I had set up the built-in Windows 7 backup utility to run on my
mother-in-law's Windows 10 PC to back up the computer's internal hard
disk drive (HDD) to an external USB drive. She asked me to verify that the backup was
still functioning, so I checked the status of the backup process on her
Windows 10 (version 1709) system
using the wbadmin
command by opening a command prompt
window with administrator access to run the
wbadmin get versions command to obtain a list of all the
backups. I found that the last backup had occurred on December 31, 2017.
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.16299.309]
(c) 2017 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>wbadmin get versions
wbadmin 1.0 - Backup command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Backup time: 7/10/2016 5:59 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled My Passport(K:)
Version identifier: 07/10/2016-21:59
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {fdb8cb92-604a-4e7e-9dcb-04b9bb948b67}
Backup time: 7/17/2016 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled My Passport(K:)
Version identifier: 07/17/2016-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {76dc6b17-ef40-418f-b13a-a332f3f18c66}
Backup time: 7/24/2016 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled My Passport(K:)
Version identifier: 07/24/2016-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {f394de8f-b3e2-4cc0-a2ee-ffb12448f1c6}
Backup time: 7/31/2016 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled My Passport(K:)
Version identifier: 07/31/2016-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {275475f1-22d9-455d-893b-f327b8069f99}
Backup time: 8/7/2016 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled My Passport(K:)
Version identifier: 08/07/2016-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {58902ac7-c0aa-4384-9abf-b96e89fe1954}
Backup time: 8/14/2016 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled My Passport(K:)
Version identifier: 08/14/2016-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {7600fdeb-9722-4f0d-9647-6a5a22613a40}
Backup time: 8/21/2016 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled My Passport(K:)
Version identifier: 08/21/2016-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {05e8eefe-486f-4286-bf7a-57ca7ba192e6}
Backup time: 8/28/2016 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled My Passport(K:)
Version identifier: 08/28/2016-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {cc0c16df-4eb2-43ca-bb40-4d02928e7617}
Backup time: 9/4/2016 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled My Passport(K:)
Version identifier: 09/04/2016-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {98c0f7a3-ca59-4c78-b4c3-5ff716a60bf2}
Backup time: 9/11/2016 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled My Passport(K:)
Version identifier: 09/11/2016-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {b066d090-fd1f-44e2-9899-b5defe860e65}
Backup time: 9/18/2016 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled My Passport(K:)
Version identifier: 09/18/2016-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {88b6a6aa-dce0-439b-96b8-98e1038411cd}
Backup time: 12/11/2016 8:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 12/12/2016-00:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {7e861da4-7f10-4af9-9065-387bf7f63151}
Backup time: 12/18/2016 8:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 12/19/2016-00:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {927d781f-8e4c-4220-adfd-969da3dacd51}
Backup time: 12/25/2016 8:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 12/26/2016-00:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {bed29f07-5f78-442e-aed8-4ab91e645ae9}
Backup time: 1/1/2017 8:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 01/02/2017-00:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {daa15591-b8fb-4d44-a585-b754b4954459}
Backup time: 1/8/2017 8:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 01/09/2017-00:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {85119bd9-1610-4cad-aff8-b78f0b85851f}
Backup time: 1/15/2017 8:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 01/16/2017-00:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {d25949ff-b1a8-49c6-a48e-8e1273a18a77}
Backup time: 1/22/2017 8:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 01/23/2017-00:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {6133e83c-02dc-43eb-a8b3-19a21898cdbc}
Backup time: 1/29/2017 8:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 01/30/2017-00:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {78e5272c-ab22-486e-bddb-80d7edc6a387}
Backup time: 2/5/2017 8:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 02/06/2017-00:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {64f0b5cd-8827-46b9-a572-2a0ba8dcc7bc}
Backup time: 2/12/2017 8:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 02/13/2017-00:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {d5e8399b-400b-421f-afd6-b9571c8f39d9}
Backup time: 2/19/2017 8:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 02/20/2017-00:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {08b37bdd-37a0-444c-a6f3-57da060f9a2a}
