Hi when I try to run a backup script using wbadmin I get the error message that incremental backup is not allowed on this volume of windows? how do I solve this? thanks for your help the script that I am using is this one @echo off ::Demo-Backup.bat ::demonstration script using WBADMIN.EXE on a Windows Server 2008 R2 Server ::http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2010/04/01/Backup-Basics-in-Windows-Server-2008-R2.aspx?Page=1 ::Revised 9:58 AM 7/26/2010 set backupshare=F:\backup rem files and folders to include set include=c:\Scripts,C:\Users\paul-desktop set m=%date:~4,2% set d=%date:~7,2% set y=%date:~10,4% set h=%time:~0,2% set min=%time:~3,2% set sec=%time:~6,2% rem handle blanks in hour if /i %h:~0,1%$==$ set h=0%h:~1,1% rem defining a new folder like \\mycompany-dc01\backup\RESEARCHDC\12152009_132532 set newfolder=%backupshare%\%computername%\%m%%d%%y%_%h%%min%%sec% echo Creating %newfolder% mkdir %newfolder% rem run the backup echo Backing up %include% to %newfolder% wbadmin start backup -backuptarget:%newfolder% -include:%include% -quiet rem Clear variables set backupshare= set include= set m= set d= set y= set h= set min= set sec= set newfolder= ::EOF pause

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