Backing up to CDs, when several are required for a backup

  • Thread starter Thread starter Dick Ashley
  • Start date Start date
D

Dick Ashley

I would like to back up the 'User' files on my Win XP sp1:
C:\Documents and Settings/User
and this currently totals 2 GB. I used to put outsized files on a set of
floppies, but the Roxie Easy CD Creator that I have seems not to allow
spreading files over a set of CDs. It also has a problem with files having
lengthy paths. Are there suggestions as to how to handle this?

RAK
 
Dick Ashley said:
I would like to back up the 'User' files on my Win XP sp1:
C:\Documents and Settings/User
and this currently totals 2 GB. I used to put outsized files on a set of
floppies, but the Roxie Easy CD Creator that I have seems not to allow
spreading files over a set of CDs. It also has a problem with files having
lengthy paths. Are there suggestions as to how to handle this?

RAK
Click to expand...

You could format your CD for DirectCD operation, then use this
command from the Command Prompt:

xcopy /s "c:\Documents and Settings\User\*.*" E:\

It will prompt you for a new CD (which you must format in
advance!).
 
You can also look at Backup MyPC. Roxio(Sonic) provides a bundled version
with versio 7/7.5, which will "span" CDs.
 
Back
Top