Backup time: 2/26/2017 8:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 02/27/2017-00:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {286cb23e-61b1-4000-8da8-388fee9311ed}
Backup time: 3/5/2017 8:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 03/06/2017-00:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {f9406032-8093-49f4-b059-4c32ce6a220d}
Backup time: 3/12/2017 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 03/12/2017-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {5efc9414-4d2e-4b03-80d0-ebd8735ac2e2}
Backup time: 3/19/2017 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 03/19/2017-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {70bbdfc4-3b68-4cf3-8f1f-ad5f1646d54f}
Backup time: 3/26/2017 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 03/26/2017-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {a42d580e-70a0-47a2-8dbd-5d500b9062b6}
Backup time: 4/2/2017 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 04/02/2017-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {1270b4d1-7cf7-4f49-8c09-761e755ccd97}
Backup time: 4/9/2017 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 04/09/2017-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {5c07ef1d-2373-48aa-8234-f45a82b33c5a}
Backup time: 4/16/2017 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 04/16/2017-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {ebdabdf4-bb7e-4372-a32e-8551e09990ab}
Backup time: 4/23/2017 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 04/23/2017-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {8d10e5ba-d3d8-4296-976b-cf472a4a4ee9}
Backup time: 4/30/2017 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 04/30/2017-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {1853873a-6505-42a8-9102-8b91f689c1db}
Backup time: 5/7/2017 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 05/07/2017-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {60c70305-7cdc-4fd2-9760-4bb3abd89fb6}
Backup time: 5/14/2017 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 05/14/2017-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {181f996b-7d7a-43fd-b3d2-5f58f02bd9b4}
Backup time: 5/21/2017 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 05/21/2017-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {d7ab46b8-f73f-4b4b-ac3a-cc82a85a72b5}
Backup time: 5/28/2017 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 05/28/2017-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {04a75c5a-54f3-44ff-8852-2b87ad6f965d}
Backup time: 6/4/2017 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 06/04/2017-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {e3cd59ae-81d2-464d-81e8-32f9f3b58131}
Backup time: 6/11/2017 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 06/11/2017-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {735e2cba-8860-447d-87ab-d187a9cf39f2}
Backup time: 6/18/2017 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 06/18/2017-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {53fedf05-c622-48ff-bcaa-77f10f110005}
Backup time: 6/25/2017 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 06/25/2017-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {f26c79a2-f964-48a1-98aa-974c352e10be}
Backup time: 7/2/2017 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 07/02/2017-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {de7a2346-af8f-4274-9828-b3346d61f586}
Backup time: 7/9/2017 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 07/09/2017-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {6123e338-e291-429f-a13d-6fab660fcb7e}
Backup time: 7/16/2017 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 07/16/2017-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {e5b98e31-3cea-4c32-9463-54c210b31b8d}
Backup time: 7/23/2017 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 07/23/2017-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {9286f02e-2e9d-449c-b7da-d048d6195571}
Backup time: 7/30/2017 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 07/30/2017-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {2c2d2156-f692-4b98-a73c-e8c106d2271c}
Backup time: 8/6/2017 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 08/06/2017-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {0f668a43-1a1a-4e4f-9e14-e79a053af2aa}
Backup time: 8/13/2017 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 08/13/2017-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {2689e734-8f40-4a37-b253-5745f0bc677b}
Backup time: 8/20/2017 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 08/20/2017-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {5bbb2c29-c8cd-454f-ad55-a140317accb5}
Backup time: 8/27/2017 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 08/27/2017-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {8c95bc42-dabe-4635-adb0-4c2828bc9a2a}
Backup time: 9/3/2017 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 09/03/2017-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {a627cef5-e1cb-4ce6-a5c6-62783c8dfa9f}
Backup time: 9/10/2017 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 09/10/2017-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {2b44823a-e8ef-4a4f-bb0a-10e4813eeb27}
