http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ Discussion forum for FBackup users. en Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:16:39 +0000 http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/testing-at-end-of-back-up#post-2313 Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:57:58 +0000 Admin 2313@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>The manual test feature is not available in FBackup. It is available only in our commercial edition: Backup4all.<br /> Please note you can now get a free license of Backup4all. Read this article for details: <a href="http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/50-licenses-for-backup4all-professional-giveaway" rel="nofollow">http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/50-licenses-for-backup4all-professional-giveaway</a> </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/testing-at-end-of-back-up#post-2304 Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:31:35 +0000 murray 2304@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>Once in a while I run a backup, and the files are found and added without error. However, during the testing phase, some errors are reported.</p> <p>How can I re-run the test phase to make sure those files are all OK. Testing them manually is not an option since there are several thousand files.</p> <p>Thanks! </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/too-slow-especially-test#post-2165 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:33:26 +0000 Admin 2165@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>What is the reading speed of your USB device?</p> <p>Also please note FBackup was not designed for system backup, so you won't be able to restore the operating system.<br /> You should use FBackup for data files backup only.<br /> We do not recommend to use FBackup in order to backup system files / installed software.<br /> We encourage users to use it only for their own work: files and folders. </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/too-slow-especially-test#post-2154 Fri, 14 Jan 2011 09:41:00 +0000 HKafeman 2154@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>A bit more information for you.</p> <p>The progress bar was showing 99% for the last 14 or 15 hours (at least) when it was Testing.</p> <p>The compressed size was over 36 GB - the ratio was 62% so only a saving of 38%.<br /> Next time I will try using Mirror instead of full as the time taken and inability to easily see what files are in the backup is not worth the saving achieved!</p> <p>Does anyone have any other comments/suggestions?</p> <p>Thanks<br /> Henry </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/too-slow-especially-test#post-2152 Thu, 13 Jan 2011 23:13:42 +0000 HKafeman 2152@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>I have backed up my Windows Vista system to a USB Drive using FBackup v4.5 (Build 234) using the "Full" type with no encryption.</p> <p>BUT it took nearly 6 hours to back 59 GB (I did exclude temporary files, paging file, hibernate file and my photos, etc.!) in 208,000 files.</p> <p>BUT I have now stopped the Test which has taken 24 hours to Test 40,000 files (so would take over 5 days to complete!)!</p> <p>So this slowness really makes it unuseable unless I have missed something?</p> <p>Please comment.</p> <p>Thanks<br /> Henry </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/testing#post-1184 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:28:49 +0000 Admin 1184@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>The backup duration and also the test time depends on your destination location, data transfer upload/download speed, the backup type, the computer performance and so on.</p> <p>Can you give us more details about your problem? </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/testing#post-1179 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:45:02 +0000 lurchzilla 1179@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>First off, this software is great and fits what i need it for perfectly.</p> <p>I am backing up about 60GB worth of data to a GoVault drive. Out of this data i have 1 file that is roughly 40GB. </p> <p>I am having my backups take about 15 hours to run which 10 hours of it is spent in the "Testing" phase on that particular file.</p> <p>Is this normal for this amount of data and files this size? </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/testing-at-end-of-back-up#post-902 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:54:55 +0000 Admin 902@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>The test after backup will notify you if there were problems, you don't need to wait until the restore is done.