Fix the 'the drive is not a valid backup location' error in Windows 10,8
How can fix 'The drive is not a valid backup location' in Windows 10/8/7 ??? Create a directory on the USB drive: Except for a third-party backup tool, you can also try to troubleshoot 'The drive is not a valid backup location' problem by creating a directory on a USB drive. The only disadvantage is that it takes much more steps to manage the job. 1. Format the USB stick with NTFS. 2. Share the USB stick as a network drive. Create a directory on your USB drive. Right-click the directory and choose "Share with", "Specific people". Choose yourself from the list of users and click Share and Done. 3. Ensure the advanced share allow permissions are set to full control. 4. Start Windows Backup and select System Image. 5. Select the network drive as your backup location. 6. Browse to your own computer and select the USB share. 7. Enter your computer's login credentials, if your password is blank use 1 space and click OK. After all the above step