backing up to CD rom

[pam]

Help...I cannot get the backup utility to recognize my CD
RW (F) drive as a valid path for a backup..what am I
overlooking?

[Nicholas]

HOW TO: Use Backup to Back Up Files and Folders on Your Computer in =
Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=3Dkb;en-us;308422

XP's native (standard) CD Recording program does not permit backing up =
data
directly to a CD. You must create a new folder on your hard drive, =
perform
a backup to that folder, then record the contents of that folder to a =
CD.

Windows Backup Does Not Back Up to CD-R, CD-RW, or DVD-R Devices
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=3Dkb;en-us;315255


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Nicholas

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"pam" > wrote in message:
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| Help...I cannot get the backup utility to recognize my CD=20
| RW (F) drive as a valid path for a backup..what am I=20
| overlooking?

[Harry Ohrn]

I have a few ideas on work-a-rounds here
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/saving_files_to_cd.htm

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Harry Ohrn - MS MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"pam" > wrote in message
...
> Help...I cannot get the backup utility to recognize my CD
> RW (F) drive as a valid path for a backup..what am I
> overlooking?

[Thomas Wendell]

You're overlooking nothing.. Windows backup doesn't consider CD:s a
suitable backup media


--
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(W2k/XP I have no eXPerience)
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"pam" > kirjoitti viestissä
...
> Help...I cannot get the backup utility to recognize my CD
> RW (F) drive as a valid path for a backup..what am I
> overlooking?

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP-Windows Shell/User\)]

You can use the Windows backup application to backup to CD as long as you
have packet writing software such as Easy CD Creator's Direct CD or Nero's
InCD installed and the CD to which you are trying to backup has been
formatted for the application you are using.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend

"Thomas Wendell" > wrote in message
...
> You're overlooking nothing.. Windows backup doesn't consider CD:s a
> suitable backup media
>
>
> --
> Most of my answers are learned on ms.public.xxx.xxx
> (W2k/XP I have no eXPerience)
> Helsinki, Finland (remove spam_)
>
>
>
>
> "pam" > kirjoitti viestissä
> ...
> > Help...I cannot get the backup utility to recognize my CD
> > RW (F) drive as a valid path for a backup..what am I
> > overlooking?
>
>

[rifleman]

In article >, =20
says...
> You can use the Windows backup application to backup to CD as long as you
> have packet writing software such as Easy CD Creator's Direct CD or Nero'=
s
> InCD installed and the CD to which you are trying to backup has been
> formatted for the application you are using.
>=20
> --
> Michael Solomon MS-MVP
> Windows Shell/User
> Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
>=20
> "Thomas Wendell" > wrote in message
> ...
> > You're overlooking nothing.. Windows backup doesn't consider CD:s a
> > suitable backup media
> >
> >
> > --
> > Most of my answers are learned on ms.public.xxx.xxx
> > (W2k/XP I have no eXPerience)
> > Helsinki, Finland (remove spam_)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "pam" > kirjoitti viestiss=E4
> > ...
> > > Help...I cannot get the backup utility to recognize my CD
> > > RW (F) drive as a valid path for a backup..what am I
> > > overlooking?
> >
> >
>=20
>=20
>=20
Really? I've got Easy CD installed, and the CD is a RW formatted to=20
Packet but the XP Backup doesn't give the option of saving to CD!
--=20
(I may be wrong...I usually am....)
Google is your Friend
Email address deliberately false to avoid spam:
www.gbpcomputing.co.uk

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP-Windows Shell/User\)]

What version of Easy CD Creator do you have installed? If it's below
version 5, Direct CD is broken in earlier versions and is broken version 5
without the right updates.

I don't usually back up to CD because my backup files are too big but it
always gives me the option to do so and my drive is listed. If you have the
right version with all the updates, it's possible your burner isn't in the
Easy CD Compatibility list for this particular update.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend

"rifleman" > wrote in message
om...
In article >,
says...
> You can use the Windows backup application to backup to CD as long as you
> have packet writing software such as Easy CD Creator's Direct CD or Nero's
> InCD installed and the CD to which you are trying to backup has been
> formatted for the application you are using.
>
> --
> Michael Solomon MS-MVP
> Windows Shell/User
> Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
>
> "Thomas Wendell" > wrote in message
> ...
> > You're overlooking nothing.. Windows backup doesn't consider CD:s a
> > suitable backup media
> >
> >
> > --
> > Most of my answers are learned on ms.public.xxx.xxx
> > (W2k/XP I have no eXPerience)
> > Helsinki, Finland (remove spam_)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "pam" > kirjoitti viestissä
> > ...
> > > Help...I cannot get the backup utility to recognize my CD
> > > RW (F) drive as a valid path for a backup..what am I
> > > overlooking?
> >
> >
>
>
>
Really? I've got Easy CD installed, and the CD is a RW formatted to
Packet but the XP Backup doesn't give the option of saving to CD!
--
(I may be wrong...I usually am....)
Google is your Friend
Email address deliberately false to avoid spam:
www.gbpcomputing.co.uk

[rifleman]

In article >,
says...

> If you have the
> right version with all the updates, it's possible your burner isn't in the
> Easy CD Compatibility list for this particular update.
>
Could be the answer - my CD RW drive is "supported" by not being in the
"Unsupported" list rather than being in the "supported" list.....If you
see what I mean....


--
(I may be wrong...I usually am....)
Google is your Friend
Email address deliberately false to avoid spam:
www.gbpcomputing.co.uk

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP-Windows Shell/User\)]

If it's not in the supported list, it's "iffy.":-)

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend

"rifleman" > wrote in message
om...
> In article >,
> says...
>
> > If you have the
> > right version with all the updates, it's possible your burner isn't in
the
> > Easy CD Compatibility list for this particular update.
> >
> Could be the answer - my CD RW drive is "supported" by not being in the
> "Unsupported" list rather than being in the "supported" list.....If you
> see what I mean....
>
>
> --
> (I may be wrong...I usually am....)
> Google is your Friend
> Email address deliberately false to avoid spam:
> www.gbpcomputing.co.uk
>