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Backing up to CD-R/CD-RW in windows

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  • 12-05-2003 3:37pm
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    Polonious
    Registered Users Posts: 245 ✭✭


    Does anybody know a way of being able to backup to CD using Windows backup??? Microsoft advise to backup to "another media type", but i'm sure somebody out there knows a workaround.... Any ideas?


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    ando
    Registered Users Posts: 5,401 ✭✭✭ando


    i dont think windows backup has support for cdr's. A third party program should do it me thinks


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    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 91,761 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Handiest way is to create a 650 MB partition - backup to it and then burn onto CD. - 'cos there is no real solution - just workaroungs..




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    Or using a partition /network drive D: that is big enough to take your hard drive..

    Win 3x / Win 95 / Win 98 ( probably ME)
    Backup
    attrib c:\*.* -r +a -s -h /s

    in a dos box in windows - Xcopy c:\*.* D:\*.* /s /h /r /c /d /m
    when 650 full - copy to CD


    create a file on the c:\n - with 20,000 lines each with the letter n

    Then restart in dos mode -
    attrib c:\*.* -r -s -h /s (leave A alone)
    xcopy c:\*.* d:\*.* /m /s <c:\n
    back into windows and put onto a CD

    You can restore files by just copying the files to a folder and sysing the drive.

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    Course you have to copy the files on D: to a CD...

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    Windows 2000 - use ntbackup to backup to a series of files - copy to a CD
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    Big TIP - set your system partition to be no more than 2GB that way you can usually Ghost it to an image that will fit on a CD - for recovery...


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    Polonious
    Registered Users Posts: 245 ✭✭Polonious


    Sounds like a good workaround Capt'n, thanks for that.


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    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 91,761 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Still testing this one but..

    HDD to HDD backup - by file copy ('cos replication in NT/2K is only designed for small stuff like scripts)

    one of several lines in a batch file in NT4 SP6a

    start xcopy \\PC1\c$\*.* \\PC2\d$\*.* /s /v /d:03-03-03 /e /d

    the /d:03-03-03 copies files modified since date
    the /d only copies them if newer than existing ones
    (Still testing to see if both can work together - but looking good )

    The paths are UNC - so it does not matter where the file runs from - if both are the same spec then run it from PC1 - otherwise not sure if a fast PC2 can compensate for slow connection.

    ie you are copying recent files first.
    Then when done you can change the date to grab older files - but the nice bit is it will still grab any files changed since you last ran it.


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