Can not get my backup program to create a verifiable ISO

Here is the report from the VEW. Hope it tells you something.

I left Memtest run all night so there isn't any problem with the RAM
George

Once again, all tests thus far indicate:

Things only fail when Windows is running. (meaning its either Windows, itself, and/or something else installed and running under Windows is bad)

Trying to unwind all your big and small issues you've reported found running under Windows is like trying to untangle a tangled ball of string. I think biting the bullet and doing a clean reinstall is your best option at this point.

A clean reinstall gives you a clean starting base to work from. So ...not only should your current products work but if you have problems again in the future, you'll know your underlying install is good (Plus you can now start running disk image backups on occasion. Have a system disk image backup if ever you need to fall back to a known and good running system again (so don't need to reinstall)

If you're (understandably) hesitant at the thought of reformatting your current drive and then must rely on current Macrium backup image (and i understand that feeling), you can also create a second backup approach to fall back on
> Remove the current hard drive and replace it with a new one
> Get a USB drive enclosure for the current drive. Then you can re-connect it as an external USB drive to any machine

Now
1) You not only have the disk image backup archive that passed validation but
2) You still have access to all the files/folders on your original HD

Notwithstanding all the above, I'll post a couple more thoughts (a bit later) after skimming your Event Log (but i'd call them "pot shots" at this point.) I'll let you ponder the reinstall for the moment and will post back again later.

I'm following up with a couple more points as promised tho i must also add i think what'll be your best (if not only) solution for what appear to all be Windows related problems is to do a clean reinstall. That said

1. Have you looked in the Application Event log to see if anything listed there from Macrium backup?

2. You can use msconfig to boot up Windows with all non-Microsoft services and startups (except for Macrium) disabled just in case some other product running in the background is interfering with and causing the backup validation failure (e.g. any 3rd party system tuning apps, etc.) (see here)

3. Finally, though the System event message i saw repeatedly

Code:

Type: Error Category: 0
Event: 46 Source: volmgr
Crash dump initialization failed!

indicates you probably just have your pagefile located on the non-boot drive?

It might also be worth a shot at resetting your pagefile and seeing if makes any difference manually selecting a large pagefile size and setting back to the default boot drive
> Set pagefile back to default boot drive AND
> Set the pagefile size to 1.5 to 2 times the size of your physical memory. (Set it to custome size where minimum = maximum = at least 1.5x your RAM size).

HI

I read the first page link. It mentions the Windows installer. I remember seeing that as "missing files" when I ran a sfc. 3 or 4 times in the same scan. I then went into services to see if it was running. I don't know if it's supposed to be or not, but it's set on manual. attachment 1

On the page file; I read that but am not clear on what you mean when you say it "appears to be on non-boot drive" again I'm adding an attachment. I don't see where it tells if it's on the default boot drive. When I click the check mark off in the automatically manage page file size for all drives, it shows the C drive as being the system being managed under that blue line. Right now I have the external drive disconnected.

I have the feeling from the noise I occasionally hear from the HD when I open my documents or my pictures (both large files) that the HD is on it's last leg. If that is the case and I have to buy a new HD then I'm going to buy Windows 7 and dump Vista all together.

In your earlier post you mention getting a "USB drive enclosure" and putting the old drive in it, not sure what that is either. Never seen one.