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Buy now & saveThank you for the response, @Anonymous.
I appreciate the steps you've tried in running the scheduled backup.
Let me route you to the right support that can help verify if you can do a scheduled backup to an external drive in QuickBooks Premier. Our Desktop Care Support can access your account in a secure environment to further check the issue. They have helpful tools that can further isolate your problem in running the backup and provide the necessary troubleshooting steps to get this resolved.
Here's how to get their contact information:
Keep me posted how it goes. You can always drop by again in the Community if you have other questions. Have a great weekend.