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"Pop" <nobody@devnull.spamcop.net> kirjoitti viestissä
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> > This may help: "Windows Backup Does Not Back Up to CD-R, CD-RW, or
> > DVD-R Devices" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315255).
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> True, but that link's information is very badly worded, a trait of MS
> documentation that's not uncommon. Where it says:
> "RESOLUTION
> To resolve this issue, perform the backup to some other media type, for
> example, to a tape or to a hard disk. "
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> means: The "other" media type is the applications that came with your CD,
> DVD, whatever. I think it's the "packet" feature that's required, but I
> could be wrong on that. At any rate, any app/drivers that will let you
> access the CD/DVD drive as a drive letter will in fact let you write to it
> with MS backup, or, more specifically, ntbackup.exe.
>
Yes and no. (I haven't tried) It may be possible to backup to a "packet
formatted" CD-RW, but Windows inbuilt BackUp will NOT span disks, so be very
sure all data is going to fit on one disk.
> Personally, I favor WinZip for backups with one exception: Full Backups.
I
> use ntbackup.exe for each full backup only, and then I use Winzip to do
> further incrementals etc, because it makes it so much easier to restore a
> singly file, Favorites, email, whatever. I haven't yet had to use the
full
> backups for anything, but it's comforting to have them because eventually
> they WILL be needed!
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> HTH,
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