Backup toCD

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Please be patient with a newbe to XP-Pro
I want to back up my Quick Books data to a CD
Someone said that I can do it using XP.
Someone else said that I need a third party program like
NERO.
Can I burn my data to a CD using XP Pro?
If so,how?
Thanks
 
Yes you can but you need third party software to save or drag files directly
to CD.

This is known as packet writing and XP does not support that function
natively. This requires third party software such as the Direct CD
component of Easy CD
Creator, www.roxio.com or the InCD component of Nero, www.nero.com.

Check the web sites for version compatibility with XP as well as compatible
CD-Writers.
 
So, when i select Save to CD in Quick Books, I see the
file listed on an xp screen under TODAY
Do I then open nero and search for that location?
Then, what is the article # Q316529 talking
about "Symptoms: When you attempt to record (burn) data to
a compact disc recordable (CD-R) drive....you may not have
the option to send data to the CD-RomDrive... the
Recording tab is not displayed.. This issue can occur when
the drive is misdetected as a non-recordable device...">---
--Original Message-----
 
No, once Nero's In CD packet writing component is installed, you need only
save directly to CD in the same fashion as you would to the hard drive.
 
"Margie" said in news:[email protected]:
Please be patient with a newbe to XP-Pro
I want to back up my Quick Books data to a CD
Someone said that I can do it using XP.
Someone else said that I need a third party program like
NERO.
Can I burn my data to a CD using XP Pro?
If so,how?
Thanks
Click to expand...

Unless you get a UDF (universal data format) writer utility to provide
packet writing to the CD-RW media (it must be rewritable to allow
updating the table of contents), like InCD from Ahead's Nero or DirectCD
from Roxio's EasyCD (which run as installable file systems), you will
need to perform the Quickbooks backup to a path on your hard drive and
then use CD burning software (Nero, EasyCD, etc.) to then copy that file
from the hard drive onto CD-R[W] media.

The UDF writer IFS (installable file system), like InCD or DirectCD, let
you use a CD-RW disc like a big floppy. However, you might find that a
UDF-written CD is only readable on your host or a select few. Although
UDF is a standard packet writing protocol, different formats may be used
in laying down the file onto the rewritable media. Also, although I
haven't tried the latest version of each, when trailing the prior
versions of InCD and DirectCD they were found far too flaky and severely
reduced reliability of the system; i.e., you might start getting lots of
BSODs (blue screens of death). These products worm their way in at the
kernel level of the operating system since they load as an installable
file system. So far both Ahead and Roxio (Adaptec) have proven inexpert
at writing file systems. On every host that had InCD or DirectCD
installed, they had to get uninstalled to eliminate sporadic crashes on
them.
 
Well according to the other responses you get I am doing something in XP that simply can't be done. I don't have any disk writing software like Nero or Roxio or anything. I have a simple XP HE OS. All I have to do is put a blank CD\R or CD\RW in the drive and then find the file I want and right click on it and then click send to and click on the drive with the disk in it and then a box will come up telling me the files are ready to be written to CD. A small Icon will be displayed in the system tray (where your clock is in the lower right) double click on that to open the window showing the files ready to be written and they will be shown with an arrow pointing down on them and you click file in the top left and then write these files to CD. But then this can't be done in XP. Or so they say. I have been doing it since I got the OS 2-1\2 + yrs ago. But not knowing that I can't do this is probably the reason I can. Explain that one MVP's. and no I do not have any third party software of any kind for CD writing. NO no no. Just XP HE. Thankyou very much. Good luck.
 
That's completely different and isn't writing directly to CD and you cannot
do it from within an application as the OP is attempting. XP's built-in
burning function is basically a mastering function that allows you to write
a complete CD similar to how one would create an audio CD. But for data CDs
used as you would a floppy disk, you must have third party software that
supports the function.
 
