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More info?)
>-----Original Message-----
>John Thomas Smith wrote:
>> On Mon, 12 Jul 2004, Paul R
<195prosete@951earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>>Currently use Win98 but will be migrating to XP later
this week. I am
>>>aware that my CD-R/W discs formatted in 98 and used for
backing up files
>>>are not recognizable by XP. I use Adaptec and either
drag&drop or BackUp
>>
>>
>> Who said... did you test this yourself?
>>
>
>Yes, I found that simply taking my R/W from the Win98 pc
and inserting
>it into the disc drive of the WInXP would not recognize
the disc.
>
>> The Backup PROGRAM included with Win98 is not
compatible with the
>> Backup program in WinXp (Micro$oft has a bad habit of
breaking
>> stuff like that between versions) but a simple file
copy SHOULD
>> work just fine between computers... as long as you used
something
>> other than a built-in Windoze application to create the
CD
>>
>> I have CD-R disks going back to Win3.1 days which read
just fine on
>> my Win2000 computer at home and my WinXp computer at
work... but I
>> did not use the Micro$oft Backup program
>>
>>
>
>I've not used the MS back-up app that comes with 98
although this 3rd
>party app that I sometimes use, BackUp My PC, looks and
acts just like
>the app that comes with 98.
>
>Maybe the answer is in using CD-Rs and *not* CD-R/Ws for
the transfer. I
>use R/Ws for back ups, which I do either as a direct copy
of the file
>from my hdd to the R/W -- or -- via the BackUp My PC back-
up program,
>using a "file" back up rather than a "media" backup. I
just don't know
>if XP will restore from this program. I just don't have
acces to an XP
>pc right now to find out if it will read CD-Rs formatted
under Adaptec.
>
>Thanks for the info...
>.
Disregard the responses posted by the two groping
ignoramuses who have thus far only muddied the waters. It
seems like what you are saying is that the backup CDs were
packet-written, in which case it doesn't make any
difference what backup software was used (although that
might turn out to be another problem). You say you used
"Adaptec" which means, I assume, InCD. In order to read
the discs with any operating system (the fact that you're
moving to XP is irrelevant) you'll need to have InCD
installed.
That said, once you can read the discs, you'll still need
the backup software that wrote the files, which may or
may not be XP-compatible.