Re: [BackupPC-users] Strange files in Windows 2003 backup

[Craig B. <cba...@us...>]

Tomas Florian writes:

> I'm backing up a Windows 2003 server using SMB ... everything works 
> great except that I see some weird files or folders in my backups:
> 
> for example:
> 
> OTElOSUVOQdIT0xESU5HQNIT1JB0hPUi1HRU5B0hPUi1NRVREUhPUklaT05UQUwtQUNIU0VOQhIT 
> 1JNSUdPTkESE9VUkLSE9VU0VMQVlPVVRAkhQQJIUkCSFNAkhUQNIVENBEhUQ0hBEhUVTFA0hUV0
> or
> 0JQ09NUEFRX1Rf 
> QlDT01QQVFfVV9CUNPTVBBUV9YX0LQ09NUEFSQVRJVkFDUNPTVBMRVRBTUVOVE9B0NPTVBSQVNB0 
> NPTVBVVElCkNPTVVfVEVSUkFBkNPTVVORUDQ09OQVDT04tMUIQ09OX0xBX0JC
> 
> I have about 20 of these sitting there.  And quite understandably they 
> also show up in my error log.
> I'm guessing these are left over from some shadow copy ... or something 
> like that.  I know BackupPC doesn't use shadow copy at all..  But I do 
> use NTBackup on daily basis (as a secondary)
> 
> Any ideas what this stuff is?  ... Of course when I browse the server 
> using explorer these things are not there ...

Do you have any large files, in particular bigger than 8GB?

Craig