I can pink the IP address from the command prompt.  Ping statistics and round trip info was fine.  

How would I run the...

I am on sp3.  I'll take a look.  Thanks

Have you tried this backup splitting with a very small database? YES, but to get this one small enough I would need to split it into almost 100 files.  These have...

I've already backup to a different shared drive.  I can't zip it .. I would need to break it up into almost 100 disk files for it to be...

I can see everything ... no access issues.  Just the original consistency issues.

Any idea what hardware diagnostic programs I can run on the Application or data servers/drives?

I ran with *.BAK and it worked fine.   The output didn't tell me much though.  Was I supposed to expect something significant?

Output:  Volume, Serian Number, Directory, NULL, Files, Size Files,...

Can I use *.BAk instead of *.* if other than backups are on the drive?

What does the command do?

There was no previous backup but is there a parameter I can...

My hardware people are saying it is a SQLServer problem. 

What hardware diagnostics might I be able to run?

The backup looked just like the restore but the other command.  The drive I backed up to is a network drive shared by many machines.  I'm backuping up on one...

Thanks.  I'll work on getting the stored procedure in place.  We do have a DB (Data Warehouse) so large that we can't keep more than one online.

Thanks to all that helped:

What threw me was the advice:

UNC:  \\servername\c$\Directory\filename  where "c" = server's drive letter

Solution:

1.  Took c$ out of path.

2.  We have a large DB so...

You are a wonderful bunch.

God Bless.  Both solutions work great!

In my job the 'Target Local Server' is checked.  Is that a problem?

I realize now that I dont' need to be a domain account but FYI:  We do not have Active Directory. Myaccount is a NT...

I'll try to backup again tonight but there is really no slow time.  I'm not allowed to take the server from the users either to make the backup.   

I don't know...