SharePoint Backup Or Restore Timing Out. SharePoint Can’t find A .Bak File

Sometimes when backing up or restoring I would get an error that a .bak file could not be found or accessed.
This error could often be fixed by restarting the “Windows SharePoint Services Timer”. For some reason it can time out in backup jobs once in a while, and a restart of it can do wonders.

You can do it through services under “Administrative Tools” or run the following 2 lines in a command prompt:
net stop “Windows SharePoint Services Timer”
net start “Windows SharePoint Services Timer”

Next time you get the problem, try it out. It fixed a problem for me. Offcourse there can be loads of other problems, but this one was my fix.

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