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BA5218: An error occurred while the media was being made bootable

Error code Product Applies to
BA5218 BackupAssist BackupAssist v9 and later

Description

A backup job to an external USB HDD media, which has the Bootable Media option enabled, encountered an error while making the media bootable.

Resolution

The More field of the backup report's Destination Check condition will show the specific error.

It is possible that the error will not reoccur and that the media can be made bootable by using RecoverAssist Builder, or by re-running the backup job.

Last updated Created Further assistance
29th Sep 2015 29th Sep 2015 BackupAssist Support page