Windows Backup & Restore tool makes it easy to restore files from a backup file. It creates copies of your data files so that you can safely restore them if you accidentally deleted or edited the original file or if it got corrupted and simply failed to load.
You can also restore backups created on other computers. Thus, Windows Backup & Restore simply eliminates the need to use any third party backup solution.
However, just as it makes matters easy for you, once in a while it might fail to backup or restore your drives, files or folders followed by the 0x81000037 error. This error is regarded as a functional error.
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Problem Backing-up your Files
Do Not Select Default Backup Configs
While creating a new backup do not select the default configuration settings. When you’re prompted to let Windows choose the best options for you, select “Let me choose”, and then add custom folders/ drives. You may also want to specify a day and time to add new backups according to your specified schedule.
Delete Junctions/ Reparse Points
File Systems are of different types. NTFS and FAT32 are the most widely used ones on the Windows platform. Simply put, a Reparse Point or a Junction is a file system object found in NTFS file systems. Microsoft itself has reserved many identity specific tags to help with applications, files or directories for their own use. Other Non-Microsoft applications use Reparse Points as well.
Unfortunately, the existing reparse points — some kind of links that redirect to a folder — cannot be backed up.
We can delete them as follows:
- Open elevated Command Prompt. [Press Windows Key + X; choose Command Prompt (Run as administrator)].
- Execute the following command:
- DIR /AL /S
- Now you should see a bunch of text on the screen along with some paths referred to as Junctions. These are your Reparse Points.
- Select those paths using your cursor and then copy them to Clipboard.
- Open File Explorer. Paste the Reparse Points into the Address Bar on top and press ENTER.
- The specified directory will open up.
- Move that folder to Recycle Bin. Initiate the backup/ restore process once again.
Problem Restoring your Backups
The restore process sometimes aborts with an error stating that “A file cannot be restored.” You’ll be prompted to skip that file or all corresponding files encountering that error or abort the entire restoration process.
Simply create a new directory as pointed out in the error dialog. The folder name and path must match with the corresponding directory.
Check Drive for Errors
Are you trying to restore backups from an external drive? Perhaps your drive is corrupt or it disconnects too often that ultimately results in the failure of the restoration process. Check the health of your drive as follows:
- Open This PC.
- Right-click the drive containing your stored backups.
- Choose Properties.
- Open the Tools tab.
- Click the Check button | Scan Drive.