Re: XP Backup Program (0/1)

phildan@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:17:30 -0500, "Kat" <kat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi Kat,



Re the DL's comment that ntBackup designed for floppies. <snip> The first time you use
ntBackup you are invited to insert a diskette into drive A: ignore
that and select the USB or network drive you'll be using and it
becomes the default for all your future backup jobs.


I'm sorry my experience is different. After sitting through an hour or so of backing up "all information on this computer", the backup program suddenly declares that it could not find a floppy diskette drive, hence could not create the recovery start-up disk. End of story.

I'd appreciate if anyone could tell me how I can get back to pointing it to a USB or an external hard drive instead of a floppy. (My PC does /not/ have a floppy drive.)
.

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