Stacy Brown provides common reasons for why you might get Operating System Error 3:
Sometimes the users of SQL Backup Master may face the following error while executing the database backup job:
Msg 3201, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Job Execution Error: Cannot open backup device ‘’ Operating System error 3 (The system cannot find the path specified.)Now, there can be the various possible reasons behind the occurrence of this error. Therefore, in the following sections, all possible reason with their respective solutions are discussed. A user can refer them to solve this SQL Server operating system error 3(the system cannot find the path specified.)
Click through for solutions to several potential causes of this error.