Thank you all. I will check out InCD on my NERO disk. It
seems as if a re-install might be just what I need.
-----Original Message-----
"Margie" said in news:99dd01c4060b$63851710 [email protected]:
Please be patient with a newbe to XP-Pro
I want to back up my Quick Books data to a CD
Someone said that I can do it using XP.
Someone else said that I need a third party program like
NERO.
Can I burn my data to a CD using XP Pro?
If so,how?
Thanks
Click to expand...

Unless you get a UDF (universal data format) writer utility to provide
packet writing to the CD-RW media (it must be rewritable to allow
updating the table of contents), like InCD from Ahead's Nero or DirectCD
from Roxio's EasyCD (which run as installable file systems), you will
need to perform the Quickbooks backup to a path on your hard drive and
then use CD burning software (Nero, EasyCD, etc.) to then copy that file
from the hard drive onto CD-R[W] media.

The UDF writer IFS (installable file system), like InCD or DirectCD, let
you use a CD-RW disc like a big floppy. However, you might find that a
UDF-written CD is only readable on your host or a select few. Although
UDF is a standard packet writing protocol, different formats may be used
in laying down the file onto the rewritable media. Also, although I
haven't tried the latest version of each, when trailing the prior
versions of InCD and DirectCD they were found far too flaky and severely
reduced reliability of the system; i.e., you might start getting lots of
BSODs (blue screens of death). These products worm their way in at the
kernel level of the operating system since they load as an installable
file system. So far both Ahead and Roxio (Adaptec) have proven inexpert
at writing file systems. On every host that had InCD or DirectCD
installed, they had to get uninstalled to eliminate sporadic crashes on
them.

.
Click to expand...
 
You're welcome, good luck, Margie.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

Margie said:
Thank you all. I will check out InCD on my NERO disk. It
seems as if a re-install might be just what I need.
-----Original Message-----
"Margie" said in news:99dd01c4060b$63851710 [email protected]:
Please be patient with a newbe to XP-Pro
I want to back up my Quick Books data to a CD
Someone said that I can do it using XP.
Someone else said that I need a third party program like
NERO.
Can I burn my data to a CD using XP Pro?
If so,how?
Thanks
Click to expand...

Unless you get a UDF (universal data format) writer utility to provide
packet writing to the CD-RW media (it must be rewritable to allow
updating the table of contents), like InCD from Ahead's Nero or DirectCD
from Roxio's EasyCD (which run as installable file systems), you will
need to perform the Quickbooks backup to a path on your hard drive and
then use CD burning software (Nero, EasyCD, etc.) to then copy that file
from the hard drive onto CD-R[W] media.

The UDF writer IFS (installable file system), like InCD or DirectCD, let
you use a CD-RW disc like a big floppy. However, you might find that a
UDF-written CD is only readable on your host or a select few. Although
UDF is a standard packet writing protocol, different formats may be used
in laying down the file onto the rewritable media. Also, although I
haven't tried the latest version of each, when trailing the prior
versions of InCD and DirectCD they were found far too flaky and severely
reduced reliability of the system; i.e., you might start getting lots of
BSODs (blue screens of death). These products worm their way in at the
kernel level of the operating system since they load as an installable
file system. So far both Ahead and Roxio (Adaptec) have proven inexpert
at writing file systems. On every host that had InCD or DirectCD
installed, they had to get uninstalled to eliminate sporadic crashes on
them.

.
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Horray! It worked
Thank you all again
Margie
-----Original Message-----
You're welcome, good luck, Margie.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

Thank you all. I will check out InCD on my NERO disk. It
seems as if a re-install might be just what I need.
-----Original Message-----
"Margie" said in [email protected]:
Please be patient with a newbe to XP-Pro
I want to back up my Quick Books data to a CD
Someone said that I can do it using XP.
Someone else said that I need a third party program like
NERO.
Can I burn my data to a CD using XP Pro?
If so,how?
Thanks

Unless you get a UDF (universal data format) writer utility to provide
packet writing to the CD-RW media (it must be rewritable to allow
updating the table of contents), like InCD from Ahead's Nero or DirectCD
from Roxio's EasyCD (which run as installable file systems), you will
need to perform the Quickbooks backup to a path on your hard drive and
then use CD burning software (Nero, EasyCD, etc.) to
Click to expand...
then
copy that file
from the hard drive onto CD-R[W] media.

