so far I have gotten a few responses to this **** issue I am having. so far
they are all work arounds. not with any solutions or what this error code
actually means. so, can someone please figure it out for me.

if i can't get vista complete PC backup to work, i will just use Acronis
True Image to do a image of my pc. My OEM supplied it with my computer when
i purchased it. of course then, my pc also came with Windows XP. then I also
got a free upgrade to vista.

and the odd thing is that I still have DOS utilities that I use to do image
backups of my computers hard drive. its just to bad that they do not work
with windows vista.

"Ed Y" <edyoung39********.com> wrote in message
news:Oqff7zU%23IHA.1016@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> I'd also suggest Shadow Protect Desktop. I got fed up with True Image
> problems in verifying images.
>
> http://www.storagecraft.com/products...rotectDesktop/
>
> Ed
>
> "Mick Murphy" <MickMurphy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:CFD70E21-C44B-46A8-9FE7-1CEB752090F4@microsoft.com...
>> Why don't you just have a look at Acronis True Image?
>>
>> http://www.acronis.com/
>> --
>> Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia
>>
>>
>> "Steven Wabik" wrote:
>>
>>> I have a few questions about vista complete PC backup. one is about how
>>> to
>>> fix an issue with it and the other question is about how it works.
>>>
>>>
>>> Question #1:
>>> -------------
>>> well, recently I have been having an issue with vista complete PC
>>> backup. it
>>> did a complete PC backup once. then I installed a bunch of applications,
>>> installed a few hardware devices to the computer, and synced a Bluetooth
>>> device or two to my computer.
>>>
>>> after making all of these changes to my computer I want to make a new a
>>> new
>>> complete PC backup but I get this issue when I try. the issue looks like
>>> this:
>>>
>>> -------------
>>> The backup application could not start due to an internal error:
>>>
>>> Server execution failed (0x080080005)
>>>
>>> Please check your system configuration and try again.
>>> -------------
>>>
>>> Does anyone know what this error message mean? and do you know how to
>>> fix
>>> the problem so that I will be able to use vista complete PC backup
>>> again?
>>>
>>>
>>> --------------
>>> --------------
>>>
>>>
>>> Question #2
>>> ------------
>>> for Vista complete PC backup, does it only backup the vista partition or
>>> will it backup other partitions for if I decide to do a dual boot or if
>>> I am
>>> using bit-licker drive encryption?
>>>
>>>
>>> From,
>>> Steven Wabik
>>>
>>>
>
>