I seem to be getting the above error msg quite frequently. It appears to occur quite frequently mainly on external usb drives or network nas drives. The drives work fine when I perform a manual copy. eg of error log that I received is attached below. Any idea on why I am getting this error message is appreciated.
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SqlBackupAndFtp 5.5.0.28925 (Professional)
SUMMARY:
Database Promo: Backup - Failure
Database PromoTM: Backup - Failure
Database Purewater: Backup - Failure
Database PurewaterDS: Backup - Failure
DETAILED LOG:
5/07/2011 4:30:00 AM Creating backup of Promo to c:\tmp
5/07/2011 4:31:02 AM Backup of Promo completed
5/07/2011 4:31:02 AM Zipping c:\tmp\Promo201107050430.bak to q:\Promo201107050430.zip
5/07/2011 4:40:21 AM ERROR: Zip failed: An attempt was made to create a root folder. If the root folder is a removable drive, make sure a disk is inserted.
Type: Xceed.FileSystem.DiskFolder
FullName: q:\
5/07/2011 4:40:21 AM Removing the backup: c:\tmp\Promo201107050430.bak
5/07/2011 4:40:21 AM Creating backup of PromoTM to c:\tmp
5/07/2011 4:40:23 AM Backup of PromoTM completed
5/07/2011 4:40:23 AM Zipping c:\tmp\PromoTM201107050440.bak to q:\PromoTM201107050440.zip
5/07/2011 4:40:36 AM ERROR: Zip failed: An attempt was made to create a root folder. If the root folder is a removable drive, make sure a disk is inserted.
Type: Xceed.FileSystem.DiskFolder
FullName: q:\
5/07/2011 4:40:36 AM Removing the backup: c:\tmp\PromoTM201107050440.bak
5/07/2011 4:40:36 AM Creating backup of Purewater to c:\tmp
5/07/2011 4:40:40 AM Backup of Purewater completed
5/07/2011 4:40:40 AM Zipping c:\tmp\Purewater201107050440.bak to q:\Purewater201107050440.zip
5/07/2011 4:41:25 AM ERROR: Zip failed: An attempt was made to create a root folder. If the root folder is a removable drive, make sure a disk is inserted.
Type: Xceed.FileSystem.DiskFolder
FullName: q:\
5/07/2011 4:41:25 AM Removing the backup: c:\tmp\Purewater201107050440.bak
5/07/2011 4:41:25 AM Creating backup of PurewaterDS to c:\tmp
5/07/2011 4:41:25 AM Backup of PurewaterDS completed
5/07/2011 4:41:25 AM Zipping c:\tmp\PurewaterDS201107050441.bak to q:\PurewaterDS201107050441.zip
5/07/2011 4:41:25 AM ERROR: Zip failed: An attempt was made to create a root folder. If the root folder is a removable drive, make sure a disk is inserted.
Type: Xceed.FileSystem.DiskFolder
FullName: q:\
5/07/2011 4:41:25 AM Removing the backup: c:\tmp\PurewaterDS201107050441.bak
5/07/2011 4:41:25 AM Cleaning q:\
5/07/2011 4:41:25 AM ERROR: Removing old local files failed: Could not find a part of the path 'q:\'.
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