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Upgraded to 2.0 x64, now getting a weird error message on Vista x64 RRS feed

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    Followed the instructions to upgrade from 1.4 32bit to 2.0 x64 bit.  Synched before I upgraded too.  Uninstalled 1.4 after upgrading but I still can't sync.  Get the following error:

     

    Error: Cannot read from the source file System Volume Information\. Access is denied. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED))

     

    Here's my setup:

     

    Vista Ultimate x64

    Logged on as Administrator (only account).  UAC never was on.

    I'm trying to sync my internal secondary hard drive to an external USB 2.0 hard drive.

     

    So far I get this error message no matter what.  Rebooted, reinstalled 2.0, no effect.  Deleted folder pair and recreated it (setup as Echo), no effect.  Deleted the Synctoy.dat files on each drive, no effect.

     

    I do have sharing enabled on my internal hard drive, all users have full access/read write privileges.  I have no problem accessing the drive otherwise and 1.4 seemed to work fine.  Manually copying files works fine in Explorer.

     

    Any ideas?  Really appreciate it.  I searched for this particular error but nothing came up Sad

     

    Thanks!

    Sunday, August 24, 2008 5:06 PM

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    Looks like you're trying to  backup your entire system drive. We generally do not recommend that SyncToy be used for this purpose. You could try backing up individual folders under the drive root and that should work fine.

    Monday, August 25, 2008 12:37 AM
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    And here is a copy of my Log File entry, if that helps at all:

     

    SYNC: 08/24/2008 12:54:34:591: SyncToy run of Thunderbird (D:\, X:\Tbirdbck\) completed at 8/24/2008 12:54:34 PM.
    SyncToy action was 'Echo'.
    SyncToy options were:
     Active for run all
     All files included
     No files excluded
     Do not check file contents
     Include read-only files
     Include hidden files
     Include system files
     Backup older files (send to Recycle Bin)
     All subfolders included
    SyncToy run took 00:00:00:949.
    Copied 0 bytes in 0 files in 00:00:00:949.
    Bytes per second 0.0, files per second 0.0.
    Avoided copying 885,091,937,863 bytes in 43,798 files that did not require action.
    Saved approximately 11:43:03:00 by not copying all files.
    Warning: 1 failures occured.
    You can retry by selecting "Run" again or select "Preview" to see
    the operations that remain to be performed.

    SYNC: 08/24/2008 12:54:34:591: *** Error: Cannot read from the source file System Volume Information\. Access is denied. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED))

     

    Sunday, August 24, 2008 5:13 PM
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    Looks like you're trying to  backup your entire system drive. We generally do not recommend that SyncToy be used for this purpose. You could try backing up individual folders under the drive root and that should work fine.

    Monday, August 25, 2008 12:37 AM
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    Ok thanks, I will try individual folders and report back.

     

    Monday, August 25, 2008 1:15 AM
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    Thanks, that seems to have worked.  I switched to individual folders (pain in the butt to make 20 pairs but whatever) and I no longer receive the error message.

     

    Jason

    Friday, August 29, 2008 6:07 PM