Backup time: 9/17/2017 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 09/17/2017-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {f9c22f54-1f48-48d9-8d43-a77342ab85c6}
Backup time: 9/24/2017 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 09/24/2017-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {703ec8e9-e46f-4442-a551-0ae39e8ee40f}
Backup time: 10/1/2017 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 10/01/2017-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {f8aa4a33-e2a8-43b2-afa0-c7cedd8f82b0}
Backup time: 10/8/2017 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 10/08/2017-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {8c8e0d07-e94c-4b4d-b073-5c2aab814c46}
Backup time: 10/15/2017 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 10/15/2017-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {0f2db552-ee2e-4403-a998-9a00a00e849f}
Backup time: 10/22/2017 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 10/22/2017-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {332e78d6-554c-4191-aa6e-5fe13399b538}
Backup time: 10/29/2017 7:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 10/29/2017-23:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {c62caee1-6a9c-4fae-a0c5-a1baf09572d3}
Backup time: 11/5/2017 8:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 11/06/2017-00:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {23456461-7e1f-46b9-9faa-d2cf9ee58c85}
Backup time: 11/12/2017 8:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 11/13/2017-00:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {4b610c0d-68aa-4317-84d4-b4103c261c03}
Backup time: 11/19/2017 8:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 11/20/2017-00:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {2b26a327-d524-4ce6-99a1-b593b387cb76}
Backup time: 11/26/2017 8:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 11/27/2017-00:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {4bb0317d-6261-4683-a792-69cc519c402e}
Backup time: 12/3/2017 8:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 12/04/2017-00:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {f76c7a32-e009-4929-9373-942635eb8c78}
Backup time: 12/10/2017 8:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 12/11/2017-00:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {3064bb63-1ea2-44f7-8934-7b31101d9748}
Backup time: 12/17/2017 8:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 12/18/2017-00:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {6d3f06fb-1754-45ed-8a30-94bdedef8423}
Backup time: 12/24/2017 8:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 12/25/2017-00:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {3b87b274-008f-4769-9ac3-def3cd0f52de}
Backup time: 12/31/2017 8:00 PM
Backup target: 1394/USB Disk labeled Seagate Backup Plus Drive(K:)
Version identifier: 01/01/2018-00:00
Can recover: Volume(s), File(s), Application(s), Bare Metal Recovery, System State
Snapshot ID: {a63e39c3-8391-4eb3-8336-5d616b22947c}
C:\WINDOWS\system32>Since I thought the backups might have stopped on December 31 because the available storage space on the backup drive became depleted, I checked that drive.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>dir k:\windowsimagebackup
Volume in drive K is Seagate Backup Plus Drive
Volume Serial Number is 26BC-2BB5
Directory of k:\windowsimagebackup
10/24/2016 12:28 AM <DIR> .
10/24/2016 12:28 AM <DIR> ..
12/31/2017 08:34 PM <DIR> DESKTOP-MQ4KGUL
0 File(s) 0 bytes
3 Dir(s) 7,413,760 bytes free
C:\WINDOWS\system32>dir k:\windowsimagebackup\DESKTOP-MQ4KGUL
Volume in drive K is Seagate Backup Plus Drive
Volume Serial Number is 26BC-2BB5
Directory of k:\windowsimagebackup\DESKTOP-MQ4KGUL
12/31/2017 08:34 PM <DIR> .
12/31/2017 08:34 PM <DIR> ..
12/31/2017 08:53 PM <DIR> Backup 2018-01-01 000025
12/31/2017 08:53 PM <DIR> Catalog
12/31/2017 08:53 PM <DIR> Logs
10/24/2016 12:28 AM 16 MediaId
12/31/2017 08:53 PM <DIR> SPPMetadataCache
1 File(s) 16 bytes
6 Dir(s) 7,413,760 bytes free
C:\WINDOWS\system32>dir k:\windowsimagebackup\DESKTOP-MQ4KGUL\Catalog
Volume in drive K is Seagate Backup Plus Drive
Volume Serial Number is 26BC-2BB5
Directory of k:\windowsimagebackup\DESKTOP-MQ4KGUL\Catalog
12/31/2017 08:53 PM <DIR> .
12/31/2017 08:53 PM <DIR> ..
12/31/2017 08:53 PM 134,232 BackupGlobalCatalog
12/31/2017 08:53 PM 133,070 GlobalCatalog
2 File(s) 267,302 bytes
2 Dir(s) 7,413,760 bytes free
C:\WINDOWS\system32>Since there was only about 7 MB of space left on the 2 TB Seagate external USB drive I was using to store the backups, there was no room for new backups and there apparently hadn't been enough room to hold a new backup since December 31, 2017.
Since the backup drive was full, I needed to delete some old backups to make room for new ones. You can delete backups with the wbadmin command. The syntax for using a delete command is shown below.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>wbadmin /?
wbadmin 1.0 - Backup command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---- Commands Supported ----
ENABLE BACKUP -- Creates or modifies a daily backup schedule.
