backup to E drive failure

[jim]

I am unable to back up my computer to my E drive (cdr/rw).
I get a message that says "Backup file name could not be
used. E:\Backup.bkf. Please be sure it is a valid path,
and that you have sufficient access."

My user profile shows that I have administrator status.
And the E drive is accessible through Windows Explorer,
Roxio CD creator, etc. I can copy to and retrieve from the
drive.

The backup utility does allow me to backup to the A drive.
I only get the "admin./path message" when trying to use
the E drive.

Help please.

Thanks,
jim

 

[rickm]

I am unable to back up my computer to my E drive (cdr/rw).
I get a message that says "Backup file name could not be
used. E:\Backup.bkf. Please be sure it is a valid path,
and that you have sufficient access."

My user profile shows that I have administrator status.
And the E drive is accessible through Windows Explorer,
Roxio CD creator, etc. I can copy to and retrieve from the
drive.

The backup utility does allow me to backup to the A drive.
I only get the "admin./path message" when trying to use
the E drive.

But does your backup utility allow you to write to your CDRW? I don't
believe that the one included with XP will do so. NTI or BackupExec for the
home PC should be able to do so. (BackupExec for the home user has a
different name now, one that escapes me)

 

[Dr Zoidberg]

I am unable to back up my computer to my E drive (cdr/rw).
I get a message that says "Backup file name could not be
used. E:\Backup.bkf. Please be sure it is a valid path,
and that you have sufficient access."

My user profile shows that I have administrator status.
And the E drive is accessible through Windows Explorer,
Roxio CD creator, etc. I can copy to and retrieve from the
drive.

The backup utility does allow me to backup to the A drive.
I only get the "admin./path message" when trying to use
the E drive.

You can't backup direct to CD.
Backup to a file on your hard drive then burn that to CD

--
Alex

"I laugh in the face of danger"

"Then I hide until it goes away"

 

[PaulM]

Windows Backup Does Not Back Up to CD-R, CD-RW, or DVD-R Devices
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315255

 

[jim]

-----Original Message-----

But does your backup utility allow you to write to your CDRW? I don't
believe that the one included with XP will do so. NTI or BackupExec for the
home PC should be able to do so. (BackupExec for the home user has a
different name now, one that escapes me)

rick,
Thanks for the response. I forgot to say I am using XP-
pro. The backup will work to the A: drive. My E: drive,
the CDRW, draws the failure response. As far as the backup
utility allowing me to "write" to the CDRW, I'd have to
say no at this point as the wizard and advanced utility
appear to have no other option than "backup", there is
no "write" or "copy" option, though I'm sure backup is the
same thing. The utility gives you the option of browsing
for a media drive to backup (write or copy) to. Or if you
have media loaded, it seems to automatically fill in the
drive path. But when I go to the 'next' step, I get the
path/admin message. Backing up to a floppy would probably
take several hundred, maybe a thousand or so floppies. I
think the problem is just what the failure message says,
an admin or path problem somewhere in the OS. I just don't
know how to fix it. As I said before, my profile shows I
do have admin status and the cdrw does work through
explorer, roxio, etc. I don't have a problem copying files
and folders to the cdrw and do that anyway for backup
purposes. What I need backup utility for is to backup the
Computer State settings. Is there a way to back up
settings without using the backup utility? Finding all the
settings files sounds like it would be cumbersome. But
that seems to be my only workaround if I can't fix the
admin/path problem.

thanks again,
jim

 

[jim]

Thanks, Thanks, Thanks.

Paul, Rick, Dr. Zoidberg. I should have thought about
backing up to a C drive file and then copying. Duh. I've
even done that before. heehee. Some brain cells just need
to be re-triggered.

thanks.
jim

 

[Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)]

You need the Direct CD component of CD Creator installed to write to a file
on a CD-RW disk. The disk also has to be formatted prior to doing this.

 

[Woody]

Thanks for the response. I forgot to say I am using XP-
pro. The backup will work to the A: drive. My E: drive,
the CDRW, draws the failure response. As far as the backup
utility allowing me to "write" to the CDRW, I'd have to
say no at this point as the wizard and advanced utility
appear to have no other option than "backup", there is
no "write" or "copy" option, though I'm sure backup is the
same thin

The NTbackup in XP Pro is a tape oriented system and will *not* write to
CD nor span disks, All you could do is write to a set of files on Hard
disk and then burn them.

And the inbuilt burning is not a UDF packet writing CD-RW style system
and cannot be used as output medium from any program anyway (see
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.htm for more on this)

--
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K. (e-mail address removed)

What?? You certainly can backup using NTBackup directly to a cdr or cdrw
using Roxio's Direct CD or equivalent. NTBackup is not only a tape oriented
system. If you don't know then why offer erroneous info?MVP?

Woody

 

[Alex Nichol]

What?? You certainly can backup using NTBackup directly to a cdr or cdrw
using Roxio's Direct CD or equivalent. NTBackup is not only a tape oriented
system. If you don't know then why offer erroneous info?MVP?

If you are using Direct CD a program sees the disk as a hard disk
medium, and backs up to it in the same way as to HD.