xp backup wizard please help!

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Andy

I have installed the back up utility on Xp but when going through the wizard
it prompts me to insert a floppy disc, but i want to use a Cd to store the
data. I carry on but then it says 'files for the recovery diskette could
not be created. The operation was aborted'

So is this saying that i must use a floppy as opposed to a Cd and if so,
why??
(I am a fairly new user so forgive me if this is a stupid question!)

Any help greatly appreciated
 
Hi,

The backup program included with WinXP does not support direct writing to
CD's. You will have to backup to tape or hard drive.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
Andy said:
I have installed the back up utility on Xp but when going through the wizard
it prompts me to insert a floppy disc, but i want to use a Cd to store the
data. I carry on but then it says 'files for the recovery diskette could
not be created. The operation was aborted'

So is this saying that i must use a floppy as opposed to a Cd and if so,
why??
(I am a fairly new user so forgive me if this is a stupid question!)

Any help greatly appreciated
Click to expand...
Due to reasons best known to Microshaft, the backup default is floppy.
XP seems not to believe that any other method can exist... UNTIL you
have made at least 1 backup on something else.
When you get to the second "Next" "choose a place to save your backup"
Click "Browse"
It will then tell you to insert a Floppy
Click Cancel, it will then open up an explorer type window from which
you can choose the drive letter for your CD...
(usually D),

Next backup, although it will still default to floppy, at this point you
should then see your CD Drive letter by using the "arrowhead" instead of
"Browse"

Wally Hayward
 
You might find some help at my message and the
thread at: CD-ROM Backup Drive Not an Option
 
Walter said:
Due to reasons best known to Microshaft, the backup default is floppy.
XP seems not to believe that any other method can exist... UNTIL you
have made at least 1 backup on something else.
When you get to the second "Next" "choose a place to save your backup"
Click "Browse"
It will then tell you to insert a Floppy
Click Cancel, it will then open up an explorer type window from which
you can choose the drive letter for your CD...
(usually D),

Next backup, although it will still default to floppy, at this point you
should then see your CD Drive letter by using the "arrowhead" instead of
"Browse"

Wally Hayward
Click to expand...
Thank you, Walter,
My CD is now usable for backup.

Skid
 
Walter, I kept your advice window open and tried again (for the 4th time
tonight) to get XP to recognize my burner as the back up device but it was a
no-go. It says:

"The backup file name could not be used."
"F:\Backup.10.01.04.bkf"
"Please ensure it is a valid path, and that you have sufficient access."

(where "F" is the name of my burner)

You wrote:
"...UNTIL you have made at least 1 backup on something else."

Does you message mean that I must make a backup on a floppy disk the first
time and then do it on a CD-R/W on subsequent runs?

Help! I thought I'd finally found the solution when I found this thread, but
I'm still as clueless as I was when I first got started 2 hours ago. :-(
Thanks for any assistance you can give to my dilemma!
 
XP does NOT recognize CD drives. The backup file should be created on the
hard drive, then copied to the CD.
 
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