Re: CD-ROM Backup Drive Not an Option

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From: Vanguardx (see_signature)
Date: 09/16/04 

Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 21:38:43 -0500

"Skid Schermerhorn" <sscherme@adelphia.net>
wrote in news:G66dnQ7N_62d6dXcRVn-pA@adelphia.com:
> In an upgrade from ME to XP PRO, the CD-ROM
> drive is not recognised. It is recognised
> in Windows Explorer.
> I had DirectCD in ME but Roxio wants $69.95
> for the version that works on XP.

NT Backup is a crippled version of Veritas Backup Exec Desktop (which
got sold off to Stomp Inc. and is now called Backup MyPC). The included
defragmenter is a crippled version of Diskeeper. The Disk Cleanup
wizard is a crippled version of CleanSweep. There are problem many more
examples of Microsoft incorporating other-vendor software in Windows but
with a reduced feature set. If you want more functionality than the
crippled utilities provide, you need to buy better utilities.

I suppose you could save the backup file to disk and then use a utility,
like PKZip, WinZip, or whatever that supports spanning multiple media,
to burn the backup file onto CD-R[W]s. Or, as you mention, use a UDF
writer (loads as an installable file system), like Roxio DirectCD or
Nero InCD, to save the backup to file on the CD-R[W] media (which then
looks like a big floppy). However, I don't believe the crippled NT
Backup progam will span across multiple media (removable disk drives,
floppies, ZIP disks, or UDF-write-supported CDs) except for tape media.
So a UDF writer utility might not work, either.

Also, a CD-ROM drive will *NEVER* be recognized as a target device to
save backups. CD-ROM = Compact Disk Read-ONLY Media. It is READ-ONLY
media which means you can never write to it. If you want to use CD-R or
CD-RW media then you need to get a CD-R[W] drive (or go for the larger
capacity of a DVD-+RW drive). 

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