Corrupted Drive - No Backup

[chrissa1]

Upon checking my backup history it tells me that none have been successful due to my disc being corrupted.
Can anyone tell me what this is and is it fixable?

Packard Bell Easynote TJ67 running Windows7.

[HowardKennitby]

Which disc? The one you back up from or to.

[chrissa1]

Well, I'm assuming it's the one I backup from because it's set to take place at 03.00am automatically.

[HowardKennitby]

Where do these backups go? Do you have an external hard disk? What Operating System and backup software are you using?

[Old_Geezer]

I'd suspect it is the disk you are trying to back-up to, not back-up from, that has the problem. I may be wrong but if it was the from disk you'd have experienced other issues before now.

If it says none have been sucessful I assume it is correct and you presently have no backups. Surprised it didn't leave warning messages on the screen for you to see in the morning. That sounds a bit of a drop-off.

Run some disks checks on the disk you are trying to back up to. TRy to read the disk using a different PC maybe. Maybe try to reformat it if the tests spot nothing. If that fails to allow back-ups you could try a new drive. Or failng that suspect the back-up software.

[chrissa1]

So. Are you saying that I have to put a disc in my Drive D on the night I know it's due to automatically backup?

[Old_Geezer]

If you are backing up to the D: drive then yes, the D: drive would need to exist.

But I'm beginning to wonder if I'm not following properly here. Would you not normally back up to a drive that is permanently connected ?

[chrissa1]

Thanks OG but I think we're flogging a dead horse here. I'm useless. Lol.