Re: Server 2003 DVD Backup

From: Jeff L (newsgroupsremoveandunderscore_jeff_at_availabletech.net)
Date: 04/27/04 

Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 08:59:28 -0400

You need to format the drive using Direct CD from ROXIO or whatever other
software came with your burner. After the format process you can use the DVD
like a hard drive. There maybe a limitation to the server system state
backup because you may have to recover from backup in dos mode. Do some
reading on the "Direct CD" type of program and make sure you can read the
disk in DOS. You may want to test it as well.

Regards,

Jeff Loucks
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"gavin" <gavinr@ssibtr.com> wrote in message
news:485a01c42bd4$026b63f0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> So my company bought a nifty little dvd burner to put into
> the server i work on. this was intended for backing up
> files. this sounded like a good idea until i went to set
> it up as the default backup device. windows then informs
> me that i can only use an external hard drive or tape
> drive to backup my info. this is no good.
>
> does anybody know:
>
> 1) the reason for this?
> 2) any ways around it?
> 3) a good 3rd party utility to circumvent this problem
> manually?

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