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MS-Windows Troubleshooting

NTBackup gives error ‘Insufficient disk space ...’

Symptom:

NTBackup (when run with arguments to backup specified drives) appears to start (in that it rewinds the tape) but then generates the error message:

Insufficient disk space. Verify that you
have access to the Working Directory
and there is disk space available.

Cause:

By ‘Working Directory’ NTBackup is actually referring to the temporary directory. The problem is caused because NTBackup cannot access or create a file in the temporary directory.

Possible Remedies:

• Check that the environment variable ‘TEMP’ is pointing to a valid directory. Check both the drive letter and directory name. Correct it if it is pointing to an invalid drive and/or directory.
• Check that there is available free disks space on the drive holding the temporary directory. Make space if necessary.
• Check that the process running the backup has access rights on the temporary directory.

These notes have been tested with Windows NT4.