Failed to "save to disk" - WindowsError

anagel · 12-16-2014, 11:08 AM

Failed to save: Beautiful Lies by Gina Whitney to disk, with error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\save.py", line 173, in do_one_write
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\save.py", line 216, in write_book
File "os.py", line 157, in makedirs
WindowsError: [Error 5] Access is denied: u'F:\\'

And it doesn't matter if its one book or a highlighted section. I still get the windowserror. I've used Calibre for quite some time and thought I was pretty knowledgeable about it but I am stumped. I did lose all of my books a few months ago when my laptop crashed. Bought a new one, found as many of my books from saved external harddrives, etc. I thought everything was good. Did I maybe tweak some setting that is preventing me from saving to disk? Any help would be so appreciated.

JSWolf · 12-16-2014, 11:21 AM

The problem is that you do not have access to the root of drive F. That's not uncommon these days on Windows. Create a subdirectory on drive F to save to and that should work.

anagel · 12-16-2014, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

The problem is that you do not have access to the root of drive F. That's not uncommon these days on Windows. Create a subdirectory on drive F to save to and that should work.

So drive f is actually an external memory stick that I was trying to save books to. If I create a folder inside the stick, that should work?

JSWolf · 12-16-2014, 12:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anagel

So drive f is actually an external memory stick that I was trying to save books to. If I create a folder inside the stick, that should work?

Given that it's a memory stick, you should have access to the root. I've never had a problem with access to the root of a memory stick. But yes, try creating a directory and see if you can save to that. Also have a look at the permission of the root of your memory stick to see why you don't have access.

anagel · 12-16-2014, 12:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Given that it's a memory stick, you should have access to the root. I've never had a problem with access to the root of a memory stick. But yes, try creating a directory and see if you can save to that. Also have a look at the permission of the root of your memory stick to see why you don't have access.

Thanks so much for the tips. I will check into this when I get home from work. I reformatted the memory stick before I tried to save to disk (not sure if that created a problem). Hopefully it's a quick fix. I've never had this problem before but I haven't saved to disk since I replaced my old laptop with this new one and the new one is Windows 8....lol...

theducks · 12-16-2014, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anagel

Thanks so much for the tips. I will check into this when I get home from work. I reformatted the memory stick before I tried to save to disk (not sure if that created a problem). Hopefully it's a quick fix. I've never had this problem before but I haven't saved to disk since I replaced my old laptop with this new one and the new one is Windows 8....lol...

Was the format program still open?
What does checkdsk (f

say?

BetterRed · 12-16-2014, 02:32 PM

@anagel - What format is the stick - FAT, FAT32, or NTFS ?

If NTFS, did you format it on another machine ?

BR

anagel · 12-16-2014, 07:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

@anagel - What format is the stick - FAT, FAT32, or NTFS ?

If NTFS, did you format it on another machine ?

BR

no it was formatted on this laptop. I took the advice of JSWolf and created a new folder inside the mem stick drive and that works... although for the life of me I don't know why this is occuring. I used another memory stick and got the same error...

anagel · 12-16-2014, 07:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

@anagel - What format is the stick - FAT, FAT32, or NTFS ?

If NTFS, did you format it on another machine ?

BR

its a FAT32

BetterRed · 12-16-2014, 09:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anagel

no it was formatted on this laptop. I took the advice of JSWolf and created a new folder inside the mem stick drive and that works... although for the life of me I don't know why this is occuring. I used another memory stick and got the same error...

I just tried it too - and got the same error - to the root of any drive, SATA2 or USB, formatted FAT32, or NTFS

IMO its a defect in calibre, because other programs can save direct to the root of any of my drives.

BR

kovidgoyal · 12-16-2014, 10:17 PM

https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...5f9d11ae960f06

PeterT · 12-16-2014, 10:17 PM

See https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...5f9d11ae960f06

LOL.. Beaten by the master

12-16-2014, 11:08 AM	#1
anagel Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Failed to "save to disk" - WindowsError Failed to save: Beautiful Lies by Gina Whitney to disk, with error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\save.py", line 173, in do_one_write File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\save.py", line 216, in write_book File "os.py", line 157, in makedirs WindowsError: [Error 5] Access is denied: u'F:\\' And it doesn't matter if its one book or a highlighted section. I still get the windowserror. I've used Calibre for quite some time and thought I was pretty knowledgeable about it but I am stumped. I did lose all of my books a few months ago when my laptop crashed. Bought a new one, found as many of my books from saved external harddrives, etc. I thought everything was good. Did I maybe tweak some setting that is preventing me from saving to disk? Any help would be so appreciated.

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JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,403 Karma: 145491800 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	The problem is that you do not have access to the root of drive F. That's not uncommon these days on Windows. Create a subdirectory on drive F to save to and that should work.

12-16-2014, 02:32 PM	#7
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,660 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@anagel - What format is the stick - FAT, FAT32, or NTFS ? If NTFS, did you format it on another machine ? BR

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