Windows Backup Utility

[Guest]

I am unable to find a way to do a backup using Windows Backup Utility on Windows 2000 to my CD burner drive

The option to “CHOOSE A PLACE TO SAVE A BACKUP†does not appear on Windows 2000 as it does on Windows XP

Would somebody tell me how to do this in Windows 2000?

 

[DL]

If I recollect you cannot use this to backup to a burner. You'd have to
backup to hd then burn frm hd to cdr
David

I am unable to find a way to do a backup using Windows Backup Utility on

Windows 2000 to my CD burner drive.

 

[Austin M. Horst]

Choose file as the backup destination.
Put the file on the hard drive.
Write the file to CD after the backup is complete.

Backup directly to CD would not be good choice.
You do not want an heavy program, such as backup, running
while trying to write to CD. You end up with buffer
underrun errors. Even the fastest CD-R cannot always keep
up. When burning audio CDs it is absolutely critical that
the data stream from the harddrive to the CD-writer is as
continuous as possible.
The CD writer has an internal memory buffer to compensate
for small gaps; but if your hard drive or your CPU is
interrupted for to long, the CD writer will run out of
data. Because the CD writer cannot wait, this will cause
gaps on the CD.


Austin M. Horst

 

[Joe Griffin [MSFT]]

Use NTBackup to backup to a file. Then burn it to the cd.
What you are trying to do doesn't work with Windows 2000.

Joe Griffin [MS]
Windows 2000 Server Setup Team