title: SQL Server 2012 Express backup database failure
body: <p>I am trying to backup a database I have created in SQL Server 2012 Express. I right click the database -> tasks -> backup and assume normal defaults.</p>
  
  <p>The error I get is then this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio
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  Backup failed for Server 'JAMIE-PC\SQLEXPRESS'.  (Microsoft.SqlServer.SmoExtended)
  
  For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&amp;ProdVer=11.0.2100.60+((SQL11_RTM).120210-1917+)&amp;EvtSrc=Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.ExceptionTemplates.FailedOperationExceptionText&amp;EvtID=Backup+Server&amp;LinkId=20476
  
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  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
  
  System.Data.SqlClient.SqlError: Cannot use the backup file 'C:\backup.bak' because it was originally formatted with sector size 4096 and is now on a device with sector size 512. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)
  
  For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&amp;ProdVer=11.0.2100.60+((SQL11_RTM).120210-1917+)&amp;LinkId=20476
  
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  BUTTONS:
  
  OK
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  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This does not mean an awful lot to me but looks potentially like a FAT32/NTFS style issue !? despite that seemingly distinctly detached from SQL Server 2012! The version I am running is 11.0.2100</p>