Re: Back up to a blank cd

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Windows Backup can't directly back up to CD.. Back it up to the hard drive,
then use CD burning software to get it onto CD..

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Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User


"Greg" <Greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:C13396EB-5C13-4E46-BA97-9F98BDEE0829@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I find I cannot back up to my cd rw drive. I receive an error message from
> the back up utility, stating " The back up file name cannot be used. ie.
> E\Back up 2005 bkf". I have tried several different names with the same
> result.
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> H.A.L.Gregory-Somerset


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