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Hi

I'm having problems using the XP Pro BackUp Utility.

I open this Wizard no problem, click next, then select I want to Back Up
Files And Settings, the click next.

I then select Everyone's Documents And settings, then click next.

The it asks me to choose a place to save my Back Up - the options given are
(A) Drive Floppy or Z:\ which is my CR-RW Drive.

So as I want to back up to CD I choose Z:\ and am then asked to name the
backup - I called it September, then clicked next.

I then get an error message saying -

'The backup file name could not be used'

'Z:\September.bkf'

'Please ensure it is a valid path and that you have sufficient access'.

What does this mean?

I am the Administrator on this machine therefore I do have sufficient
access. If 'September' is not a valid file name, what should I be using?

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

Simon

Si wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'm having problems using the XP Pro BackUp Utility.
>
> I open this Wizard no problem, click next, then select I want to Back
> Up Files And Settings, the click next.
>
> I then select Everyone's Documents And settings, then click next.
>
> The it asks me to choose a place to save my Back Up - the options
> given are (A) Drive Floppy or Z:\ which is my CR-RW Drive.
>
> So as I want to back up to CD I choose Z:\ and am then asked to name
> the backup - I called it September, then clicked next.
>
> I then get an error message saying -
>
> 'The backup file name could not be used'
>
> 'Z:\September.bkf'
>
> 'Please ensure it is a valid path and that you have sufficient
> access'.
>
> What does this mean?
>
> I am the Administrator on this machine therefore I do have sufficient
> access. If 'September' is not a valid file name, what should I be
> using?
>
> Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Simon

XP (NT) Backup won't backup directly to a CDRW drive. You need to make a
folder on the HDD to backup to and burn the CD from there afterwards.

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gordonATgbpcomputingDOTcoDOTuk
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Thanks for that - it works a treat now!


"Gordon Burgess-Parker" <> wrote in message
news:cHZ9b.6946$...
> Si wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I'm having problems using the XP Pro BackUp Utility.
> >
> > I open this Wizard no problem, click next, then select I want to Back
> > Up Files And Settings, the click next.
> >
> > I then select Everyone's Documents And settings, then click next.
> >
> > The it asks me to choose a place to save my Back Up - the options
> > given are (A) Drive Floppy or Z:\ which is my CR-RW Drive.
> >
> > So as I want to back up to CD I choose Z:\ and am then asked to name
> > the backup - I called it September, then clicked next.
> >
> > I then get an error message saying -
> >
> > 'The backup file name could not be used'
> >
> > 'Z:\September.bkf'
> >
> > 'Please ensure it is a valid path and that you have sufficient
> > access'.
> >
> > What does this mean?
> >
> > I am the Administrator on this machine therefore I do have sufficient
> > access. If 'September' is not a valid file name, what should I be
> > using?
> >
> > Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Simon
>
> XP (NT) Backup won't backup directly to a CDRW drive. You need to make a
> folder on the HDD to backup to and burn the CD from there afterwards.
>
> --
> Google is your Friend
> Email address deliberately false to avoid spam:
> gordonATgbpcomputingDOTcoDOTuk
> www.gbpcomputing.co.uk
>
>
>

Si wrote:
> Thanks for that - it works a treat now!
>
>
> "Gordon Burgess-Parker" <> wrote in message
> news:cHZ9b.6946$...
>> Si wrote:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I'm having problems using the XP Pro BackUp Utility.
>>>
>>> I open this Wizard no problem, click next, then select I want to
>>> Back Up Files And Settings, the click next.
>>>
>>> I then select Everyone's Documents And settings, then click next.
>>>
>>> The it asks me to choose a place to save my Back Up - the options
>>> given are (A) Drive Floppy or Z:\ which is my CR-RW Drive.
>>>
>>> So as I want to back up to CD I choose Z:\ and am then asked to name
>>> the backup - I called it September, then clicked next.
>>>
>>> I then get an error message saying -
>>>
>>> 'The backup file name could not be used'
>>>
>>> 'Z:\September.bkf'
>>>
>>> 'Please ensure it is a valid path and that you have sufficient
>>> access'.
>>>
>>> What does this mean?
>>>
>>> I am the Administrator on this machine therefore I do have
>>> sufficient access. If 'September' is not a valid file name, what
>>> should I be using?
>>>
>>> Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Simon
>>
>> XP (NT) Backup won't backup directly to a CDRW drive. You need to
>> make a folder on the HDD to backup to and burn the CD from there
>> afterwards.
>>
>> --
>> Google is your Friend
>> Email address deliberately false to avoid spam:
>> gordonATgbpcomputingDOTcoDOTuk
>> www.gbpcomputing.co.uk

You're welcome!

--
Google is your Friend
Email address deliberately false to avoid spam:
gordonATgbpcomputingDOTcoDOTuk
www.gbpcomputing.co.uk