In message <483FE9C9.20802@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Michael Hunter <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I've been using sync discs to make a copy of the files on a network > drive to a (large) local drive on my PC. Until this week everything > worked well! However now I find the process aborts immediately. I've got > no options ticked - and do not use the scrap directory. > The log file says: > ----------- > SyncDiscs at 12:36PM 30 May 2008 > Primary Q:\ > Secondary F:\Music > copy:Q:\\??????? to F:\Music\??????? > ------------- > The error message box which appears says > ------------- > The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect. > (FindFirstFile) (123) (Q:\\???????\*.*) > ------------- > Any suggestions to solve this problem which has just cropped up. > Thanks > Michael-- > Michael Hunter > mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx It looks at though Q isn't mapped to a valid drive. In My Computer, can you see a drive Q? If so, can you open it? If not, you need to remap the drive. There are several ways, but the one which I would use is Start->Run->\\<name of server> This should open the server (network drive) and show you the shares which you can map. You now right-click on the share, select "Map Network Drive", make sure "reconnect at login" is ticked, and select Q as the drive letter. Another possibility is that the mapping has changed to something else. Open a command window (Start->Run and type cmd in the box) Type net share. This will show you what mappings are in existence. If the mapping for Q exists, but is wrong, you can now type net share q: /d to delete the mapping. Now you can remap the drive as above, or just by typing net use Q: \\<name of server>\<name of share> /persistent:y (The last bit makes sure the sdrive is mapped each time you log in.) (Just a thought - you aren't logging out and letting syncdiscs run as a scheduled task are you? - the drive mappings are removed when you log out. To run like that, you need to specify a UNC path instead of Q, e.g. \\server\share) -- Alan Adams, from Northamptonshire alan.adams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.nckc.org.uk/ To unsubscribe or subscribe goto: //www.freelists.org/list/davidpilling