Backup woes continued...

[harveypooka]

Trying to backup my startup disc to try Boot Camp but surprise surprise Backup throws up an error:

Begin backup at 2006-04-05 19:05:20.883 +0100
Scanning files...
Acquired a destination for the backup.
An internal application error has occurred. The archive could not be created.
End backup at 2006-04-05 19:07:52.320 +0100

Any idea? It seems to be riddled with 'internal application error'? My backup drive is HFS Journaled.

 

[harveypooka]

Actually, thinking about it I've never had any luck with external drives in MacOSX. There's always error messages with files, crashes and hangs. That's on three separate machines - two PPC and one Intel. What gives?

 

[mad jew]

What format is the drive? Have you tried different enclosures and hard disks? Does Disk Utility think the drive is cool?