Re: XP backup

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From: David Candy (david_at_mvps.org)
Date: 06/14/04 

Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:45:20 +1000

Previous versions of windows did not back up to CD. There is software that makes CDs act like floppies that comes with the CD. That works as well on XP.

XP Backup is designed for commercial use in big companies. XP is designed for that. MS, despite having $50 billion in the bank, wants to cut costs. They therefore stopped work on personal computing operating systems, added some cheap programs to XP to hide it's features, and sold it to home users. Tough luck everybody. 

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"MJS" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1bdc001c451b8$940a1ea0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> Thanks David...I'm suprised you mention CD's are not back 
> up devices ? Also you mention CD's are read only ? They 
> managed it well in the past with earlier Windows operating 
> systems backing up to internal writers ? Thanks 
> anyway...but I'm not sure I really understand your 
> answer....Mark
> >-----Original Message-----
> >It is designed for tape drives. CDs aren't backup 
> devices. You'll find backup and the other components 
> involved are all about managing tapes. CDs are also read 
> only devices. You don't write to a CD you make a CD.
> >
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> >http://www.smh.com.au/yoursay/2004/06/11/index.html
> >"MJS" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in 
> message news:1bedf01c451b1$10137b70$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Just wondering if there is a "good" reason that MS 
> decided 
> >> that backups in the XP enviroment can not be with any 
> >> internal CD / CDV etc storage writters. I'm probably 
> >> missing something, but I can't see the reason for this. 
> >> Win98 was a breeze with the back-up feature. I dont 
> >> think "most" people have external storage gear....or am 
> I 
> >> wrong.  Thanks...Mark
> >.
> >

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