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Backing up to a network drive

Hi all,

I have a Zip drive on my local computer and would like it to be accessible from a 2nd computer on my small home LAN.

I mapped a specific backup folder on the Zip drive/disk to Z and see it on "My Computer" (on my machine).

However, I can't get the 2nd computer to be able to access it.

The 2nd computer shows the folder in "My Network Places", and the folder can be opened and files viewed.

But dragging a test file to the open folder results in the error message:

"Cannot copy DSC02362: Access is denied

Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not curently in use." (I've made sure).

Needless to say, trying to use the Quicken 2004 "Backup" command results in a similar error:

"Unable to write to drive \:" (After browsing and selecting the folder).

I haven't been able to find a solution on the web, so I'm hoping someone here can tell me what I'm doing wrong, or what step I've missed.

TIA,

Bill M.

Reply to
Wilhelm
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On Thu 10 Mar 2005 11:57:53a, Wilhelm wrote in news:Xns961585729F19EMcGlothlin@65.24.7.50:

You have to give both read & write access for the target folder.

Reply to
Mike L

Mike L wrote in news:Xns961590FBFA896ml@207.115.63.158:

Thanks Mike, that partially helped. I gave full access to the target folder. Now on the 2nd computer, I can drag a file into the folder, and it'll write.

However, inputting the path to this network folder in Quicken still results in an "Unable to write ..." error.

Why can I write to the folder, except in Quicken?

Bill M.

Reply to
Wilhelm

I can successfully backup to a network location only by using a mapped drive letter. I cannot write to a UNC path. Which are you using?

Also there are two areas of permission to check. The first is the permissions on the folder that is shared. I assume you checked that one already.

The other is the share permissions themselves. Share points have their own set of permission. You should see a Permissions button in the Share dialog box when sharing the folder. Make sure that the user on the remote machine has share permissions.

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Andrew DeFaria

I had the same problem backing up to a USB external drive. If you don't have write access to the root directory of the drive, Quicken will not backup to it. This can happen on XP if your user account does not have administrator access.

This is an incredibly stupid bug on Quicken's part, but there is a workaround. Use a subst drive.

I want to back up to V:\Quicken, so create a drive letter like this, subst s: v:\quicken

Not I tell Quicken to backup to S:\ and that works.

Doesn't any>Hi all,

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JamesA

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