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I'm using WinXP Home, SP2 on a HP/Compaq notebook PC. As a registry
hacker/tweaker, I am used to system crashes and corresponding data backup and
restore functions. About a year ago I started using the FAST Wizard, assuming
that it could provide a fairly straightforward, OS-integrated backup solution.
Early on I realized that the Wizard would not "talk to" my DVD/CD combo
drive. Apparently the preloaded CD burning software on my PC was installed in
the form of trialware, meaning that I'd have to shell out an extra 70 $ just
to enable XP to burn straight to disc - something the CD software refers to
as "Direct-To-Disc".
In playing around with program configs, I managed to store backup data on my
recovery partition using the Wizard; then burn those files onto a CD-R disc.
Trouble was, since Windows had no direct method for burning this material as
a 'package' onto the CD sans a full-version CD burning program, I ended up
using the trialware's clunky backup tool to transfer data onto the disc.
Now I can extract a couple of the backed up archives, but the rest won't
respond to the Wizard's restore process. As an FYI, I have been using a
stripped-down version of Easy Media Creator Plus called Digital Media Plus,
both from Sonic (a.k.a. Roxio?). It looks like certain .DAT files were stored
in such a way that they reopen with no problems. Others won't budge, no
matter what folder shuffling or file renaming tricks I try to use.
Have I burned most of my data into oblivion? Is there a certain
folder/filename convention that I can mimic in order to 'unlock' the problem
archives? Or did I scramble up the data when I used the proprietary 3rd-party
backup program?
Any feedback will be immensely appreciated!
Thx,
jr
hacker/tweaker, I am used to system crashes and corresponding data backup and
restore functions. About a year ago I started using the FAST Wizard, assuming
that it could provide a fairly straightforward, OS-integrated backup solution.
Early on I realized that the Wizard would not "talk to" my DVD/CD combo
drive. Apparently the preloaded CD burning software on my PC was installed in
the form of trialware, meaning that I'd have to shell out an extra 70 $ just
to enable XP to burn straight to disc - something the CD software refers to
as "Direct-To-Disc".
In playing around with program configs, I managed to store backup data on my
recovery partition using the Wizard; then burn those files onto a CD-R disc.
Trouble was, since Windows had no direct method for burning this material as
a 'package' onto the CD sans a full-version CD burning program, I ended up
using the trialware's clunky backup tool to transfer data onto the disc.
Now I can extract a couple of the backed up archives, but the rest won't
respond to the Wizard's restore process. As an FYI, I have been using a
stripped-down version of Easy Media Creator Plus called Digital Media Plus,
both from Sonic (a.k.a. Roxio?). It looks like certain .DAT files were stored
in such a way that they reopen with no problems. Others won't budge, no
matter what folder shuffling or file renaming tricks I try to use.
Have I burned most of my data into oblivion? Is there a certain
folder/filename convention that I can mimic in order to 'unlock' the problem
archives? Or did I scramble up the data when I used the proprietary 3rd-party
backup program?
Any feedback will be immensely appreciated!
Thx,
jr