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There can be a number of reasons for that:

- Windows Task Scheduler does not work properly. Check whether it is so or not by scheduling a simple task (call

Notepad through scheduling);

- You don’t have permission to write to the selected backup destination.

Glossary

Active Partition is a partition from which an x86-based computer starts up. The active partition must be a primary

partition on a basic disk. If you use Windows exclusively, the active partition can be the same as the system volume.

In the DOS partitioning scheme, only primary partitions can be active due to limitations of the standard bootstrap.

The term backup originates from the time when the best way to protect valuable information was to store it in form of

archives on external media. It’s become now a general notion to mean making duplications of data for protection

purposes.

Bootable Archive is created by adding a special bootable section when backing up the data to CD/DVDs. Thus you will

be able to restore the data from these archives without having to run the program, but by simply booting from these

CD/DVDs.

Cluster is the smallest amount of disk space that can be allocated to hold a file. All file systems used by Windows

organize hard disks based on clusters, which consist of one or more contiguous sectors. The smaller the cluster size, the

more efficiently a disk stores information. If no cluster size is specified during formatting, Windows picks defaults based

on the size of the volume. These defaults are selected to reduce the amount of space that is lost and the amount of

fragmentation on the volume. A cluster is also called an allocation unit.

Extended Partition is a partition type you create only on a basic MBR (Master Boot Record) disk. Extended partition is

used if you want to create more than four volumes on a disk, since it may contain multiple logical drives.

File System Metadata. The servicing structures of a file system, which contain information about allocating files and

directories, security information etc, are named the file system metadata. It is invisible for users and regular

applications because its accidental modification usually makes a partition unusable.

Hard Disk Geometry. Traditionally, the usable space of a hard disk is logically divided into cylinders, cylinders are

divided into tracks (or heads), and tracks are divided into sectors.

The triad of values {[Sectors-per-Track], [Tracks-per-Cylinder], [Amount-of-Cylinders]} is usually named the Hard Disk

Geometry or C/H/S geometry.

Tracks and cylinders are enumerated from "0", while sectors are enumerated from "1". These disk parameters play an

essential role in the DOS Partitioning scheme.

Modern hardware uses an advanced scheme for the linear addressing of sectors, which assumes that all on-disk sectors

are continuously enumerated from “0”. To allow backward compatibility with older standards, modern hard disks can

additionally emulate the C/H/S geometry.

Hidden Partition. The concept of a "hidden" partition was introduced in the IBM OS/2 Boot Manager. By default, an

operating system does not mount a hidden partition, thus preventing access to its contents.