0x81000029 when trying to start backup

When trying to backup my system I receive error 'Your backup configuration
is not valid. Review your backup settings. (0x81000029)'.

Currently I'm trying to backup to an external HDD and I've accepted all the
default settings except for the day/time which I changed Monday at 2:00 AM.
I've tried changing from the default values to see if the error is being
thrown by one of the defaults with no luck.

I also checked to make sure there was enough room on the destination disk
and there is.

My build is RTM Ultimate x64, I'm also attaching my logs from
'C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsBackup' as I noted in a post by another user that
these logs were requested.

Thanks,
-Jason Cox

Hi Jason, I'll ask our team to take a look at this. However, with the
holidays and vacations, I can't guarantee when I'll hear a response. The
last newsgroup customer who reported this error was using a funky trial
build, and a clean install fixed his problem.

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"Jason Cox" <JCox@Microsoft-Tech.com> wrote in message
news:226CE056-BF57-4576-BB8A-814D55269473@microsoft.com...
> When trying to backup my system I receive error 'Your backup configuration
> is not valid. Review your backup settings. (0x81000029)'.
>
> Currently I'm trying to backup to an external HDD and I've accepted all
> the
> default settings except for the day/time which I changed Monday at 2:00
> AM.
> I've tried changing from the default values to see if the error is being
> thrown by one of the defaults with no luck.
>
> I also checked to make sure there was enough room on the destination disk
> and there is.
>
> My build is RTM Ultimate x64, I'm also attaching my logs from
> 'C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsBackup' as I noted in a post by another user that
> these logs were requested.
>
> Thanks,
> -Jason Cox
>

Jason, we'd like to get some screenshots of your disk configuration (as seen
from Disk Management). Can you email the screenshots to me? My email address
works minus "online." Thanks!

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"Jason Cox" <JCox@Microsoft-Tech.com> wrote in message
news:226CE056-BF57-4576-BB8A-814D55269473@microsoft.com...
> When trying to backup my system I receive error 'Your backup configuration
> is not valid. Review your backup settings. (0x81000029)'.
>
> Currently I'm trying to backup to an external HDD and I've accepted all
> the
> default settings except for the day/time which I changed Monday at 2:00
> AM.
> I've tried changing from the default values to see if the error is being
> thrown by one of the defaults with no luck.
>
> I also checked to make sure there was enough room on the destination disk
> and there is.
>
> My build is RTM Ultimate x64, I'm also attaching my logs from
> 'C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsBackup' as I noted in a post by another user that
> these logs were requested.
>
> Thanks,
> -Jason Cox
>

Jill-

I've sent an email with the screenshot attached.

Thanks,
-Jason Cox

"Jill Zoeller [MSFT]" <jillz@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:egJiWM7IHHA.1252@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Jason, we'd like to get some screenshots of your disk configuration (as
> seen from Disk Management). Can you email the screenshots to me? My email
> address works minus "online." Thanks!
>
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> "Jason Cox" <JCox@Microsoft-Tech.com> wrote in message
> news:226CE056-BF57-4576-BB8A-814D55269473@microsoft.com...
>> When trying to backup my system I receive error 'Your backup
>> configuration
>> is not valid. Review your backup settings. (0x81000029)'.
>>
>> Currently I'm trying to backup to an external HDD and I've accepted all
>> the
>> default settings except for the day/time which I changed Monday at 2:00
>> AM.
>> I've tried changing from the default values to see if the error is being
>> thrown by one of the defaults with no luck.
>>
>> I also checked to make sure there was enough room on the destination disk
>> and there is.
>>
>> My build is RTM Ultimate x64, I'm also attaching my logs from
>> 'C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsBackup' as I noted in a post by another user that
>> these logs were requested.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -Jason Cox
>>
>
>

Any news about the fix of this problem? I have the same problem. Please help

"Jill Zoeller [MSFT]" wrote:

> Jason, we'd like to get some screenshots of your disk configuration (as seen
> from Disk Management). Can you email the screenshots to me? My email address
> works minus "online." Thanks!
>
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> "Jason Cox" <JCox@Microsoft-Tech.com> wrote in message
> news:226CE056-BF57-4576-BB8A-814D55269473@microsoft.com...
> > When trying to backup my system I receive error 'Your backup configuration
> > is not valid. Review your backup settings. (0x81000029)'.
> >
> > Currently I'm trying to backup to an external HDD and I've accepted all
> > the
> > default settings except for the day/time which I changed Monday at 2:00
> > AM.
> > I've tried changing from the default values to see if the error is being
> > thrown by one of the defaults with no luck.
> >
> > I also checked to make sure there was enough room on the destination disk
> > and there is.
> >
> > My build is RTM Ultimate x64, I'm also attaching my logs from
> > 'C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsBackup' as I noted in a post by another user that
> > these logs were requested.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -Jason Cox
> >
>
>
>

Yes, the problem occurs because your OEM partition is marked as Active (you
can see this in Disk Management). I have requested a KB to walk customers
through the process of changing the Active partition to a different
partition.

