Re: Backup to DVD?

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From: peter (peter_at_nomalarky.net)
Date: 10/24/04 

Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 17:55:27 -0600

I created a backup folder on my networked computer and have used NTbackup to
back up files to that folder.
It did not erase anything..it just created the backup file with whatever name I
designated. It took a lot less time than burning it to a DVD.
I have also backed up from HD0 to HD1...eg drive "C" to drive "D" on the same
system.
peter
"Alan" <moskowa1@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> 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
> news:7psnn01jn98i8372rogk6ic83g8t2b5c26@4ax.com...
>> 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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