</p> <p>We recommend you to use our commercial edition, <a href="http://www.backup4all.com">Backup4all</a>. This allows you to split the backup size is smaller files in order to avoid the "Out of memory" error. </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/testing-at-end-of-back-up#post-895 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:47:21 +0000 bruce.lacey3@gmail.com 895@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>Hi folks,</p> <p>I guess I should change my previous post about whether there was an alternative to spending 40+ hours on the "testing" portion of the backup. The backup just failed<br /> because it was "out of memory". I'm sure this is because my computer, with only 385 RAM, often has memory problems, and I was trying to do work on it during the marathon backup. There were no actual errors in the 19% or so of files that had been tested. </p> <p>I would like to go ahead and use the backup to attempt to restore the files onto my new computer (which has a much faster transfer rate). If some of the backups have problems the test would have detected, will these problems show up when the files are restored onto the new computer? Or is there a danger of corrupted data that I won't know about until I try to use a corrupted file?</p> <p>Thanks,<br /> Bruce</p> <p>[1/21/2010 5:25:39 PM] Warning: Out of memory<br /> Test aborted at 1/21/2010 5:29:49 PM, 17167 file(s) and 3300 folder(s) tested, 0 error(s) and 2 warning(s) found</p> <p> Total number of files added to backup: 67248<br /> Total number of folders added to backup: 6880<br /> Total size of files added to backup: 15,258,447.01 KB (uncompressed), 8,032,007.20 KB (compressed)<br /> Number of files excluded: 0<br /> Number of folders excluded: 0<br /> Files skipped: 40<br /> Next scheduled backup:<br /> Backup completed at 1/21/2010 5:30:13 PM with 0 error(s), 42 warning(s) </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/testing-at-end-of-back-up#post-894 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:28:34 +0000 bruce.lacey3@gmail.com 894@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>Hi folks,</p> <p>I have a problem similar to that of Barry106 above. I'm backing up my old computer, which I know has a slower USB connection than is now current, to an external hard drive. The backup of the data took 8 or 9 hours (at least to get to 97%). The "testing" phase then started and has been over 7 hours so far and is only 18% done. (And I only have 11 GB of data.) </p> <p>Is there any alternative to letting this run for another 40 hours or so? Is there a way to "pause" and then restart the testing so I get full access to my machine to do some things I have to do? Will it be done after testing or is there some other multi-hour phase of backup up its sleeve?</p> <p>I'll be happy to send you a log if you want to see it.</p> <p>Bruce </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/testing-at-end-of-back-up#post-679 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:45:34 +0000 Admin 679@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>If you stop the backup now, the test won't be complete. We don't recommend you to do that.<br /> Please send us the last backup log from View->Job Logs->Last backup log, to info[at]fbackup[dot]com </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/testing-at-end-of-back-up#post-675 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:38:53 +0000 barry106 675@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>It would seem that all the files I wanted to be back up (to an external hard disk drive, have been copied.</p> <p>Now the message line reads 'Testing' followed by a path and file name. After several hours, with the 'Testing' message displayed the % complete for this operation is 2%.</p> <p>Is this normal? Doesn't seem right. Have noit done soemthing? What would happen to my backed up files if I stopped the operation? </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/what-does-testing-phase-actually-test#post-86 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:30:29 +0000 Admin 86@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>A successful test means the data has been copied into destination and can be restored.<br /> The fkc catalog is copied in destination after the backup is finished. If there is any problem during the copy process, a warning or an error message will be shown and also listed in the backup log. </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/what-does-testing-phase-actually-test#post-82 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:23:08 +0000 Dracula666 82@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>I'm wondering whether a successfully passed "test" is simply a confirmation that the data copied in a backup matches the original data...or does it also mean that the backup as a whole can successfully be restored. I see an "fkc" file in the destination folder along with the compressed data files, but I'm not sure if this file is also verified during testing. I would just simply restore the backup as a test of the backup's "restore-ability", but even in it's compressed form, my first backup is 278Gb, so that would be a rather lengthy manual test. Can you shed a little light on the testing process? </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/can-i-turn-off-testing#post-52 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:18:27 +0000 Admin 52@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>You cannot disable the test after backup. The test phase is part of the backup process and will ensure you the backup has no errors. </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/can-i-turn-off-testing#post-41 Fri, 26 Dec 2008 21:01:40 +0000 neilhmurphy 41@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>This reminds me of "verify" for CDs. In any case I have a lot of faith that FBackUp has done its job, with or without its left arm. </p>