Help! Problem with backing-up with Deja Vu

[bellbram]

Am using OS 10.2.8 and have recently installed Toast 6 and want to use Deja Vu to backup daily to an external Lacie hard drive. There are about 5000 files to be backed up (including photos).  Occasionally the process grinds to a halt and a message appears telling me I don't have authority to move a particular file. (Which is rubbish, since I am the one who has originated the file)  I have no option but to skip the offending file and continue with the backup.  

That works fine until the same message comes up again about 2/300 files further along.  The only way I can get the backup completed is to sit by the screen and bash the "Skip" button every time the message appears.  This is a bind I could do without.

So I had the bright idea of opening "My Account" in System Prefs and changing my password to a blank, but get a message saying password must be at least 4 letters and I can't find a way to get the System to let me operate sans password  

Any ideas anyone  

Even if you've no ideas, have a good Christmas

[mooregr]

I would boot from you OS X install disk 1. Put disk 1 in the cd drive and boot while holding the c key down until you see the spinniing cog. Once the machine has booted from the CD you will be in the install program. Go up to the menus and look for the reset password utility. Once it is running select the account that you want to change. Then enter the new password(in this case try erasing what is there and leaving them blank). Is you account an administrator account? Maybe there is a password difference if you are not admin. Or maybe it change with Panther... but then again i have set empty passwords in Panther and Jaguar. Is the error message indication that you can't write over the files on the external drive? Or is it indicating they you don't have rights to copy the files?  While you have the computer boted from the CD you may want to run Repair Permissions. when you are in the installation program choose"Disk Utility" from one of the menus. Once the disk utility is running choose the first aid option.  Highlight thhe disk icon on the left side of the window and choose "Repair Privledges". It might take quite a while and may seem like it is doing nothing but it will give you feedback when it is done. Another possibility would be that some of the filees you are copying are locked. You can unlock them by highlighting the file in the finder and choosing Get Info from the file menu. Now uncheck the locked check box.  I am not familiar with Deja Vu so this may not be much help. I was wondeing if anyone reading the remembers an adventure program for the Mac called Deja Vu?  I used to play it on my Mac+ , when I first saw this thread I wondered if someone was trying to copy the floppys it cam on.  Ha! Ha!
Thanks
Guy

[bellbram]

Guy.    Did just as you said and it worked!