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[Guest]

Can I backup my entire C: drive to a series of CD-R's? (700MB each CD-R, and
I have about 12gig to backup). I tried using Windows Backup Wizard (Advanced
Mode) and checked off both the C:drive and System State and an error came up
and said:

The backup file name could not be used "E:\Backup.bkf". Please ensure it is
a valid path, and that you have sufficient access.

Also I have a dual-boot that I want to remove (both on same C:drive) or
should I just back everything up, flush the c:drive and install a fresh copy
of WinXP? I have the bootable CD with serial number.

Cheers!

Kevin

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Can I backup my entire C: drive to a series of CD-R's? (700MB each CD-R, and
I have about 12gig to backup). I tried using Windows Backup Wizard (Advanced
Mode) and checked off both the C:drive and System State and an error came up
and said:

The backup file name could not be used "E:\Backup.bkf". Please ensure it is
a valid path, and that you have sufficient access.

Also I have a dual-boot that I want to remove (both on same C:drive) or
should I just back everything up, flush the c:drive and install a fresh copy
of WinXP? I have the bootable CD with serial number.

Cheers!

Kevin

It seems rather tedious backing up 12 GBytes to a 18 separate
CDs. A far better way would go like this:
- Buy a 40 GByte 2.5" hard disk.
- Buy a 2.5" USB enclosure.
- Create a single NTFS partition on this drive and enable file compression.
- Use Explorer (for manual operation) or xcopy.exe (for automatic
operation) to back up your files.

Using xcopy.exe means that you have instant access to any
file for recovery.

To remove your unwanted OS, simply rename its home folder,
presumably c:\Windows or c:\WinNT. WinXP won't let you
rename the folder that is currently active. If all is well, delete
the renamed folder after one week. You may also wish to
run this command

notepad c:\boot.ini

to remove the unwanted startup menu item.

 

[Bob Willard]

Can I backup my entire C: drive to a series of CD-R's? (700MB each CD-R, and
I have about 12gig to backup). I tried using Windows Backup Wizard (Advanced
Mode) and checked off both the C:drive and System State and an error came up
and said:

The backup file name could not be used "E:\Backup.bkf". Please ensure it is
a valid path, and that you have sufficient access.

Also I have a dual-boot that I want to remove (both on same C:drive) or
should I just back everything up, flush the c:drive and install a fresh copy
of WinXP? I have the bootable CD with serial number.

Cheers!

Kevin

There are backup apps that can backup directly to CDs and DVDs, but the app
included with XP cannot.