Yeah I know - but the causes as to why the code does not work may shed some light on the problem

As I use msddarch infrequently, I am as much...

this may also give some insight

http://www.eggheadcafe.com/forumarchives/dataado/Jun2005/post23254169.asp

Your device in this case is the e: drive

Have you tried archiving it elsewhere beside the root, eg e:\archives\dbname.CAB

When archiving, maybe the job is not pointing to the correct device group