backing up quicken to cd-rw

[karen]

I am not able to back up Quicken directly to the CD-RW
drive. Intuit Support says that I need third party
software to allow me to write directly to the CD. What
software do I need?

 

[CS]

I am not able to back up Quicken directly to the CD-RW
drive. Intuit Support says that I need third party
software to allow me to write directly to the CD. What
software do I need?

Karen:

Any good CD Writer software should be able to do it:

Nero = www.ahead.de or www.nero.com

EasyCD = www.roxio.com

Intuit is probably referring to using packet writing. That is
formatting the CD first and use a drag and drop method to move your
backup files to the CD. The software built into XP does not support
that method. However, both programs that I mentioned above do.

Good luck.

 

[Blair]

Karen:

Any good CD Writer software should be able to do it:

Nero = www.ahead.de or www.nero.com

EasyCD = www.roxio.com

Intuit is probably referring to using packet writing. That is
formatting the CD first and use a drag and drop method to move your
backup files to the CD. The software built into XP does not support
that method. However, both programs that I mentioned above do.

Good luck.

I would strongly recommend Acronis True Image which allows you to backup all
your system. It is the best and easiest to use system
Blair

 

[Alex Nichol]

I am not able to back up Quicken directly to the CD-RW
drive. Intuit Support says that I need third party
software to allow me to write directly to the CD. What
software do I need?

XP inbuilt CD burning does not support using one as output medium from a
program. Either output to Hard drive, then back that file up to CD, or
use third party Packet Writing software:

Direct CD - aka Drag to Disk, part of the Easy CD Creator suite from
www.roxio.com

InCD with the Nero suite from www.nero.com

or if you do not want a complete suite I would go for
DLA from http://www.sonic.com/products/dla/features.asp ($29.99)

 

[Guest]

Karen,
I use to have trouble with Quicken writing to a Backup CD-RW disc in Windows
98, but with Windows XP home edition it works fine so far. I have no other
writing software than the Windows XP. I just click on Backup and then Browse
and select the CD-RW drive with the CD-RW in it and it overwrites the old
backed up file.
Keep trying. You have to use the CD-RW and not a CD-R disc.

 

[NobodyMan]

Karen,
I use to have trouble with Quicken writing to a Backup CD-RW disc in Windows
98, but with Windows XP home edition it works fine so far. I have no other
writing software than the Windows XP. I just click on Backup and then Browse
and select the CD-RW drive with the CD-RW in it and it overwrites the old
backed up file.
Keep trying. You have to use the CD-RW and not a CD-R disc.

If you are backing up directly to CD from Quicken, the whether you
realize it or not you have third-party packet-writing software on your
computer. XP can't do this without that other software.

You may not have put it there, but somebody did. This i guarantee!

 

[Guest]

Nobody
You aare probably correct. I did have some other software on my computer
writing to the CD-RW. I guess that is how the Quicken started working. I wish
I could figure out how Quicken and Photoshow are able to write but I cannot
use the Windowx xp write by "send to" or copy/paste anymore.
Joe