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Hello!!
I have Windows XP,Home Edition,Service Pack 3....The backup program is
designed for saving to floppys only..Who in the world would spend all that
time saving files in that manner...Did MS forget to include saving to CD-Rs
including using CD-Rs in progression as it becomes full?..

Itunes allows me to use however man CD-Rs it takes me need to complete
saving all the music and video...Thank you,Nick Meale
 
In NICK MEALE typed on Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:25:04 -0400:
Hello!!
I have Windows XP,Home Edition,Service Pack 3....The backup program is
designed for saving to floppys only..Who in the world would spend all
that time saving files in that manner...Did MS forget to include
saving to CD-Rs including using CD-Rs in progression as it becomes
full?..
Itunes allows me to use however man CD-Rs it takes me need to complete
saving all the music and video...Thank you,Nick Meale
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Hi Nick! Well I can use the Home backup and save to hard drives. But I
personally don't trust it. As I seriously doubt that it will help when
you need to replace your hard drive.

Why not use something that actually works? Better yet, for free! I am
not totally sold on Paragon's free backup program. But it works far
better than Microsoft's. It is hard to find on their website, but I
believe here is the link if you are interested. I used it before and
moved on to the commercial versions. But I don't need anything more than
the free version to be honest with you.

http://www.paragon-software.com/home/db-express/download.html
 
NICK MEALE said:
Hello!!
I have Windows XP,Home Edition,Service Pack 3....The backup program is
designed for saving to floppys only..
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WTF are you raving about?
 
NICK said:
Hello!!
I have Windows XP,Home Edition,Service Pack 3....The backup program is
designed for saving to floppys only..Who in the world would spend all
that time saving files in that manner...Did MS forget to include
saving to CD-Rs including using CD-Rs in progression as it becomes
full?..
Itunes allows me to use however man CD-Rs it takes me need to complete
saving all the music and video...Thank you,Nick Meale
Click to expand...

You are confused!

See this page:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457113.aspx

<quote>
Windows XP Professional can back up files to a variety of storage
devices. Data can be backed up to tape drives, disk volumes, removable
disks, and network shares, or to a library of discs or tapes in a media
pool controlled by a robotic changer. If you do not have a separate
storage device, back up to a local hard disk or to floppy disks.
</quote>

So, you may use ntbackup to copy your files (even iTunes files!) to an
external hard drive if you wish.

Note that XP Home users can do the above, too. The difference is that
ntbackup is already a part of a fresh install of XP Pro. In cases where
XP Home is the OS, ntbackup needs to be installed after the fact.

However, users of XP Pro have an advantage over users of XP Home:
Automated System Recovery [which *does* involve the use of a floppy --
but only for saving "hard-disk configuration information (not user
data)]. ASR is mentioned in the article referenced above.

Here is another useful Web page:

http://www.geocities.com/kilian0072002/NTBackup.htm

Hope that helps to clear things up.

BTW, there are much better ways to back up your *entire system*.
Regularly imaging or cloning your hard drive is by far the best and
easiest way. But if your goal is to have a secondary way to back up
*just your data*, ntbackup should work just fine.
 
That was his point, Nick. :-) Ntbackup is *old* software. When Ntbackup
came out, *everyone* had floppy drives.
 
NICK MEALE said:
Hello!!
I have Windows XP,Home Edition,Service Pack 3....The backup program is
designed for saving to floppys only..Who in the world would spend all that
time saving files in that manner...Did MS forget to include saving to
CD-Rs including using CD-Rs in progression as it becomes full?..

Itunes allows me to use however man CD-Rs it takes me need to complete
saving all the music and video...Thank you,Nick Meale
Click to expand...
Ntbackup can only write to disk files, to floppies, and to magnetic tape.
Thus, you instruct ntbackup to write the backup file to a disk somewhere,
and you buy a floppy drive for use with a full backup. Ntbackup must write
some info to a floppy disk.

By the way, you restore the backup using the distribution CD and the floppy
drive.

The real solution at present is to ditch ntbackup in favor of Acronis True
Image. Yes, I know about Ghost, but as I have never used it, I cannot
suggest that someone do so.

Jim
 
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