True Image 2009 does not lock my d drive

Hi,

I have recently moved most of my data to a second hard drive (d drive) and I back up particular data files on both drives (c and d). My mail files are on the d drive and Acronis now throws up errors in regard to particular mail files that it says is in use by another program (my mail program I guess). When I studied the log I noted that Acronis starts the backup process by locking c drive but not the d - hence that's why I am getting the errors I suppose. How can I force it to lock both drives?

 

OK, I have narrowed the problem down. I have removed the c drive from the backup routine as I thought it might only lock the one drive. The log now does not mention locking and the backup fails on the same files. A couple of other bits of information:

1) I'm using the latest version 9770
2) My d drive is a RAID 1 configuration
3) I'm running Windows 7 RC1

 

Hello David,

Thank you for using Acronis True Image

Please note that Windows 7 is not officially supported by Acronis software, and the proper functionality is not guaranteed.

Nevertheless, could you please let us know the following? Do you try to perform a backup of the partition or do you try to backup the data files only?

Thank you.

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Oleg Lee

 

Oleg,

I don't select the whole partition. I select the "Users" folder only which contains all the data in a number of sub-folders.

 

Hello David,

Thank you for the provided information.

It appears the program fails to take the ownership over the folders. You can overcome the issue if you create Acronis Bootable Rescue Media and perform the operation under it. Acronis Bootable Rescue Media is based on Linux OS, and it will be able to handle these files ignoring the Windows permissions.

Thank you.

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Oleg Lee