Acronis Backup for PC - User Guide - Manual (Page 66)

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For example, an Error event with Event source disk and Event ID 7 occurs when Windows
discovers a bad block on a disk, whereas an Error event with Event source disk and Event ID 15
occurs when a disk is not ready for access yet.
Examples
"Bad block" emergency backup
One or more bad blocks that have suddenly appeared on a hard disk usually indicate that the hard
disk drive will soon fail. Suppose that you want to create a backup plan that will back up hard disk
data as soon as such a situation occurs.
When Windows detects a bad block on a hard disk, it records an event with the event source disk
and the event number 7 into the System log; the type of this event is Error.
When creating the plan, type or select the following in the Schedule area:
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Log name: System
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Event source: disk
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Event type: Error
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Event ID: 7
Important: To ensure that such a task will complete despite the presence of bad blocks, you must make the task
ignore bad blocks. To do this, in Backup options, go to Error handling, and then select the Ignore bad sectors
check box.
Pre-update backup in Vista
Suppose that you want to create a backup plan that will automatically perform a backup of the
system—for example, by backing up the volume where Windows is installed—every time that
Windows is about to install updates.
Having downloaded one or more updates and scheduled their installation, the Microsoft Windows
Vista operating system records an event with the event source
Microsoft-Windows-WindowsUpdateClient and event number 18 into the System log; the type of
this event is Information.
When creating the plan, type or select the following in the Schedule area:
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Log name: System
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Event source: Microsoft-Windows-WindowsUpdateClient
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Event type: Information
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Event ID: 18
Tip: To set up a similar backup plan for machines running Microsoft Windows XP, replace the text in Event
source with Windows Update Agent and leave the remaining fields the same.
How to view events in Event Viewer
To open a log in Event Viewer
1. On the Desktop or in the Start menu, right-click My Computer, and then click Manage.
2. In the Computer Management console, expand System Tools, and then expand Event Viewer.
3. In Event Viewer, click the name of a log that you want to view—for example, Application.
Note: To be able to open the security log (Security), you must be a member of the Administrators group.