I got mine.
Mine has been doing this auto eject stuff too.
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No problem.
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