XP Backup Wizard destination greyed

[ms news server]

I have XP Home with backup enabled. After selecting items in the Backup
screen the Backup Destination file is greyed.
When I click Start Backup I get stopped with a warning like this

"The backup file name could not be used.
E\M042210.bkf
Please ensure it is a valid path and that you have sufficient access."

Please what should I do to get out of this?

David

 

[Jim]

I have XP Home with backup enabled. After selecting items in the Backup
screen the Backup Destination file is greyed.
When I click Start Backup I get stopped with a warning like this

"The backup file name could not be used.
E\M042210.bkf
Please ensure it is a valid path and that you have sufficient access."

Please what should I do to get out of this?

David

What kind of drive is E? If is is a CD or DVD, then your problem is that
backup cannot access these drives.
Jim

 

[ms news server]

The E drive is a CD writer, Teac CD-524E.
It does work correctly by using "save as E:"
David

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I have XP Home with backup enabled. After selecting items in the
Backup screen the Backup Destination file is greyed.
When I click Start Backup I get stopped with a warning like this

"The backup file name could not be used.
E\M042210.bkf
Please ensure it is a valid path and that you have sufficient access."

Please what should I do to get out of this?

Windows Backup Does Not Back Up to CD-R, CD-RW, or DVD-R Devices
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315255

 

[Peter Hutchison]

I have XP Home with backup enabled. After selecting items in the Backup
screen the Backup Destination file is greyed.
When I click Start Backup I get stopped with a warning like this

"The backup file name could not be used.
E\M042210.bkf
Please ensure it is a valid path and that you have sufficient access."

Please what should I do to get out of this?

David

What is E:? NTBackup cannot backup to CD or DVD direct, you have to
backup to your hard disk, then burn the backup file to CDR or DVD-R
seperately.

For a proper backup program try Retrospec from Dantz (www.dantz.com).

Peter Hutchison

 

[Guest]

You can use http://www.firestreamer.com/fsdvd/ to write directly to
DVD with ntbackup