title: "Windows Backup fails with 0x81000037? Check your filesystem"
date: 2023-08-17T17:58:49+02:00
---
-# The Problem
+## The Problem
Yesterday, in preparation for a "downgrade" to Windows 10 from 11, I was trying
to make a backup of my Windows files *(using the Windows 7 Backup and Restore
control panel)*. Not long after it actually started copying the files, it spat
and tried again. The backup again failed and I tried doing this a few more
times, but as nothing helped I eventually gave up.
-# The Solution
+## The Solution
Having been unable to fix Windows' backup utility, I decided to just copy the
files to the backup drive and copy them over back after the "downgrade". This is
when the actual solution to my problem becomes visible: Windows Explorer
(I don't expect to get around to writing such post anytime soon though.)
-# *"Why are you writing about this?"*
+## *"Why are you writing about this?"*
As you may know, Microsoft stuff is notorious for being not very well documented
and it's entirely possible *(even if very unlikely)* that someone else encounters
the same issue I have and is left helpless thanks to Windows' lack of a