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Back up files too large for Cd/Floppy disc
help!, have backed up all my files/settings, which has totalled 4.46 gig,
however my CD only holds 700 mb and my floppy discs only 2.0 mb. Are there Cd's/ Floppys that will hold 4.46 gig? if not, how can i make a hard copy? Any advice much appreciated |
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Back up files too large for Cd/Floppy disc
Andy,
Most efficient method right now is one of two: - Backup to a DVD. Use the double-layered drives (e.g. Benq DW1620) which alleges to hold 4.7GB. - Backup to another HDD. -- Regards, Len Segal, MCP Microsoft - MVP -------------- My reply address is intentionally wrong to reduce SPAM Email. NOTE: We do not respond to unsolicited Email support questions, please post questions in newsgroup. "Andy" wrote in message ... help!, have backed up all my files/settings, which has totalled 4.46 gig, however my CD only holds 700 mb and my floppy discs only 2.0 mb. Are there Cd's/ Floppys that will hold 4.46 gig? if not, how can i make a hard copy? Any advice much appreciated |
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Back up files too large for Cd/Floppy disc
| "Andy" wrote in message
| ... | help!, have backed up all my files/settings, which has totalled 4.46 gig, | however my CD only holds 700 mb and my floppy discs only 2.0 mb. Are | there Cd's/ Floppys that will hold 4.46 gig? if not, how can i make a | hard copy? | | Any advice much appreciated "Len Segal" wrote in message ... | Andy, | | Most efficient method right now is one of two: | - Backup to a DVD. Use the double-layered drives (e.g. Benq DW1620) which | alleges to hold 4.7GB. | - Backup to another HDD. | | -- | | Regards, | Len Segal, MCP | Microsoft - MVP | -------------- | My reply address is intentionally wrong to reduce SPAM Email. | NOTE: We do not respond to unsolicited Email support questions, | please post questions in newsgroup. May I humbly offer a correction to Len's well meant response. Dual layer DVD has a capacity in the neighborhood of 8.5 GB. Single layer DVDs are 4.7 GB. http://www.tomshardware.com/storage/20040707/ Another consideration is to use a third party backup program that writes to optical media directly and allows for the spanning of multiple discs. I personally use and like BackUP MyPC from Stomp which will backup directly to recordable CD and DVD (as well as most other media.) http://www.stompsoft.com/backupmypc.html -- D I'm not an MVP a VIP nor do I have ESP. I was just trying to help. Please use your own best judgment before implementing any suggestions or advice herein. No warranty is expressed or implied. Your mileage may vary. See store for details. Remove shoes to E-mail. |
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Back up files too large for Cd/Floppy disc
But i dont have a DVD writer?!
Is floppy disc the best bet? "Len Segal" wrote in message ... Andy, Most efficient method right now is one of two: - Backup to a DVD. Use the double-layered drives (e.g. Benq DW1620) which alleges to hold 4.7GB. - Backup to another HDD. -- Regards, Len Segal, MCP Microsoft - MVP -------------- My reply address is intentionally wrong to reduce SPAM Email. NOTE: We do not respond to unsolicited Email support questions, please post questions in newsgroup. "Andy" wrote in message ... help!, have backed up all my files/settings, which has totalled 4.46 gig, however my CD only holds 700 mb and my floppy discs only 2.0 mb. Are there Cd's/ Floppys that will hold 4.46 gig? if not, how can i make a hard copy? Any advice much appreciated |
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Back up files too large for Cd/Floppy disc
"Andy" wrote in message
... | But i dont have a DVD writer?! | | Is floppy disc the best bet? | I'd have to say no. 4.6 GB of data uncompressed would require more than three thousand 1.44 MB floppy discs. :-) -- D I'm not an MVP a VIP nor do I have ESP. I was just trying to help. Please use your own best judgment before implementing any suggestions or advice herein. No warranty is expressed or implied. Your mileage may vary. See store for details. Remove shoes to E-mail. |
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Back up files too large for Cd/Floppy disc
"HillBillyBuddhist" wrote in message ... "Andy" wrote in message ... | But i dont have a DVD writer?! | | Is floppy disc the best bet? | I'd have to say no. 4.6 GB of data uncompressed would require more than three thousand 1.44 MB floppy discs. :-) -- D I'm not an MVP a VIP nor do I have ESP. I was just trying to help. Please use your own best judgment before implementing any suggestions or advice herein. No warranty is expressed or implied. Your mileage may vary. See store for details. Remove shoes to E-mail. OK what I've done in the past is this use WinZip to zipup your files then use the 'split' facility (while the winzip window is still open) in the options, to split into 700MB chunks. then burn them to CD's you'll need about 7 discs. to reassemble simply place the discs in your drive and extract, your PC will ask for the next disc when it needs it. P.S. why post to so many groups? |
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Back up files too large for Cd/Floppy disc
Sure (-;
