Windows 10: windows backup does not know what day it is

Discus and support windows backup does not know what day it is in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; [ATTACH] Today is saturday. Once again my PC is acting sluggish and once again I open task manager to see what useless windows services are running... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by Christoph Yorkshire, Dec 28, 2019.

  1. windows backup does not know what day it is


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    Today is saturday. Once again my PC is acting sluggish and once again I open task manager to see what useless windows services are running and what do I see? backup running. dont care, end task, goodbye. So i open control panel and I see this. Schedule, every sunday at 7pm. what is today? look at last backup. when was the 21st? saturday. Why? i love how this OS does what ever it wants, disregards the users settings and does what it wants, not the user. makes no sense to have an OS like this and makes no sense I am the only one pointing out this issues and it totally makes zero sense that no one believes me at all. This OS does not work right at all. not once, ever and fresh installs are just a waste of time.

    :)
     
    Christoph Yorkshire, Dec 28, 2019
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  2. Geekoid Win User

    Using network hard drive for backup

    It depends what sort of backup you want to do. If you're happy just backing up regular files, then there are a bazillion (really, that many!) different bits of freeware to do that. There is a good list here:

    Download Back Up Tools for Windows - MajorGeeks

    and pretty much all of them can do network backups. Some even have fancy options like encryption. Really, the most useful thing is just being able to schedule them and know they ran OK.

    You may also want to make a system image backup too, and you'll find that software in the very same list.

    I don't have Windows 8 as yet, so I'm afraid I can't suggest any for that platform. Personally, I use Clonezilla for image backups.
     
    Geekoid, Dec 28, 2019
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  3. Bokenzhe Win User
    Backup Issue - Microsoft 10 - Cannot perform initial backup

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    • windows backup does not know what day it is [​IMG]

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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


    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.
     
    Bokenzhe, Dec 28, 2019
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  4. windows backup does not know what day it is

    Backup Frequency & Time of Day

    Hi Adrian,

    You can turn ON your Windows Backup Schedule using the "Backup and Restore (Windows 7)" and using the
    Command Prompt.

    Here are the steps on how to enable a scheduled backup in Windows:

    Method 1 - Backup and Restore (Windows 7)

    • Press the Windows + I keys from the keyboard to launch
      Settings.
    • Click Update & security, then choose Backup from the left pane.
    • Click Go to Backup and Restore (Windows 7).
    • Click Turn on Schedule under the Schedule option.

    Method 2 - Using the Command Prompt

    • Right-click the Start icon, then choose Command Prompt (Admin).
    • Type sdclt.exe /ENABLEJOB, then press the Enter
      key to apply the command.
    • Close the elevated Command Prompt.

    Let us know if you got it working after following one of the methods above.

    Regards.
     
    Michelle Her, Dec 28, 2019
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