Backing up C drive in XP pro

[Jason]

When backing up to a CD-R, I get the message that the
disk is full and the back-up could not be completed. It
then closes. Why won't it let me just put a new, empty CD-
R in the drive and continue the operation?

[DCC]

What program are you using?

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Jason;
NTBACKUP is a very basic back-up application and incapable of back-up
to multiple CDs.
You have 2 choices:
Break data down to size that fits on a single CD
Get a 3rd party application capable of writing to multiple CDs.

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Jupiter Jones [MVP]
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"Jason" > wrote in message
...
> When backing up to a CD-R, I get the message that the
> disk is full and the back-up could not be completed. It
> then closes. Why won't it let me just put a new, empty CD-
> R in the drive and continue the operation?

[jason]

>-----Original Message-----
>What program are you using?
>
>
>.
>I'm using the backup utility in XP pro

[Jason]

Thanks for the reply. I was hoping to create a backup to
my C drive including a bootable disk. I guess I upgraded
for nothing. Jason

>-----Original Message-----
>Jason;
>NTBACKUP is a very basic back-up application and
incapable of back-up
>to multiple CDs.
>You have 2 choices:
>Break data down to size that fits on a single CD
>Get a 3rd party application capable of writing to
multiple CDs.
>
>--
>Jupiter Jones [MVP]
>An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/s
etup.asp
>http://dts-l.org/index.html
>
>
>"Jason" > wrote in message
...
>> When backing up to a CD-R, I get the message that the
>> disk is full and the back-up could not be completed. It
>> then closes. Why won't it let me just put a new, empty
CD-
>> R in the drive and continue the operation?
>
>
>.
>

[Ramesh]

Jason,

NTBackup does not support CDs or DVDs, so an option that's often suggested
is to back up to a file and then just copy that file to the CD. In terms of
a solution that allows you to do a complete back up and span multiple CDs,
it's going to require a third-party backup program.

--
Regards,
Ramesh



"Jason" > wrote in message
...
When backing up to a CD-R, I get the message that the
disk is full and the back-up could not be completed. It
then closes. Why won't it let me just put a new, empty CD-
R in the drive and continue the operation?

[mrtee]

As the others have written use a 3rd party backup program, or do as I =
did =BB have the ASR wizard write the .bkf file to a 2nd HDD. It is =
faster than writing to CD and easier to write a new file when things =
change on your setup. It does work, all (everything) on your system =
drive (except the OS) is written to the file.

--=20
Just my =A2 worth
Jeff
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"Jason" > wrote in message =
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| then closes. Why won't it let me just put a new, empty CD-
| R in the drive and continue the operation?


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