Windows XP Backup utility - can't backup to CD

[Jim Bignell]

Hi, trying backup for the first time. When I choose to
backup to my internal CD drive it allows me to browse and
select the drive but after I enter the filename
F:\prePAT3.bkf it gives message 'File name could not be
used' 'Ensureit's a valis path and I have sufficient
access. Well I'm signed on as System Admimistrator so I
don't kn what the problem is.
Any ideas ?.

[David Candy]

NTBackup is a proper backup program. So it doesn't do CD which aren't =
backup devices. NTBackup is designed for tape and can also do files. You =
can't write to a CD like a hard drive. So if you must use a CD, backup =
to file then copy the file to CD. Note the CD burner can't span CDs.

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"Jim Bignell" > wrote in message =
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> Hi, trying backup for the first time. When I choose to=20
> backup to my internal CD drive it allows me to browse and=20
> select the drive but after I enter the filename
> F:\prePAT3.bkf it gives message 'File name could not be=20
> used' 'Ensureit's a valis path and I have sufficient=20
> access. Well I'm signed on as System Admimistrator so I=20
> don't kn what the problem is.
> Any ideas ?.

[Wislu Plethora]

>-----Original Message-----
>NTBackup is a proper backup program.

If it were a "proper" backup program, it would allow for
backup to CDs. (This is 2003, remember.)

> So it doesn't do CD which aren't backup devices.

Wrong.

> NTBackup is designed for tape and can also do files.

Duh. All backup programs can "do files."

> You can't write to a CD like a hard drive.

Wrong.

>So if you must use a CD, backup to file then copy the
>file to CD.

The only part of your post that makes any sense.

>Note the CD burner can't span CDs.

"CD burner" properly refers to hardware, not software.
If you meant that XP's native burning utility can't
span disks, you should have said so.

[David Candy]

One backs up to tape and archives to CD. This is a corporate operating =
system not a toy.

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http://www.mvps.org/serenitymacros
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"Wislu Plethora" > wrote in message =
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> >-----Original Message-----
> >NTBackup is a proper backup program.=20
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> If it were a "proper" backup program, it would allow for
> backup to CDs. (This is 2003, remember.)
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> > So it doesn't do CD which aren't backup devices.=20
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> Wrong.
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> > NTBackup is designed for tape and can also do files.=20
>=20
> Duh. All backup programs can "do files."
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> > You can't write to a CD like a hard drive.=20
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> Wrong.
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> >So if you must use a CD, backup to file then copy the=20
> >file to CD.=20
>=20
> The only part of your post that makes any sense.
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> >Note the CD burner can't span CDs.
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> "CD burner" properly refers to hardware, not software.
> If you meant that XP's native burning utility can't
> span disks, you should have said so.
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[Wislu Plethora]

>-----Original Message-----
>One backs up to tape and archives to CD. This is a
corporate operating system not a toy.
>

So the fact that NTbackup allows for "archiving" to
floppies means that it's not a "proper"
backup utility, using your bizarre definition. BTW,
*all* backed-up data is "archived," regardless of the
storage medium used.

[JB]

I use DLA from IBM (that's where I purchased my PC) to back up to a CD and
it works just like a hard drive.
I am not sure if you can download it if your computer was purchased
elsewhere but this is a great back up program
Jerry