Re: excel backup question

I hope I'm not being a PAIN, BUT...why is this different then the way I back
up quickbooks? I save the quickbooks file to MY DOCUMENTS, and then copy to
a cd from by documents. Excel is already in my documents, so why can't I
just copy it to a cd? I'm just trying to understand, I'm not being
argumentative. ;)
thanks..cindy

"Richard Urban" wrote:

Packet writing software treats the CD/DVD as if it were just another hard
drive. You can save individual files to the CD/DVD directly from a program.
You see all the files in explorer as if it were a hard drive. If using
rewritable disks, you can instantly delete a single file from the disk.

It is just so much more convenient for data storage than using what comes
with the operating system.

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"Cindy" <Cindy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I know how to "save" the file to my documents...I'm trying to have a backup
so that if my computer crashes I don't lose all my company info. I didn't
know I'd need a program like "nero" or "Roxio" to do that...I am able to
save
my information from quickbooks to MY DOCUMENTS and then burn that to a
CD...I'm not sure what the difference is?

"Richard Urban" wrote:

First, backup is when you take a file that has already been saved and
copy
it over to another place. Is this what you are doing, or are you just
trying
to "save" the file to that place.

You will need packet writing software installed on your computer to do
what
you want.. This is included in both Nero and Roxio burning packages.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"Cindy" <Cindy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I can't back up my excel files to a cd...I keep getting the message
"windows
encountered a problem when trying to copy this file. What do you want
windows to do?" It does NOT say what the problem is. the size of the
file
is 198kb and I am using windows xp...HELP???






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