boundnorth Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 I have a recurring problem with one of my files when I try to back it up. Everything works fine for a day or so and then, when I'm prompted to back up the file and click yes, I get a VW message "Internal Error - general failure encountered during disk I/O operation (failure on attempt to open file)". I end up going back into the most recent of my saved daily copies of the file, duplicate that saved file and begin using that as a new base file. This works fine for a day or so, and then the same backup problem starts again. Any suggestions? I'm way too far along on this project to start over with a brand new file. Quote Link to comment
Ray Libby Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 More info is needed. Please create a signature with your version of Vectorworks and computer specs including OS. Click on the My Stuff link, Edit Profile. Are you saving to a local drive? External drive? Network? Quote Link to comment
boundnorth Posted January 22, 2010 Author Share Posted January 22, 2010 I'm using VW 2008, Mac OS 10.4.11 and am backing up directly to the hard drive of the computer I'm working on. I later save a copy to an external hard drive. This is not a problem when I Save the file, just when VW wants to create a back up file. Quote Link to comment
Pat Stanford Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 How much free space do you have on the drive? What are the permissions on the folder you are saving to? When I have seen something like this before it was trying to backup to a non-existant location. Are you changing file or folder names? I use a single folder in my Documents folder to store all of my backups, have it set to keep the last 12 backups, backup every 5 minutes, and backup without asking. Quote Link to comment
boundnorth Posted January 22, 2010 Author Share Posted January 22, 2010 Thanks Pat. I've got plenty of free space. Tried re-directing the backups to a new, specific folder but got the same message. Would there be a problem if the file I'm using now is a copy of a file? Quote Link to comment
Pat Stanford Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 It could. If you need to revert to a backup, I recommend that you drag the backup file to a different location before you open it. Quote Link to comment
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