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Sue Michele
I'm having a very bizarre problem. I'm trying to
back up to CD. I do this by using DirectCD to format the
CD, then just copying the files I want to back up from a
Windows Explorer window to another Win Explorer window
with the CD drive open in it (in my case that's the E:
drive).
I've always been able to just select a bunch of folders -
in this case, these are subfolders of My Documents - by
CTRL + clicking on the ones I want to copy. Then I right-
click and drag them to the E: drive window, let go, and
choose "Copy Here."
This weekend when I've been trying to backup, I'm not
always getting all the folders I mark. For examples, I've
made My Downloads, My Music, and My Pictures sub-folders
of My Documents. Under My Pictures, I have sub-folders:
Family Photos, Steve, Misc and soforth. Since I can't fit
all of My Documents onto one CD, I copy several of the
subfolders that add up to a little less than the size of
the CD for the first CD, then continue with the leftover
ones on a new CD, and so on. So basically I'm copying sub-
folders of My Documents. Thing is, if I, say, copy My
Pictures, I may get Family Photos, but for some reason the
sub-folders Steve and Misc don't come through. Then I
check in Family Photos, and only ONE of those have copied
to the CD.
I don't understand this. I've never had this problem
before. Anyone have any idea what's going on or how to
fix it?
The only thing I can think of that's unusual or that has
changed is that I found a worm in my system yesterday:
Nimda.
I've isolated and deleted the file that was infected, so I
don't think that's what it is, but thought I'd mention it
just in case.
Here are the specs...
Dell Dimension 4300
1.5 GHz Pentium 4
640 MB RAM
Win XP
If there's anything else, let me know and I'll fill in the
blanks.
Thanks!
Sue Michele
back up to CD. I do this by using DirectCD to format the
CD, then just copying the files I want to back up from a
Windows Explorer window to another Win Explorer window
with the CD drive open in it (in my case that's the E:
drive).
I've always been able to just select a bunch of folders -
in this case, these are subfolders of My Documents - by
CTRL + clicking on the ones I want to copy. Then I right-
click and drag them to the E: drive window, let go, and
choose "Copy Here."
This weekend when I've been trying to backup, I'm not
always getting all the folders I mark. For examples, I've
made My Downloads, My Music, and My Pictures sub-folders
of My Documents. Under My Pictures, I have sub-folders:
Family Photos, Steve, Misc and soforth. Since I can't fit
all of My Documents onto one CD, I copy several of the
subfolders that add up to a little less than the size of
the CD for the first CD, then continue with the leftover
ones on a new CD, and so on. So basically I'm copying sub-
folders of My Documents. Thing is, if I, say, copy My
Pictures, I may get Family Photos, but for some reason the
sub-folders Steve and Misc don't come through. Then I
check in Family Photos, and only ONE of those have copied
to the CD.
I don't understand this. I've never had this problem
before. Anyone have any idea what's going on or how to
fix it?
The only thing I can think of that's unusual or that has
changed is that I found a worm in my system yesterday:
Nimda.
I've isolated and deleted the file that was infected, so I
don't think that's what it is, but thought I'd mention it
just in case.
Here are the specs...
Dell Dimension 4300
1.5 GHz Pentium 4
640 MB RAM
Win XP
If there's anything else, let me know and I'll fill in the
blanks.
Thanks!
Sue Michele