backup rescue disk

[Guest]

In trying to backup my files I get a message to insert a "floppy" disk to
make the recovery file..I don't have a floppy drive.How do I change this to a
CD? I have Office 2007
thanks

 

[smlunatick]

In trying to backup my files I get a message to insert a "floppy" disk to
make the recovery file..I don't have a floppy drive.How do I change this to a
CD? I have Office 2007
thanks

Office 2007 is NOT an opereating system. You should have Windows XP
if your are post here.

What backup software are you using? You could always add a USB based
floppy drive.

 

[Guest]

I do have XP PRO..Your post was very rude, did not answer my question &
certainly was not helpful at all.

 

[Patrick Keenan]

In trying to backup my files I get a message to insert a "floppy" disk to
make the recovery file..I don't have a floppy drive.How do I change this
to a
CD? I have Office 2007
thanks

If you're getting that request, you are using Windows backup (ntbackup) and
ASR (automatic system recovery), and it *requires* a floppy.

You can not change this. You can not redirect it to CD.

And you're using XP Pro, as ASR is not available on XP Home.

You have three choices:

1) get a floppy, even a USB floppy drive. These are inexpensive. Keep in
mind that floppies don't last forever, and do take care with the floppy as
it is essential for recovery.

2) Don't use ASR, back up only your data, not everything.

3) use a backup program that doesn't require a floppy disk and that can
write to CD/DVD.

If you're using ASR to "back up your files", you may be simply using it
incorrectly. ASR makes a backup of the entire system, and when it
restores, it starts with wiping the disk. ntbackup apparently has other
modes that don't require the floppy or wipe the disk on restore.

If you were trying to make an image of the complete drive, consider
utilities like Acronis TrueImage Home, which will create DVD-sized backups,
that can be restored or have data selectively removed from them. It's
around US$50, but there is a 14-day free trial version. www.acronis.com

I've had great results with it. Newer versions also "know": where your
documents and email are, and will back those up specifically rather than the
whole drive.

No matter what you choose, be absolutely sure to verify your backups before
relying on them. It's never safe to assume that everything just worked.

Restore some files (which may be a problem if you've used ASR, as it may
start with a format - and if the backup had actually failed, you've lost it
all). With apps like Acronis, you can simply mount the image, and open the
files. At most, you need to Take Ownership if you get "access denied"
messages.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

HTH
-pk

 

[Guest]

backups systems have
much improved and
new methodologies
for preserving data have
been developed.

personally, the old fashion
method of backing data
and compressing into a
giant single file (back file) is
risky for a number of reasons.

these days media like cd's and
dvd's and gigabyte usb's/flash drives
are very cheap and have
large capacities to store data.

it is no longer a real need to
compress data anymore, especially
into one big old fashion backup file.

fortunately,windows provides a system
restore feature that can help
restore the system and
program files in the event the
o.s. needs to be restored but
excludes personal files.

there is also a method called
disk imaging which is a method
that would retore the entire
disk.

however, for your personal files,
documents, pics, etc, you
might simply consider making
straight copies of them to a
different location(s) and media.


you can manually copy and
paste files to usb or cd or dvd
and / or use the sync toy
by microsoft to help automate
the copying process:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/prophoto/synctoy.mspx

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[Jim]

I do have XP PRO..Your post was very rude, did not answer my question &
certainly was not helpful at all.

NTbackup is written to use a floppy. It will not use anything else. Most
people just buy a USB floppy drive;
ntbackup will happily use that device.
Jim

 

[DL]

They weren't being rude just pointing out, perhaps bluntly, that Office has
no baring on your backup, which we had to assume was the default win backup
utility.
NTBackup was written years ago when cd/dvd drivers were not invented, it is
designed to backup to floppy or hard disk only
You might find a third party backup utility much more versatile

 

[Guest]

Thanks everyone..you've been very helpful
Rosalie

 

[Edward W. Thompson]

Thanks everyone..you've been very helpful
Rosalie
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Rosalie

backups systems have
much improved and
new methodologies
for preserving data have
been developed.

personally, the old fashion
method of backing data
and compressing into a
giant single file (back file) is
risky for a number of reasons.

these days media like cd's and
dvd's and gigabyte usb's/flash drives
are very cheap and have
large capacities to store data.

it is no longer a real need to
compress data anymore, especially
into one big old fashion backup file.

fortunately,windows provides a system
restore feature that can help
restore the system and
program files in the event the
o.s. needs to be restored but
excludes personal files.

there is also a method called
disk imaging which is a method
that would retore the entire
disk.

however, for your personal files,
documents, pics, etc, you
might simply consider making
straight copies of them to a
different location(s) and media.


you can manually copy and
paste files to usb or cd or dvd
and / or use the sync toy
by microsoft to help automate
the copying process:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/prophoto/synctoy.mspx

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As others have said ntbackup has limitations. If you wish to use ntbackup
and write directly to a DVD then there is a program called Firestreamer
(Google for the URL) that integrates with ntbackup and allows ntbackup to
write directly to a DVD. I have not used the program but it may be worth
investigating.

 

[Guest]

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