-- Regards: Richard Urban aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-) "Andy" wrote in message ... But i dont have a DVD writer?! Is floppy disc the best bet? "Len Segal" wrote in message ... Andy, Most efficient method right now is one of two: - Backup to a DVD. Use the double-layered drives (e.g. Benq DW1620) which alleges to hold 4.7GB. - Backup to another HDD. -- Regards, Len Segal, MCP Microsoft - MVP -------------- My reply address is intentionally wrong to reduce SPAM Email. NOTE: We do not respond to unsolicited Email support questions, please post questions in newsgroup. "Andy" wrote in message ... help!, have backed up all my files/settings, which has totalled 4.46 gig, however my CD only holds 700 mb and my floppy discs only 2.0 mb. Are there Cd's/ Floppys that will hold 4.46 gig? if not, how can i make a hard copy? Any advice much appreciated |
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Back up files too large for Cd/Floppy disc
A couple of suggestions:
(1) move all person files out of documents and Settings to some obvious directory like "Andy". (2) Then, use Ntbackup.exe to backup the much smaller Documents and Settings, which contains the XP registry, desktop settings, etc. (3) Separately backup your personal files using windows explorer, or XCOPY (from a command prompt). (4) Forget floppies, then are too small, and a rapidly dying technology. I would NOT recommend ZIP drives, which are like big floppies (100 250, or 750 Meg), since they are more expensive than CDs or DVDs, and thus probably have a limited future. (5) CDs are OK, but DVDs are faster to write and much larger. (6) Think about an external USB (or firewire) hard drive. These are getting fairly cheap and they come from 40 Gig to 250 Gig (not Meg, Gig). I find USB2 and firewire sppeds to be almost as fast as internal hard drive reads and writes. (7) You might also want to consider a disk imaging program, like Norton GHOST 9 or Acronis TrueImage 8. Both can backup to external hard drives, CDs, DVDs, etc. "Andy" wrote in message ... help!, have backed up all my files/settings, which has totalled 4.46 gig, however my CD only holds 700 mb and my floppy discs only 2.0 mb. Are there Cd's/ Floppys that will hold 4.46 gig? if not, how can i make a hard copy? Any advice much appreciated |
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Back up files too large for Cd/Floppy disc
D,
Correction duly noted! Interesting that the 4.7GB figure came from Benq's product spec info on that drive that claims to be Double Layered! Oh well! g -- Regards, Len Segal, MCP Microsoft - MVP -------------- My reply address is intentionally wrong to reduce SPAM Email. NOTE: We do not respond to unsolicited Email support questions, please post questions in newsgroup. "HillBillyBuddhist" wrote in message ... | "Andy" wrote in message | ... | help!, have backed up all my files/settings, which has totalled 4.46 gig, | however my CD only holds 700 mb and my floppy discs only 2.0 mb. Are | there Cd's/ Floppys that will hold 4.46 gig? if not, how can i make a | hard copy? | | Any advice much appreciated "Len Segal" wrote in message ... | Andy, | | Most efficient method right now is one of two: | - Backup to a DVD. Use the double-layered drives (e.g. Benq DW1620) which | alleges to hold 4.7GB. | - Backup to another HDD. | | -- | | Regards, | Len Segal, MCP | Microsoft - MVP | -------------- | My reply address is intentionally wrong to reduce SPAM Email. | NOTE: We do not respond to unsolicited Email support questions, | please post questions in newsgroup. May I humbly offer a correction to Len's well meant response. Dual layer DVD has a capacity in the neighborhood of 8.5 GB. Single layer DVDs are 4.7 GB. http://www.tomshardware.com/storage/20040707/ Another consideration is to use a third party backup program that writes to optical media directly and allows for the spanning of multiple discs. I personally use and like BackUP MyPC from Stomp which will backup directly to recordable CD and DVD (as well as most other media.) http://www.stompsoft.com/backupmypc.html -- D I'm not an MVP a VIP nor do I have ESP. I was just trying to help. Please use your own best judgment before implementing any suggestions or advice herein. No warranty is expressed or implied. Your mileage may vary. See store for details. Remove shoes to E-mail. |
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Back up files too large for Cd/Floppy disc
Surely you jest! Even if you didn't mind backing up to 3K floppies, it
would probably take you 40 hours to do it! And 3K x $0.10 = $300 for a single backup! Not very money efficient either. Investing $80-90 for a Double-Layered DVD writer is a good investment in both time and safety! I just paid $50 for a Single-Layered DVD+-RW drive (after rebates) a week ago. Short money for a solution. -- Regards, Len Segal, MCP Microsoft - MVP -------------- My reply address is intentionally wrong to reduce SPAM Email. NOTE: We do not respond to unsolicited Email support questions, please post questions in newsgroup. "Andy" wrote in message ... But i dont have a DVD writer?! Is floppy disc the best bet? "Len Segal" wrote in message ... Andy, Most efficient method right now is one of two: - Backup to a DVD. Use the double-layered drives (e.g. Benq DW1620) which alleges to hold 4.7GB. - Backup to another HDD. -- Regards, Len Segal, MCP Microsoft - MVP -------------- My reply address is intentionally wrong to reduce SPAM Email. NOTE: We do not respond to unsolicited Email support questions, please post questions in newsgroup. "Andy" wrote in message ... help!, have backed up all my files/settings, which has totalled 4.46 gig, however my CD only holds 700 mb and my floppy discs only 2.0 mb. Are there Cd's/ Floppys that will hold 4.46 gig? if not, how can i make a hard copy? Any advice much appreciated |
