I have a couple of questions...
You say that you put a blank DVD in the CD drive (E:).  Is it really 
a "CD drive", or is it a recordable DVD drive of some sort?
Also, do you have more than one CD/DVD drive in your system?

Tony Mayer





>I am trying to backup everything on my computer using the Backup 
>Wizard in XP.  I put in a new blank DVD in the CD drive (E:)   When 
>prompted I put in this location for the backup to go.  But then I 
>get this message:
>
>The backup file name could not be used.
>   "E:\Backup.bkf"
>Please ensure this is a valid path, and that you
>have sufficient access.
>
>I am the one and only user of this computer and always have been. It 
>is a Gateway and is less than a year old. It is AMD Turion64 with 
>1Ghz speed and 80 G hardrive of which only 10 G is used.  Can 
>someone guide me a way to use this wizard and avoid this message??
>Thanks
>
>Becky Buehrer
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