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You should try using a unformatted dvd.
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I should just put an unformatted dvd+rw disk in there?
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I should just put an unformatted dvd+rw disk in there?

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I have to say I don't know how NTbackup handles it's backups, but you should give it a try, I assume it can format the drive into the filesystem NTbackup wants it to be.
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I have to say I don't know how NTbackup handles it's backups, but you should give it a try, I assume it can format the drive into the filesystem NTbackup wants it to be.

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Good thought, but now if just gives &quot;e:\ unaccessable&quot; error.<br />
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any other help??<br />
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John<br />

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Good thought, but now if just gives "e:\ unaccessable" error.

any other help??

John


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Found my own answer: &nbsp;<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;262006" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;262006</a><br />
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Translated: it's microsofts stupid dumb a** mistake.<br />
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Found my own answer:  http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;262006 [http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;262006]

Translated: it's microsofts stupid dumb a** mistake.



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Too bad...<br />
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Yet, you can try making a backup to disk and then copying the backupfile to a DVD.
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Too bad...

Yet, you can try making a backup to disk and then copying the backupfile to a DVD.

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No problem, just save it as a PAQ, it might be valuable.
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No problem, just save it as a PAQ, it might be valuable.

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I've got a DVD/RW drive in my server. &nbsp;Nero is the installed software, plus InCD for UDF/packet writing.<br />
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The disk is formatted using InCD, and I can copy files to it using explorer.<br />
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I want to create NT backup jobs that will write to this disk, but every time I try it (logged in as ADMIN...) I get an error:<br />
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E: is not a valid drive, or you do not have access.<br />
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Any thoughts?
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I've got a DVD/RW drive in my server.  Nero is the installed software, plus InCD for UDF/packet writing.

The disk is formatted using InCD, and I can copy files to it using explorer.

I want to create NT backup jobs that will write to this disk, but every time I try it (logged in as ADMIN...) I get an error:

E: is not a valid drive, or you do not have access.

Any thoughts?

Error when using win2k server backup to write to DVD+RW disk

Windows 2000 is an operating system for use on both client and server computers. It is the successor to Windows NT 4.0, and is the last version of Microsoft Windows to display the "Windows NT" designation. Four editions of Windows 2000 were released (Professional, Server, Advanced Server, and Datacenter Server) that shared a core set of features, including many system utilities such as the Microsoft Management Console. All versions of the operating system support NTFS 3.0, Encrypting File System, as well as basic and dynamic disk storage. The Windows 2000 Server family includes support for Active Directory services, Distributed File System and fault-redundant storage volumes.