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Back up files too large for Cd/Floppy disc
P.S. why post to so many groups? Three related newsgroups is not excessive cross-posting, although security_admin is streaching the related part. 8-) -- Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP http://michaelstevenstech.com For a better newsgroup experience. Setup a newsreader. http://michaelstevenstech.com/outloo...snewreader.htm |
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Back up files too large for Cd/Floppy disc
Hi Andy
How did you back up your files? A backup of 4.46 GB is very huge. Maybe you should try imaging your hard drive with Norton Ghost - it produces a much smaller backup. If you really want to back up the 4.46 GB, then get an external hard drive - it's the best option. Gary Hendricks www.baby-product-guide.com "Andy" wrote in message ... help!, have backed up all my files/settings, which has totalled 4.46 gig, however my CD only holds 700 mb and my floppy discs only 2.0 mb. Are there Cd's/ Floppys that will hold 4.46 gig? if not, how can i make a hard copy? Any advice much appreciated |
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As I have posted on other backup related posts....why can't Microsoft simply
state there utilty does not work with anything but hard drives and tape drives which have enough capacity to equal what you are backing up !!!!! Heres an excerpt from the help files in Backup Xp : "Select storage media or file location for backed-up data Backup provides two options for selecting storage media: You can back up your data to a file on a storage device. A storage device can be a hard disk, a Zip disk, or any type of removable or nonremovable media to which you can save a file. This option is always available. You can back up your data to a tape device. This option is available only if you have a tape device installed on your computer or connected to it. If you back up data to a tape device, the media will be managed by Removable Storage." Boy, talk about leaving a gaping hole in there instructions...no wonder Microsoft has a billion posts with problems...imagine what software developers are going through ! "Gary Hendricks" wrote: Hi Andy How did you back up your files? A backup of 4.46 GB is very huge. Maybe you should try imaging your hard drive with Norton Ghost - it produces a much smaller backup. If you really want to back up the 4.46 GB, then get an external hard drive - it's the best option. Gary Hendricks www.baby-product-guide.com "Andy" wrote in message ... help!, have backed up all my files/settings, which has totalled 4.46 gig, however my CD only holds 700 mb and my floppy discs only 2.0 mb. Are there Cd's/ Floppys that will hold 4.46 gig? if not, how can i make a hard copy? Any advice much appreciated |
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On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 09:45:03 -0800, Tim Lahr wrote:
As I have posted on other backup related posts....why can't Microsoft simply state there utilty does not work with anything but hard drives and tape drives which have enough capacity to equal what you are backing up !!!!! This stipulation exists with all backup programs UNLESS they include (and the user selects to use) an option to compress the backed up data. -- Sharon F MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User |
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roxio's cd creator 6 (or later) will allow you to do it. "Tim Lahr" wrote in message news As I have posted on other backup related posts....why can't Microsoft simply state there utilty does not work with anything but hard drives and tape drives which have enough capacity to equal what you are backing up !!!!! Heres an excerpt from the help files in Backup Xp : "Select storage media or file location for backed-up data Backup provides two options for selecting storage media: You can back up your data to a file on a storage device. A storage device can be a hard disk, a Zip disk, or any type of removable or nonremovable media to which you can save a file. This option is always available. You can back up your data to a tape device. This option is available only if you have a tape device installed on your computer or connected to it. If you back up data to a tape device, the media will be managed by Removable Storage." Boy, talk about leaving a gaping hole in there instructions...no wonder Microsoft has a billion posts with problems...imagine what software developers are going through ! "Gary Hendricks" wrote: Hi Andy How did you back up your files? A backup of 4.46 GB is very huge. Maybe you should try imaging your hard drive with Norton Ghost - it produces a much smaller backup. If you really want to back up the 4.46 GB, then get an external hard drive - it's the best option. Gary Hendricks www.baby-product-guide.com "Andy" wrote in message ... help!, have backed up all my files/settings, which has totalled 4.46 gig, however my CD only holds 700 mb and my floppy discs only 2.0 mb. Are there Cd's/ Floppys that will hold 4.46 gig? if not, how can i make a hard copy? Any advice much appreciated |
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