Norton Ghost 15 Error EBAB03F1 unexpected network error

I have successfully used a prior version of Ghost on an older system and have recently upgraded hardware and O/S to Windows 7 Home Premium. I am attempting to run Ghost 15 and have encountered an error almost immediately.  I am attempting to back up to an external HDD, network attached.  On first attempt I get the following error:

 

-Unable to write to file

-Error EBAB03F1: An unexpected network error occurred.

-Unable to set file size

-Error EBAB03F1: An unexpected network error occurred

 

(UMI:V-0-2001-31)

 

The HDD is attached, appears to be working properly. 

 

I am a long-time user of Norton product but I sure would like to take just one out of the box and use it first time without having to talk to support, which by the way, does a great job.  Anyone have an idea where to look before I spend an hour or 2 with on-line chat??

 

 

Regards,

Cray2