Can you tell me more about your computer--is it brand new? Who made it? Did
you do a clean install or an upgrade?

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"Jalil" <Jalil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7EBB0BAD-AA2E-49B7-9027-D9E958884BDA@microsoft.com...
> Any news about the fix of this problem? I have the same problem. Please
> help
>
> "Jill Zoeller [MSFT]" wrote:
>
>> Jason, we'd like to get some screenshots of your disk configuration (as
>> seen
>> from Disk Management). Can you email the screenshots to me? My email
>> address
>> works minus "online." Thanks!
>>
>> --
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>>
>> Want to learn more about Windows Server file and storage technologies?
>> Visit
>> our team blog at http://blogs.technet.com/filecab/default.aspx.
>> "Jason Cox" <JCox@Microsoft-Tech.com> wrote in message
>> news:226CE056-BF57-4576-BB8A-814D55269473@microsoft.com...
>> > When trying to backup my system I receive error 'Your backup
>> > configuration
>> > is not valid. Review your backup settings. (0x81000029)'.
>> >
>> > Currently I'm trying to backup to an external HDD and I've accepted all
>> > the
>> > default settings except for the day/time which I changed Monday at 2:00
>> > AM.
>> > I've tried changing from the default values to see if the error is
>> > being
>> > thrown by one of the defaults with no luck.
>> >
>> > I also checked to make sure there was enough room on the destination
>> > disk
>> > and there is.
>> >
>> > My build is RTM Ultimate x64, I'm also attaching my logs from
>> > 'C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsBackup' as I noted in a post by another user
>> > that
>> > these logs were requested.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > -Jason Cox
>> >
>>
>>
>>

Thanks Jill. It works. The two errors 0x81000029 and 0x80070001 are related
to the same problem. I used the instructions from the following link to solve
the problem. Within 5 minutes everything became just perfect. The link is:
http://www.microsoft-tech.com/index.aspx?content=22
Happy Backup everybody

"Jill Zoeller [MSFT]" wrote:

> Yes, the problem occurs because your OEM partition is marked as Active (you
> can see this in Disk Management). I have requested a KB to walk customers
> through the process of changing the Active partition to a different
> partition.
>
> Can you tell me more about your computer--is it brand new? Who made it? Did
> you do a clean install or an upgrade?
>
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> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
> Want to learn more about Windows file and storage technologies? Visit our
> team blog at http://blogs.technet.com/filecab/default.aspx.
>
>
> "Jalil" <Jalil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7EBB0BAD-AA2E-49B7-9027-D9E958884BDA@microsoft.com...
> > Any news about the fix of this problem? I have the same problem. Please
> > help
> >
> > "Jill Zoeller [MSFT]" wrote:
> >
> >> Jason, we'd like to get some screenshots of your disk configuration (as
> >> seen
> >> from Disk Management). Can you email the screenshots to me? My email
> >> address
> >> works minus "online." Thanks!
> >>
> >> --
> >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> >> rights.
> >>
> >> Want to learn more about Windows Server file and storage technologies?
> >> Visit
> >> our team blog at http://blogs.technet.com/filecab/default.aspx.
> >> "Jason Cox" <JCox@Microsoft-Tech.com> wrote in message
> >> news:226CE056-BF57-4576-BB8A-814D55269473@microsoft.com...
> >> > When trying to backup my system I receive error 'Your backup
> >> > configuration
> >> > is not valid. Review your backup settings. (0x81000029)'.
> >> >
> >> > Currently I'm trying to backup to an external HDD and I've accepted all
> >> > the
> >> > default settings except for the day/time which I changed Monday at 2:00
> >> > AM.
> >> > I've tried changing from the default values to see if the error is
> >> > being
> >> > thrown by one of the defaults with no luck.
> >> >
> >> > I also checked to make sure there was enough room on the destination
> >> > disk
> >> > and there is.
> >> >
> >> > My build is RTM Ultimate x64, I'm also attaching my logs from
> >> > 'C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsBackup' as I noted in a post by another user
> >> > that
> >> > these logs were requested.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > -Jason Cox
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>