Back up discs.

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Nevyn907 said:
Hi folks a really daft question here. How do i go about creating a back up
disc plz?
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To make a backup disc directly (i.e without use of any other program), you
use a program such as Acronis True Image. If perchance you are making a
backup of a system disc, you will find that the best (current) solution is a
double layer DVD.
If you are using ntbackup, you must first create a file on a hard drive
somewhere as ntbackup will not create a file on a CD. Windows XP will not
write to a DVD. However, to actually use the resultant file requires that
you also create files on a floppy (and only floppy) drive. To restore the
backup to a system drive requires use of a Windows XP distribution CD.
However, if you use a much better program such as Acronis True Image, it
will write a backup file directly to the medium of your choice. And, after
you have created a restore CD, you can restore the backup to a system drive
while needing only the restore disk.

This is a process which can best be learned by practice. And, if you have
never done this procedure, you should learn how ASAP.
Jim
 
I answer your question with another "really daft question". What do you want
to backup? Some people refer to making a copy of another CD like their
Windows XP Installation disc as being a backup. Other people refer to making
an archive of important data to CD or DVD as creating a backup disc. Other
backup's include creating full system images. So what do you want to do?
 
an archive of important data

Xandros said:
I answer your question with another "really daft question". What do you want
to backup? Some people refer to making a copy of another CD like their
Windows XP Installation disc as being a backup. Other people refer to making
an archive of important data to CD or DVD as creating a backup disc. Other
backup's include creating full system images. So what do you want to do?
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Nevyn907 said:
an archive of important data
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Ntbackup, Acronis True Image, etc., etc. can do this task. Both of these
programs can create a file which contains whatever you specify. You put
this file wherever you wish.

In short, you must learn by doing.
Jim
 
Nevyn907 said:
an archive of important data
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"An archive of important data" implies that your machine
will still be in working order when you use your backup,
including all your I/O options and drivers.

Do you have an available USB socket? If so, you could
use a removable hard drive to back up your data, and not
worry about burning discs or about how many discs
you would need. With a reasonable size of removable
drive, you could probably make many backups of your
archive on different dates without running out of room.
If your archive is no more than a few Gby, you could
just use a thumb drive stuck in the USB socket and
then carry it with you (in which case you might want
to get a thumb drive that includes password
protection in case someone gets hold of it).

Acronis True Image can write to various media,
including a USB-connected drive.
 
A cheap and easy way to back up Data:
buy a USB flash Drive?memory Stick

Open My documents>right-click on what you want to back up as a copy>Send to>
USB Flash Drive
 
Mick Murphy said:
A cheap and easy way to back up Data:
buy a USB flash Drive?memory Stick

Open My documents>right-click on what you want to back up as a copy>Send
to>
USB Flash Drive
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As people have pointed out to me when I waxed enthusiastic
about using a thumb drive with a simple copy for data backup,
you need to make sure none of the files you want to back up
are in use when you copy.
 
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