Jake
December 6th 03, 03:50 PM
>-----Original Message-----
>I have never used Briefcase before, so I am hoping that
>an experienced Briefcase user can help me with my
>questions.
>
>A friend of mine has a PC with only an XP restore disk,
>so she doesn't have NT Backup or any other backup
>program.
>
>I'm thinking of using Briefcase to make it easy for her
>to back up her important files to a CD-ROM disk.
>
>I would copy:
>
>1. The folder that has all the OE message files
>2. The folder that contains all her Favorites
>3. The folder that contains her address book
>4. Her My Documents folder
>
>all to a briefcase and then move that briefcase to a CD-
ROM
>disk formatted with a packet-writing program like InCD.
>
>When she wants to back up those folders, she would insert
>the disk into the drive, open the briefcase on the CD-ROM
>disk, and click "Update All".
>
>My reasoning is that the files on the harddisk would
always
>be newer than the files on the CD-ROM disk, so the
original
>files on the harddisk would never be changed.
>
>I realize that this won't compress the files, but the
types and
>quantity of files that she has are such that they would
easily fit
>on a single disk.
>
>Would this work ok for the files mentioned?
>Are there any reasons why this isn't a good idea?
>Is there any way that this could corrupt the original
> files, thus causing data loss?
>
>Thanks,
>
>David
>
>
>
>
>.
>What you are trying to do sounds OK as long as it is OK
with your friend. MS Works Suite has this feature, only
make sure you use a CD-RW and not a CD-R. Suites is not
a part of the WinXP program, you must purchase it
separately. There may be some freeware or shareware
available that will do the same thing. Some post readers
may know where to get one. You can add, delete, update
and format RWs but a CD-R is for record only (one time).
>I have never used Briefcase before, so I am hoping that
>an experienced Briefcase user can help me with my
>questions.
>
>A friend of mine has a PC with only an XP restore disk,
>so she doesn't have NT Backup or any other backup
>program.
>
>I'm thinking of using Briefcase to make it easy for her
>to back up her important files to a CD-ROM disk.
>
>I would copy:
>
>1. The folder that has all the OE message files
>2. The folder that contains all her Favorites
>3. The folder that contains her address book
>4. Her My Documents folder
>
>all to a briefcase and then move that briefcase to a CD-
ROM
>disk formatted with a packet-writing program like InCD.
>
>When she wants to back up those folders, she would insert
>the disk into the drive, open the briefcase on the CD-ROM
>disk, and click "Update All".
>
>My reasoning is that the files on the harddisk would
always
>be newer than the files on the CD-ROM disk, so the
original
>files on the harddisk would never be changed.
>
>I realize that this won't compress the files, but the
types and
>quantity of files that she has are such that they would
easily fit
>on a single disk.
>
>Would this work ok for the files mentioned?
>Are there any reasons why this isn't a good idea?
>Is there any way that this could corrupt the original
> files, thus causing data loss?
>
>Thanks,
>
>David
>
>
>
>
>.
>What you are trying to do sounds OK as long as it is OK
with your friend. MS Works Suite has this feature, only
make sure you use a CD-RW and not a CD-R. Suites is not
a part of the WinXP program, you must purchase it
separately. There may be some freeware or shareware
available that will do the same thing. Some post readers
may know where to get one. You can add, delete, update
and format RWs but a CD-R is for record only (one time).