Backup fails to start with 0x80070002  

Upgraded my laptop from W7 yesterday. Bup now fails with 0x80070002 because it cannot find the file, very useful. What can I do, besides get a third party program?

Thanks for any help.

/Very annoyed potential Mac owner

Ztruker said:

When/where does it fail? At boot, when you login, ??????

BTW: Your System Specs are awesome. Wish everyone would fill it out with that attention to detail.

Bup ---- Boot up ????

Sorry if I wasn´t clear. It is the Windows Backup that fails. It does not start, just produces this error message.

Hi,

That error can occur when Backup tries to backup files that have been deleted.

This is a workaround from MS themselves:

In Control Panel, open Backup and Restore.
In the Backup section, click Change settings.
In the Set up backup dialog box, click Next.
In the What do you want to back up dialog box, click Let me choose, and then click Next.
Expand Data Files, expand <your user name> Libraries.
Expand Additional Locations, and then click to clear the AppData folder, Contacts, and Searches check boxes.
Expand Computer, expand the item for your system drive (for example, expand Local Disk (C),
Expand Users, expand <your user name>, and then click to select the AppData, Contacts, and Searches check boxes if they exist.
Click Next, and then click Save settings and exit.
In Backup and Restore, click Back up now to perform a new backup. The backup operation should complete without errors.

Cheers,