Cannot backup in XP

"Olórin" wrote in
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"thanatoid" wrote in message
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Get a proper DVD burning program instead of using that
Windows crap and your problems will be over.

OP will still need to use a Windows program though, won't
he?! Unless, by "Windows crap", you meant a native XP
program - but then, what would that be, that burns to
DVD?

Correct, the built-in packet-writing stuff. Packet writing
is the worst way of burning discs.

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Okay, to make it even simpler:

1) XP doesn't *natively* support DVD-writing. Unless you
know that I'm wrong, which was the point of my second
question to you above - I wasn't after recommendations of
third-party apps.

When what you use is ****, recommending an alternative is the
only decent thing to do. (Speaking of ****, apparently you do
not recognize ROT-13 when you see it - or are you just keeping a
dignified silence?)

"Windows XP Home and Professional can only write directly to
FAT32 formatted DVD-RAM discs. For UDF formatted discs, which
are considered faster, a 3rd party UDF file system driver
capable of writing or software such as InCD or DLA are required.
Windows Vista and later can natively access and write to both
FAT32 and UDF formatted DVD-RAM discs using mastered burning
method or packet writing. Even though it is possible to use any
file system one likes, only very few perform well on DVD-RAM.
This is because some file systems frequently overwrite data on
the disc and the table of contents is contained at the start of
the disc."
(Wikipedia)

2) Any program OP obtains to burn DVDs will still need to
be a Windows program.

I can't remember what the OP said and I'm not going to bother
looking for it. You are more persnickety than most good anal-
retentives like me. When I said "don't use that Windows crap" I
OF COURSE meant "comes with Windows", not ANY program written
for that venerable OS.

I would have said "anyone who uses Windows is asking for it,
BeOS is THE way to go" or something like that.


--
There are only two classifications of disk drives: Broken drives
and those that will break later.
- Chuck Armstrong (This one I think, http://www.cleanreg.com/,
not the ball player. But who knows. I can't remember where I got
the quote. But it's true.)

On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:42:18 -0500, Leonard Grey
wrote:

What backup program are you using?
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

John Callaway wrote:
I cannot backup my computer files in XP SP2. When I try to back it up
on my DVD drive (E, I get the following error:
"The backup file could not be used. [filename] Please ensure it is a
valid path and that you have sufficient access."
Any ideas what is the problem?

JPC

I am using the backup feature in XP SP2.
I do have NERO.

JPC

On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:42:18 -0500, Leonard Grey
wrote:

What backup program are you using?
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

John Callaway wrote:
I cannot backup my computer files in XP SP2. When I try to back it up
on my DVD drive (E, I get the following error:
"The backup file could not be used. [filename] Please ensure it is a
valid path and that you have sufficient access."
Any ideas what is the problem?

JPC

I am using the backup feature in XP SP2.
I do have NERO.

JPC

"Windows Backup does not back up to CD-R, CD-RW, or DVD-R devices"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315255
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

John Callaway wrote:
On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:42:18 -0500, Leonard Grey
wrote:

What backup program are you using?
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

John Callaway wrote:
I cannot backup my computer files in XP SP2. When I try to back it up
on my DVD drive (E, I get the following error:
"The backup file could not be used. [filename] Please ensure it is a
valid path and that you have sufficient access."
Any ideas what is the problem?

JPC

I am using the backup feature in XP SP2.
I do have NERO.

JPC

"Windows Backup does not back up to CD-R, CD-RW, or DVD-R devices"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315255
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

John Callaway wrote:
On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:42:18 -0500, Leonard Grey
wrote:

What backup program are you using?
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

John Callaway wrote:
I cannot backup my computer files in XP SP2. When I try to back it up
on my DVD drive (E, I get the following error:
"The backup file could not be used. [filename] Please ensure it is a
valid path and that you have sufficient access."
Any ideas what is the problem?

JPC

I am using the backup feature in XP SP2.
I do have NERO.

JPC