Reports -1124 (invalid NTFS data) on HFS+ volume during scanning

[gasser]

I don't know why I'm suddenly getting this error during scanning my main Maciontosh HD after years of working fine, but the bug I'd like to report is that this message makes no sense. I don't have an NTFS volume anywhere on my system. It's pure Mac.

[Lennart_T]

Repair the hard drive:

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1417

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1782

[gasser]

Sure, I did that, and it seemed to have fixed the problem. But the reason I'm reporting this as a bug is because the message is wrong. It should not be talking about NTFS.

[cbj4074]

I experienced what I believe to be the same problem. Here's a log excerpt:

 

+ Normal backup using Backup DeathStar at 10/2/12 (Activity Thread 3)

To Backup Set DeathStar...

- 10/2/12 6:00:01 PM: Copying Macintosh HD on DeathStar

Additional error information for Disk Backup Set member "1-DeathStar",

Can't write to file /Volumes/Backup Disk 1/Retrospect/DeathStar/1-DeathStar/ABd.rdb, error -1124 ( invalid NTFS data)

!Trouble writing: "1-DeathStar" (3899654144), error -102 ( trouble communicating)

!Trouble writing media:

"1-DeathStar"

error -102 ( trouble communicating)

 

Like the original poster, I'm of the opinion that the error message is incorrect. I don't have any NTFS volumes attached to this machine, nor is the client source disk NTFS. (All are Mac OS Extended Journaled [HFS+].)

 

Also, when this occurs, I receive the "Needs Media" prompt with the flashing tape catridge icon. While this may be a reasonable prompt given that Retrospect can't write to the target media, I'd love to have additional details as to why re-selecting the same media changes nothing. Retrospect should throw an error dialog when I attempt to re-select the same media and the same problem occurs.