Windows 10: Current remote backup service advice please!

I'm afraid i have not kept up with all the changes that keep happening; as my doctor used to say 25 years ago, i'm getting old...

Though i think i am fairly good at being careful, sooner or later i will click on the wrong thing or visit the wrong website, and even if i don't, someone in my home will, and i will get some sort of malware, the worst of my fears being ransomware.

I keep my OS and anti-malwares up to date, but the risk of loss scares the heck out of me.

I think i need an automated cloud backup as a solution, but i have found there are so many, and among them, i keep seeing comments like one-or-another "is great until you need to restore your files and then it fails", or the like.

I just want an efficient set-it-and-forget-it solution so if my files ever were corrupted for any reason, i could restore them. I have roughly 1TB of files that i am concerned with, but a little wiggle room for the future is a good thing.

I know this sort of question begs hotly debated alternatives, but as i trust the expertise of you folks, i sure would appreciate knowing what you use and then i could focus on the top several. I am sorry to say it, but i can't afford any ultimate solution, so if we could be sound and "monetarily efficient" at the same time, it would reduce stress.

I appreciate your support, very much.

Thank-you.

:)

 

Backup Issue - Microsoft 10 - Cannot perform initial backup

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My backup stubbornly refuses to run. I can't run the initial backup, therefore the file history backups don't run either. This has been an ongoing problem for quite some time. Suggestions I've received have not worked so far. Following is the problem
and the failed resolution attempts:

• I get this message from the Event Log:

Unable to scan user libraries for changes and perform backup of modified files for configuration C:\Users\Papa\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Configuration\Config

Event ID - 201

Level: Error

User - System

*** ---- There is no config file at this directory location. The contents of the location are:

catalog1

catalog2

config1

config2

• In another thread from July, someone suggested checking a particular service (I forget the name just now) is running. It is.

• Two days ago a Microsoft employee suggested the following steps. These steps resulted in no change, still no backup:

KA

Karthicka_R replied on

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• Support Engineer

Hi,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft community.

I suggest you to follow the below steps to start and stop the services “Windows backup” and “volume shadow copy” and check if it helps.

• Press “Windows+R” and in the run command box type “services. MSc”.
• Search for the service “Windows Backup” double click on it and check whether the service is started or not, click on “OK” button. I suggest you to stop and start the service again.
• Once done again search for the service “Volume shadow copy” double click on it and check whether the service is started or not. I suggest you to stop and start the service again, click on “OK” button and
  check whether you can perform backup successfully.

Hope this information was helpful and do let us know if you need further assistance. We will be glad to assist.

• I performed these steps multiple times. The backup still crashes, with the same error message. In addition I collected the following error message, but only one time:

Unable to start a backup cycle for configuration C:\Users\Papa\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Configuration\Config

Event ID: 200

• Can anyone help me with this stubborn problem?

Thank you in advance.

 

Windows Backup Keeps Failing with "The requested system device cannot be found. (0x80073BC3)"

Hi,

As you are facing issues with creating a backup on your device, do not worry we will help you with this issue.

I suggest you to check with the Windows Backup services and their dependencies to start and set it to Automatic and check if it helps.

Make sure the Windows Backup service is started and set to automatic.

Follow the below steps for the same:

• Press Windows + R keys from the keyboard to open
  Run command.
• Type services.msc in the search box and press
  Enter.
• Search for the Windows Backup services
  
• Make sure the Start-up type is Manual.
  

Steps to set the services to Automatic

• Right click on the service
• If the service is stopped then Start the service
• Select Properties
• And in the Start-up type, select Manual.

Also, Click on the Dependencies tab, and check for the services. Start it and set it up to automatic.

Remote Procedure Call status is Started and set to Automatic. RPC Locator should be set to Manual.

Try to check the same with Volume Shadow Copy services as well.

Hope it helps. Get back to us with an updated status of created a backup on your device for further assistance.

Thank you.

 

Backup Issue - Microsoft 10 - Cannot perform initial backup

Hi,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft community.

I suggest you to follow the below steps to start and stop the services “Windows backup” and “volume shadow copy” and check if it helps.

• Press “Windows+R” and in the run command box type “services. MSc”.
• Search for the service “Windows Backup” double click on it and check whether the service is started or not, click on
  “OK” button. I suggest you to stop and start the service again.
• Once done again search for the service “Volume shadow copy”
  double click on it and check whether the service is started or not. I suggest you to
  stop and start the service again, click on “OK” button and check whether you can perform backup successfully.

Hope this information was helpful and do let us know if you need further assistance. We will be glad to assist.