Trouble Backing up Files to Zip or Thumb. Error "Item .. already exists"

After years of trouble free backup, today when I tried to back up my files to a Zip and to a Thumb drive, every now and then I get the following error message " The item ___ cannot be written because an item with that name already exist. Do you want to stop/continue" Then no matter if I hit stop or continue, the backup just stops at that point. Any ideas?

Hello bneck,
First....welcome to the discussions area. When I get odd problems like this, I look for easy solutions first.
This is what I would do:
1. - Check to be sure that a file with at name is not already on the target disc (Zip or flash)
2. - I would rebuild the desktop file of the main computer.
(Look under the help menu, you hold down the apple and option keys <2 keys> at start-up.
3. - I would rebuild the desktop file of the disk you want to save to. To do this, hold down the apple and option keys when inserting zip or plugging in flash.. This will allow you to rebuild the desktop file of the target device.
4. - If these tips don't work another work around is to open the file you are having trouble with.....then do a save as and select the zip or flash.
I suspect that one of the above solutions will do the trick.........HTH.........mGb.........Jim

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