Re: Pls Help: Backups using XP Pro and DVD-RW drive

I may be wrong but it would appear that the op already has an application to
backup to dvd, he did state that he couldn't append to disc unless he
formatted which would imply that he must have written some data already.

"Yves Leclerc" <yleclercNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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You can not use only XP for burn/format DVDs. XP onl;y handles CD-R(W)s.

If you want to "copy and paste" files onto the DVD-RW, consider looking at
Roxio's Drag to Disc or Ahead's InCD.


"VB Programmer" <xDontEmailMe@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I want to do weekly manual drag and drop backups to my DVD-RW drive (using
>XP Pro).
>
> Question: Do I have to reformat my DVD-RW disc each time I want to do new
> backups or can I simply put my DVD-RW disc in the drive and drag new
> files/write them?
>
> I seem to be having trouble appending data to an existing DVD-RW disc. It
> won't let me append to a disc unless I reformat it and write it over
> again. Is this the nature of the technology?
>
> Thanks.
>



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