windows backup failure

After just turning on my computer (Vista home premium, 400gb hd, 2048 mb memory) I hadn't starting working yet and the following appeared on my screen -

An error occurred when checking the status of the last automatic backup:

Catastrophic failure (0x8000FFFF)

Verify the status of your backup.

The last time I auto-backed up everything seemed ok. Does this error happen frequently and how do you verify a backup?

Can you tell us where is your backup destination? (e.g. external hard drive,
DVD, or where?).

my destination is to a...
LightScribe DVD SuperMulti Drive / CD-Writer

HP Pavilion m7750n, AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core

I too tried to backup using a cd-rw but received the catastrophic failure
0x8000FFFF message. What can be done to correct this?

Can you check for errors in your event log in VSS and report back?

Log Name: Application
Source: VSS
Level: Error

<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
<Provider Name="Windows Backup" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">4104</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2007-09-30T12:10:31.000Z" />
<EventRecordID>10649</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>JeffSpica</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
- <EventData>
<Data>Catastrophic failure (0x8000FFFF)</Data>

<Binary>FFFF0080E0040000EC06000008070000420ED1665C 2BEE174B64529CB14610EA71000000</Binary>
</EventData>
</Event>

in advance...thanks...

[Maria1]

I tried to backup my computer to the C: drive using Vista Home Premium's Backup and Restore feature. After each of 20 attempts, I got a "catastrophic failure 0x8000FFFF". Why is it so complicated to do such a simple process? (We shouldn't have to buy external hardware to complete a backup!) What's the solution to the "catastrophy"?

There are two reasons for doing a backup: 1) to restore your files after you
hose them over with changes or delete them. 2) to restore your goodies after
a disk failure. In the event of disk failure you purchase a new hard drive
and restore from your backup to get your stuff back. What good would it do
to backup your things to the same hard drive that may fail without notice?
Think about it. I backup my files on my laptop to my desktop daily.
If I were to do a complete PC backup, I would back up to an external hard
drive. You can get one for less than $100. What kind of backup are you
trying to do?

Nothing to do with Vista Home Premium.

Vista home Premium version does not do complete System Backups.

Get 3rd party software; Acronis true Image, etc

[nancy86]

Ya, Its really very unfortunate to loose all your important files after backing up your all data. But don't worry now there is a software that can help you out. The software is called MS Backup Repair tool.

This software is very simple and easy to use. I had had a great experience with this software. This software not only repairs your all corrupted files, but also recovers most of it if found corupted. Its scanning mechanism is very impresive which retrieves all the corrupted and lost files. Just chill, relax and try this software. It realy works.

For any further problems just let me know.

Thanks,

But spammers want you to spend money on them :-)