Backup problem using Windows XP

[Guest]

For the first time, I'm trying to backup files using Windows XP.

As the system apparently won't let you backup to a DVD, I'm trying to backup
to an external hard-drive instead.

However, the 'Backup or Restore Wizard' is only identifying the D drive
(which is my DVD Re-writer.

Using the browse button to find my external drive is not working (despite
the fact that I can access data on the extarnal hard drive).

To make things worse, on the Wizard's drop-down menu highlighting which
drives it can identify, the D drive is identified as 'D:\'

When I click on the 'Next' button, an alert pops up telling me that I can't
place a backslash in the field identifying which drive I'm backing up to -
even though the Wizard is automatically including the backslash (which I
can't delete).

Any thoughts on what I need to do to backup successfully would be most
welcome.

Tim

 

[Richard G. Harper]

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this in a Windows XP newsgroup for better results.

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[Shenan Stanley]

For the first time, I'm trying to backup files using Windows XP.

As the system apparently won't let you backup to a DVD, I'm trying
to backup to an external hard-drive instead.

However, the 'Backup or Restore Wizard' is only identifying the D
drive (which is my DVD Re-writer.

Using the browse button to find my external drive is not working
(despite the fact that I can access data on the extarnal hard
drive).

To make things worse, on the Wizard's drop-down menu highlighting
which drives it can identify, the D drive is identified as 'D:\'

When I click on the 'Next' button, an alert pops up telling me that
I can't place a backslash in the field identifying which drive I'm
backing up to - even though the Wizard is automatically including
the backslash (which I can't delete).

Any thoughts on what I need to do to backup successfully would be
most welcome.

First - ask in a Windows XP Newsgroup...
You are currently in
"microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance"...

Reboot with the External Hard Disk Drive turned on and hooked up.
Follow the instructions/steps here:

How To Use Backup to Back Up Files and Folders on Your Computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308422

 

[Guest]

What does this have to do with Vista?