Backup Facility

[Guest]

I have just downloaded ntbackup utility tried to save data on a CD recordable
and a CD rewritable and I choose location of drive ie D: and the backup file
name ie backup. Get error of backup file cannot be used 'please ensure it is
a valid path and i have sufficient access' as far as I am aware I do have the
sufficient access, so what do I need to do or am I doing something totally
wrong

 

[Gordon]

I have just downloaded ntbackup utility tried to save data on a CD
recordable
and a CD rewritable and I choose location of drive ie D: and the backup
file
name ie backup. Get error of backup file cannot be used 'please ensure it
is
a valid path and i have sufficient access' as far as I am aware I do have
the
sufficient access, so what do I need to do or am I doing something totally
wrong

You cannot backup directly to a CD using NTBackup unless it is a CDRW that
has been formatted for packet writing. The built-in Windows XP CD burning
function will not do this - you need a third-party applicaion such as Nero.
Backup to your HDD and burn to a CD afterwards....

 

[Gordon]

I have just downloaded ntbackup utility tried to save data on a CD
recordable
and a CD rewritable and I choose location of drive ie D: and the backup
file
name ie backup. Get error of backup file cannot be used 'please ensure it
is
a valid path and i have sufficient access' as far as I am aware I do have
the
sufficient access, so what do I need to do or am I doing something totally
wrong

You cannot backup directly to a CD using NTBackup unless it is a CDRW that
has been formatted for packet writing. The built-in Windows XP CD burning
function will not do this - you need a third-party applicaion such as Nero.
Backup to your HDD and burn to a CD afterwards....

 

[Guest]

Thank You

You cannot backup directly to a CD using NTBackup unless it is a CDRW that
has been formatted for packet writing. The built-in Windows XP CD burning
function will not do this - you need a third-party applicaion such as Nero.
Backup to your HDD and burn to a CD afterwards....

 

[Rock]

I have just downloaded ntbackup utility tried to save data on a CD
recordable
and a CD rewritable and I choose location of drive ie D: and the backup
file
name ie backup. Get error of backup file cannot be used 'please ensure it
is
a valid path and i have sufficient access' as far as I am aware I do have
the
sufficient access, so what do I need to do or am I doing something totally
wrong

In addition to Gordon's reply, even with 3rd party packet writing software
Ntbackup can only write to a single CD, it cannot span CDs. It also can't
write to any form of DVD. Ntbackup is an old legacy app ported from NT.
There are better backup solutions available.

 

[Uncle Jaque in Maine]

Well now; THAT explains why I've never been able to actually back anything up
with this dandy little MS utility!

Is it also known as "Windows Backup Utility", 1.20MB?

'Cause that's what I just REMOVED, Purged, and cleansed from my system.

Aahhh!... I feel a whole lot better already! {B^{D~

Might anyone suggests a "3rd Party" (Sort of like the Constitution Party,
come to think of it...) utility - preferably FREEware - that actually WORKS?

 

[bxb7668]

"Uncle Jaque in Maine" <[email protected]>
wrote in message

Well now; THAT explains why I've never been able to actually back
anything up
with this dandy little MS utility!

Is it also known as "Windows Backup Utility", 1.20MB?

'Cause that's what I just REMOVED, Purged, and cleansed from my
system.

Aahhh!... I feel a whole lot better already! {B^{D~

Might anyone suggests a "3rd Party" (Sort of like the Constitution
Party,
come to think of it...) utility - preferably FREEware - that
actually WORKS?

It's not free, but I really like Acronis TrueImage.
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/

Brian Bygland

 

[Big Al]

"Uncle Jaque in Maine" <[email protected]>
wrote in message

It's not free, but I really like Acronis TrueImage.
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/

Brian Bygland

http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.j...toid=d9fd4a3cdde5c010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD
This is a link to seagate's download center. Disk wizard looks to be a
copy of Trueimage. Give it a test drive. If you like it you might
want to buy Trueimage. This works, you might not have features, but
it works. I tried it once, but can't say if its limited. I bought
True Image 9 when I found it on clearance sale for 4$. Ver 11 is out
now. Trueimage does both files and Disk backup (images). The latter
is better if you don't know the diff.

I also like Stompsoft Backupmypc version 6. But this is strictly a
file backup, not image backup. Its an old copy I got maybe 5 years
ago, Old tried and true thing. But unfortunately I'm not much help
with the free side of this question.