Windows 10: Reparse backup problem

I very much need to perform a reliable backup prior to updating Win 10 Pro 1709>1803>1903 but, like others have reported, I find that for a long time my File History backups have shown a continuous stream of warnings and errors. All of the warnings involve the same reparse point (Event 106):





All but one of the errors are Event 203:




The remaining error is Event 201:




A command prompt search shows the following:




My problem with dealing with this info (disk cleanups, etc.) is that Windows explorer does not show those folder addresses:



Also, the CMD prompt says that the volume in drive C is Windows7_OS. Why is this, as I have Win 10 Pro?


Bottom line, can someone please tell me clearly and concisely how to deal with the above information so I can perform an error/warning-free backup?

Many, many thanks in advance for any help.


P.S. - Please don't send me to any of the Microsoft pages dealing with reparse points as they might as well have been written in Swahili for all the help they've been. >:^(

:)

 

Reparse points preventing cloud backups from working

Try this site, it’s for Windows backup but may help in finding the problematic file/folder:

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-...

The only other suggestion is to use the program I mentioned previously.

 

How to protect reparse points ignored in File History backups


Hi
It appears that the FH default catalog does not include <username>\AppData - I cannot imagine why, as its contents are obviously needed. My difficulties, mainly in understanding I think, started after adding AppData to the catalog:

1. I received a batch of Event Log Warnings (ID 106) regarding directories not backed up due to reparse points. An actual example of one Event Properties window reads in part:
   
   "Directory was not backed up because it is a reparse point:"
   "C:\Users\<Username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.IE5"
   "If you want it to be protected, remove the reparse point."
   
   The wording of this is ambiguous. I think the first line is trying to say that the last element in the pathname (Content.IE5) is a reparse point, not a directory, and FH does not back up reparse points. Is that correct?
   
   In the third line, "If you want "it" to be protected...", what does "it" refer to, a directory not backed up or the reparse point? Contrary to the first line, they cannot both be the same thing. Also, what does "protected" mean? Neither a reparse point nor a directory will be protected from anything if it is removed either from the above pathname on the hard drive (as if you would!) or from the FH catalog. Removal from the catalogue would put a stop to the Warning Event though, I guess.
2. I have seen posts in other forums in which people were confused by the above message and often asked how to remove the reparse point, but I have never seen a very helpful response: most launch into an explanation of what a reparse point is, rather than how to protect it.
3. In this computer I have verified, by using dir /AL /S, that all users' reparse point destinations remain within the users' directory structure, so the existing redirected data should be backed up by FH, which is what would be expected, and which I hope holds true in general. (In the above example, the Content.IE5 reparse point redirects to \IE, a subdirectory of \INetCache which also contains the reparse point.)
4. My problem is how to ensure reparse points can be restored if they are damaged by a disk crash, etc. I understand, but have not yet verified, that Windows (7) Backup also does not backup reparse points, but I have established that Windows System Image does. However, that seems like using a sledge hammer to drive a tack.
5. Only recently I have come across Mklink which I believe to be a Windows program for creating reparse points. I am thinking of setting up a scheduled task to run regularly in order to keep a current record of reparse point definitions. Starting in the C:\Users folder, I would just run the script:
   dir C:\Users /AL /S > K:Junction.txt where K: is my external backup drive. Effectively this would give me a backup of reparse point definitions, and then I could use Mklink to recreate them if ever needed.
6. Before I proceed any further I would welcome input from anyone who knows a better way of doing this, or would like to set me straight on my understanding of File History and reparse points. Many thanks.

 

Reparse points preventing cloud backups from working

Thank you for responding so quickly, but the solution you pointed to me to is not relevant to the problems I am having. My Acronis backups are working without any error messages or references to certificate problems. But I can see for myself that the
backups are incomplete. The Acronis suupport team have told me that it's caused by the presence of Reparse Points within the OneDrive folder structure on my PC, but they are unable to advise me on how to resolve that.