backing up???

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I'm trying to back up my computer but i get a window that says,

(THE BACK UP FILE NAME COULD NOT BE USED. "D:\backup.bkf" PLEASE ENSURE IT IS A VALID PATH, AND THAT YOU HAVE SUFFICIENTACCESS.)

I did back up only MY DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS.

I'm thinking it's because I have too much to back up on a CD-R.

Please help me out and tell me if it's because of that above, or is there a different type of back up file name that I am supposed to use. Thanks
 
I have a different question but i will use the same title. Does windows xp provide you with a way to back up your ENTIRE hard drive. I want to partition my hard drive but i dont want to lose any information. Please help!!!
 
How are you backing up your documents and settings?
I didn't think the windows backup program supported
backing up directly to CD-R.

Jim M

Michael said:
I'm trying to back up my computer but i get a window that says,

(THE BACK UP FILE NAME COULD NOT BE USED. "D:\backup.bkf" PLEASE ENSURE IT
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IS A VALID PATH, AND THAT YOU HAVE SUFFICIENTACCESS.)
I did back up only MY DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS.

I'm thinking it's because I have too much to back up on a CD-R.

Please help me out and tell me if it's because of that above, or is there
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a different type of back up file name that I am supposed to use. Thanks
 
Michael said:
I'm trying to back up my computer but i get a window that says,

(THE BACK UP FILE NAME COULD NOT BE USED. "D:\backup.bkf" PLEASE ENSURE IT IS A VALID PATH, AND THAT YOU HAVE SUFFICIENTACCESS.)

I did back up only MY DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS.

I'm thinking it's because I have too much to back up on a CD-R.

Please help me out and tell me if it's because of that above, or is there a different type of back up file name that I am supposed to use. Thanks
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To use NTbackup with CD-R you must have a third party CD burning program
installed, and it will not span multiple CD's. You are stuck with what
will go on one CD. One option is to save the backup file to a hard
drive then use third party CD burning software like Nero or Roxio to
burn the file to CD's. This type of burning software can span multiiple
CDs. The NTbackup program was intended for tape backups and was not
updated from NT.
 
there a different type of back up file name that I am supposed to use.
Thanks
To use NTbackup with CD-R you must have a third party CD burning program
installed, and it will not span multiple CD's. You are stuck with what
will go on one CD. One option is to save the backup file to a hard
drive then use third party CD burning software like Nero or Roxio to
burn the file to CD's. This type of burning software can span multiiple
CDs. The NTbackup program was intended for tape backups and was not
updated from NT.
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I agree that all the information available states that you cannot backup
directly to a CD-R disk
But I was informed via news group that XP has built in "packet writing" and
that if you format your CD-R disk you can burn directly to the CD-R.
I have used it to backup my own data only and also carried out a
differential backup as well. It does work! My data is approx. 360 MB so I
will be able to backup a large number of differential backups on the one
CD-R
A lot of the experts said it wouldn't.
Regards
Blair
 
there a different type of back up file name that I am supposed to use.
Thanks
I agree that all the information available states that you cannot backup
directly to a CD-R disk
But I was informed via news group that XP has built in "packet writing" and
that if you format your CD-R disk you can burn directly to the CD-R.
I have used it to backup my own data only and also carried out a
differential backup as well. It does work! My data is approx. 360 MB so I
will be able to backup a large number of differential backups on the one
CD-R
A lot of the experts said it wouldn't.
Regards
Blair
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You were informed wrongly. XP has zero - nada, nil, the big empty -
packet writing ability. To get that you MUST install a third party
application. You can't "format" a CDR(W) using XP's native tools
either.

If you did format your CD, and managed to use NTBackup to write to it,
then I assure you that you used a third party app to do said
formatting and writing. XP can't and won't do this. Maybe you didn't
install the third party program, but somebody did!
 
NobodyMan said:
You were informed wrongly. XP has zero - nada, nil, the big empty -
packet writing ability. To get that you MUST install a third party
application. You can't "format" a CDR(W) using XP's native tools
either.

If you did format your CD, and managed to use NTBackup to write to it,
then I assure you that you used a third party app to do said
formatting and writing. XP can't and won't do this. Maybe you didn't
install the third party program, but somebody did!
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I refer you to this article on packet writing

http://pages.prodigy.net/jdjd/cdr/packet.htm

This is an extract:

Does Windows XP have its own version of packet writing software?

Yes. Actually, it has a form of packet writing that lets you record
directly from Windows Explorer or My Computer to your CD-R or CD-RW disk.
All you have to do is copy or move data to a CD normally, as though it were
a floppy disk. You'll see a "balloon" in the lower right corner of your
screen:

Regards

Blair
 
Blair said:
I refer you to this article on packet writing

http://pages.prodigy.net/jdjd/cdr/packet.htm

This is an extract:

Does Windows XP have its own version of packet writing software?

Yes. Actually, it has a form of packet writing that lets you record
directly from Windows Explorer or My Computer to your CD-R or CD-RW disk.
All you have to do is copy or move data to a CD normally, as though it were
a floppy disk. You'll see a "balloon" in the lower right corner of your
screen:

Regards

Blair
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XP does have built in CD writing but it's not the same as incd or
other packet righting software. For example with the XP software
if you safe a file in note pad to CD you see the icon in the system
tray appear but the file hasn't been written to the CD yet.
If you click on the icon for the cd it will list the file but the
descrription will say 'files ready to be written to CD' You have
to then tell XP to actually write them. If you removed the CD
before doing that it wouldn't have the files on it. And with the XP
software you don't need to format the CD. With incd or other packet
writing software you need to format the CD and if you save a file
in notepad or other program it is saved directly to the CD.
I just tried to save a file in note pad and it did what I said above.
But I also tried using backup and the file and settings tranfer
wizard and both reported file not found or drive corupted.
So the XP software doesn't work with every program and does
not support using a CD like a floppy disk.

Jim M
 
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