Quicken 99 on Windows XP: problem: backup to networked NTFS drive fails

"Bob Walton" wrote

I'm not sure what the problem is, but doing a little searching turned up a couple of possibilities ... you can check them out, I don't have your setup.

Just clarifying your "not 'read only'" comment: you have given both read and write access to the backup folder?

Have you mapped the backup folder to a drive letter?

Also, it's possible you may need to share the root directory on the networked disk; Quicken may need to create a temporary file there for the backup.

Yes, that is correct. The "read only" box is unchecked for the I: drive, the I:\qbackup folder, and the individual files.

Yes, I:

Yes, that is done also. The boxes to permit network users to read and write both the share and folder are checked. Evidence that all is in order is that I can drag&drop copy the backup files into the I:\qbackup folder from another drive successfully

-- Windows Explorer can write them, but for some reason Quicken does not successfully see the drive.

I "solved" my backup problems by using Karen's Replicator (freeware at ).

In Quicken 2006, my backup is set to a weekly directory (I make a new one weekly), and I backup each time I quit Quicken. This directory is copied on a daily basis using Replicator to two different hard drives, one a second drive in my computer, they other a USB external drive on a different computer. Replicator is set to do that to a daily changing subdircetory (Replicator makes it automatically).

Of course that's not all I use Replicator for.

"Bob Walton"

Just to clarify; my last suggestion - quoted above - was for the