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When I back up my hard drive to Windows Vista, the backup (which should include my documents) works about 30 seconds and it didn't save the file created on my external hard drive of diving. The hard drive is a Seagate 160 GB with about 90 GB of available disk space. I have my using the Windows Vista program upward.

Thanks for the help.

Hello

·        Have you tried the same files and backup folder in one different location (another drive or media)?

You can check if there are errors listed in Event Viewer related to backup is not made. To open Event Viewer, follow the link below.

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/open-Event-Viewer

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/what-information-appears-in-event-logs-Event-Viewer

You can also try to disable the security software and then try to run the backup utility and check if that helps.

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/disable-antivirus-software

Note: Antivirus software can help protect your computer against viruses and other security threats. In most cases, you should not disable your antivirus software. If you do not disable temporarily to install other software, you must reactivate as soon as you are finished. If you are connected to the Internet or a network during the time that your antivirus software is disabled, your computer is vulnerable to attacks.

Hope this information is useful.

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