DISABLE BACKUP -- Disables the scheduled backups.
START BACKUP -- Runs a one-time backup.
STOP JOB -- Stops the currently running backup or recovery
operation.
GET VERSIONS -- Lists details of backups that can be recovered
from a specified location.
GET ITEMS -- Lists items contained in a backup.
GET STATUS -- Reports the status of the currently running
operation.
DELETE BACKUP -- Deletes one or more backups.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>wbadmin delete /?
wbadmin 1.0 - Backup command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---- Commands Supported ----
DELETE BACKUP -- Deletes one or more backups.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>wbadmin delete backup /?
wbadmin 1.0 - Backup command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
ERROR - Command syntax incorrect. Error: /?. See the command
syntax below.
Syntax: WBADMIN DELETE BACKUP
{-keepVersions:<No. of copies> | -version:<VersionIdentifier> | -deleteOldest}
[-backupTarget:<VolumeName>]
[-machine:<BackupMachineName>]
[-quiet]
Description: Deletes the backups that you specify. If the
specified volume contains backups other than backups of the local
server, those backups will not be deleted.
To use this command, you must be a member of the Backup Operators group
or Administrators group.
Parameters:
-keepVersions Specifies the number of the latest backups to
keep. The value must be a positive integer. The option value
-keepVersions:0 deletes all the backups.
-version Version identifier of the backup in MM/DD/YYYY-HH:MM format.
If you do not know the version identifier, at a command
prompt, type: WBADMIN GET VERSIONS. Versions that are
exclusively backups can be deleted using this
command. Use WBADMIN GET ITEMS to view the version type.
-deleteOldest Deletes the oldest backup.
-backupTarget Specifies the storage location for the backup that you want
to delete. The storage location for backups is a
drive letter, a mount point, or a GUID-based volume path. This
value only needs to be specified for locating backups that are
not of the local computer. Information about backups for the
local computer will be available in the backup catalog on the
local computer.
-machine Specifies the computer whose backup you want to
delete. Useful when multiple computers were backed up to
the same location. Should be used when -backupTarget is
specified.
-quiet Runs the command with no prompts to the user.
Remarks: One, and only one, of these parameters must be specified:
-keepVersions, -version, or -deleteOldest.
Examples:
WBADMIN DELETE BACKUP -version:03/31/2006-10:00
WBADMIN DELETE BACKUP -keepVersions:3
WBADMIN DELETE BACKUP -backupTarget:f: -deleteOldest
C:\WINDOWS\system32>By piping the output of the wbadmin get versions
command into the find command, which I had count the number of occurrences of
"Snapshot ID," I could see there were 67 backups on the drive.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>wbadmin get versions | find /C "Snapshot ID" 67 C:\WINDOWS\system32>
I deleted all but the last twelve backups. At first, I used
WBADMIN DELETE BACKUP -keepVersions:12, but since it appeared
I would be prompted to delete each of the older backups I wished to
eliminate, I used Ctrl-C to interrupt the delete operation and
then added the -quiet option to avoid being prompted for the
deletion of backups.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>WBADMIN DELETE BACKUP -keepVersions:12 wbadmin 1.0 - Backup command-line tool (C) Copyright 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Enumerating backups... Found 67 backups, 12 will be left after the delete operation. Do you want to delete the backups? [Y] Yes [N] No Y Deleting backup version 07/10/2016-21:59 (1 out of 55)... The operation to delete backup version 07/10/2016-21:59 failed with error: The specified media type is invalid. . Do you want to delete the entry of the backup in the catalog? (This option will not free space on the storage location.) [Y] Yes [N] No y Deleting backup version 07/17/2016-23:00 (2 out of 55)... The operation to delete backup version 07/17/2016-23:00 failed with error: The specified media type is invalid. . Do you want to delete the entry of the backup in the catalog? (This option will not free space on the storage location.) [Y] Yes [N] No Deleting backup version 07/24/2016-23:00 (3 out of 55)... ^C C:\WINDOWS\system32>WBADMIN DELETE BACKUP -keepVersions:12 -quiet wbadmin 1.0 - Backup command-line tool (C) Copyright 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Enumerating backups... Found 66 backups, 12 will be left after the delete operation. Deleting backup version 07/17/2016-23:00 (1 out of 54)... The operation to delete backup version 07/17/2016-23:00 failed with error: The specified media type is invalid. . Deleting backup version 07/24/2016-23:00 (2 out of 54)... The operation to delete backup version 07/24/2016-23:00 failed with error: The specified media type is invalid. . Deleting backup version 07/31/2016-23:00 (3 out of 54)... The operation to delete backup version 07/31/2016-23:00 failed with error: The specified media type is invalid. . Deleting backup version 08/07/2016-23:00 (4 out of 54)... The operation to delete backup version 08/07/2016-23:00 failed with error: The specified media type is invalid. . Deleting backup version 08/14/2016-23:00 (5 out of 54)... The operation to delete backup version 08/14/2016-23:00 failed with error: The specified media type is invalid. . Deleting backup version 08/21/2016-23:00 (6 out of 54)... The operation to delete backup version 08/21/2016-23:00 failed with error: The specified media type is invalid. . Deleting backup version 08/28/2016-23:00 (7 out of 54)... The operation to delete backup version 08/28/2016-23:00 failed with error: The specified media type is invalid. . Deleting backup version 09/04/2016-23:00 (8 out of 54)... The operation to delete backup version 09/04/2016-23:00 failed with error: The specified media type is invalid. . Deleting backup version 09/11/2016-23:00 (9 out of 54)... The operation to delete backup version 09/11/2016-23:00 failed with error: The specified media type is invalid. . Deleting backup version 09/18/2016-23:00 (10 out of 54)... The operation to delete backup version 09/18/2016-23:00 failed with error: The specified media type is invalid. . Deleting backup version 12/12/2016-00:00 (11 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 12/19/2016-00:00 (12 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 12/26/2016-00:00 (13 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 01/02/2017-00:00 (14 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 01/09/2017-00:00 (15 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 01/16/2017-00:00 (16 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 01/23/2017-00:00 (17 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 01/30/2017-00:00 (18 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 02/06/2017-00:00 (19 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 02/13/2017-00:00 (20 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 02/20/2017-00:00 (21 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 02/27/2017-00:00 (22 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 03/06/2017-00:00 (23 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 03/12/2017-23:00 (24 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 03/19/2017-23:00 (25 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 03/26/2017-23:00 (26 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 04/02/2017-23:00 (27 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 04/09/2017-23:00 (28 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 04/16/2017-23:00 (29 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 04/23/2017-23:00 (30 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 04/30/2017-23:00 (31 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 05/07/2017-23:00 (32 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 05/14/2017-23:00 (33 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 05/21/2017-23:00 (34 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 05/28/2017-23:00 (35 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 06/04/2017-23:00 (36 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 06/11/2017-23:00 (37 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 06/18/2017-23:00 (38 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 06/25/2017-23:00 (39 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 07/02/2017-23:00 (40 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 07/09/2017-23:00 (41 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 07/16/2017-23:00 (42 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 07/23/2017-23:00 (43 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 07/30/2017-23:00 (44 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 08/06/2017-23:00 (45 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 08/13/2017-23:00 (46 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 08/20/2017-23:00 (47 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 08/27/2017-23:00 (48 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 09/03/2017-23:00 (49 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 09/10/2017-23:00 (50 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 09/17/2017-23:00 (51 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 09/24/2017-23:00 (52 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 10/01/2017-23:00 (53 out of 54)... Deleting backup version 10/08/2017-23:00 (54 out of 54)... The operation to delete backups completed, 44 backups were deleted. C:\WINDOWS\system32>
After deleting all but twelve backups on the drive, I saw there was now about 384 GB of space left.
You can use the
Windows Task Scheduler command schtasks /query to display the
list of all scheduled tasks. When I checked on
when the next backup was scheduled to run by filtering the output of that
command with the find command by searching for "AutomaticBackup", I saw
it was for 7:00 PM tomorrow, March 25 (the backups were scheduled to run
every Sunday at 7:00 PM).
C:\WINDOWS\system32>schtasks /query | find "AutomaticBackup" AutomaticBackup 3/25/2018 7:00:00 PM Ready C:\WINDOWS\system32>
To configure a Windows 10 system to run or check on the Windows 7 style image backups, you can take the following steps:
You should then see the Backup and Restore window. In this case I can see the next scheduled backup time, the location of the backups, the last backup date and time as well as the total capacity and free space on the backup drive.
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