When attempting to run the ASR Backup Wizard in Windows XP Professional
an error message is returned: "The files for recovery diskette could not
be created. The operation was cancelled". In addition all attempts use
System Restore to go back to a prior point also fail. There is no error
code in the Event Log, just that NTbackup failed.

The ASR utility had worked fine for months then suddenly it has stopped
working. This has occurred on a friend's PC just now, but also happened
on my personal PC a year ago. I wasn't able to correct the problem until
one day my hard drive failed and I had to replace the drive and then
restored from an older ASR backup which was created prior to the start
of the problem. I never did find the cause. Now my friend's PC has
encountered the exact problem. I have done a lot of searching for
answers in the groups and at Microsoft's site but have found no
reference to this problem. Every single reference to this problem is
regarding the fact that this utility is not available in Windows XP Home
Edition. There is no reference to this problem with Windows XP
Professional. Microsoft's site did reference this problem with Server
2003, but not Win XP Pro. Has anyone experienced this problem with Win
XP Pro and found a solution? Thank you.

Mike