Re: Backup to DVD?

From: Alan (moskowa1_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 10/24/04 

Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 18:14:23 -0400

Alex
Could I backup using microsoft backup my entire drive over my network and
save the entire file on a another hard drive on a different computer? And
if so, would it erase anything else on that second computer's hard drive or
just save it as a large file and keep the other data on that?

alan

"Alex Nichol" <alexn.mvpdts@ntlworld.delete.com> wrote in message
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> Hibes wrote:
>
>>This has likely been asked many times before, but I'm wondering if it's
>>possible to backup your computer to DVDRW using Microsoft's back utility
>>in
>>Windows XP? I tried to name my backup file and it says "The backup file
>>name could not be used.
>
> Only to a very limited extent (set by how much you can get on a single
> DVD). The NTBackup cannot write there direct, but needs an auxiliary
> packet writing system (eg Direct CD; InCD; DLA) to allow use of a DVD as
> output medium from a program. And then NTBackup will not see the result
> as removable, but as it it were another fixed hard drive.
>
> It is strictly tape oriented, I think included for the benefit of people
> bringing things forward from NT
>
>
> --
> Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
> Bournemouth, U.K. Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit) 

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