The UDF writer IFS (installable file system), like InCD or DirectCD, let
you use a CD-RW disc like a big floppy. However, you might find that a
UDF-written CD is only readable on your host or a select few. Although
UDF is a standard packet writing protocol, different formats may be used
in laying down the file onto the rewritable media.
Click to expand...
Also,
although I
haven't tried the latest version of each, when trailing the prior
versions of InCD and DirectCD they were found far too flaky and severely
reduced reliability of the system; i.e., you might start getting lots of
BSODs (blue screens of death). These products worm
Click to expand...
their
way in at the
kernel level of the operating system since they load as an installable
file system. So far both Ahead and Roxio (Adaptec) have proven inexpert
at writing file systems. On every host that had InCD or DirectCD
installed, they had to get uninstalled to eliminate sporadic crashes on
them.

.
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Terrific, Margi, good luck.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

Horray! It worked
Thank you all again
Margie
-----Original Message-----
You're welcome, good luck, Margie.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

Thank you all. I will check out InCD on my NERO disk. It
seems as if a re-install might be just what I need.
-----Original Message-----
"Margie" said in [email protected]:
Please be patient with a newbe to XP-Pro
I want to back up my Quick Books data to a CD
Someone said that I can do it using XP.
Someone else said that I need a third party program like
NERO.
Can I burn my data to a CD using XP Pro?
If so,how?
Thanks

Unless you get a UDF (universal data format) writer
utility to provide
packet writing to the CD-RW media (it must be rewritable
to allow
updating the table of contents), like InCD from Ahead's
Nero or DirectCD
from Roxio's EasyCD (which run as installable file
systems), you will
need to perform the Quickbooks backup to a path on your
hard drive and
then use CD burning software (Nero, EasyCD, etc.) to then
copy that file
from the hard drive onto CD-R[W] media.

The UDF writer IFS (installable file system), like InCD
or DirectCD, let
you use a CD-RW disc like a big floppy. However, you
might find that a
UDF-written CD is only readable on your host or a select
few. Although
UDF is a standard packet writing protocol, different
formats may be used
in laying down the file onto the rewritable media. Also,
although I
haven't tried the latest version of each, when trailing
the prior
versions of InCD and DirectCD they were found far too
flaky and severely
reduced reliability of the system; i.e., you might start
getting lots of
BSODs (blue screens of death). These products worm their
way in at the
kernel level of the operating system since they load as
an installable
file system. So far both Ahead and Roxio (Adaptec) have
proven inexpert
at writing file systems. On every host that had InCD or
DirectCD
installed, they had to get uninstalled to eliminate
sporadic crashes on
them.

.
Click to expand...


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"The Unknown P" said in
Well according to the other responses you get I am doing something in
XP that simply can't be done. I don't have any disk writing software
like Nero or Roxio or anything. I have a simple XP HE OS. All I have
to do is put a blank CD\R or CD\RW in the drive and then find the
file I want and right click on it and then click send to and click on
the drive with the disk in it and then a box will come up telling me
the files are ready to be written to CD. A small Icon will be
displayed in the system tray (where your clock is in the lower right)
double click on that to open the window showing the files ready to be
written and they will be shown with an arrow pointing down on them
and you click file in the top left and then write these files to CD.
But then this can't be done in XP. Or so they say. I have been doing
it since I got the OS 2-1\2 + yrs ago. But not knowing that I can't
do this is probably the reason I can. Explain that one MVP's. and no
I do not have any third party software of any kind for CD writing. NO
no no. Just XP HE. Thankyou very much. Good luck.
Click to expand...

You are quite correct. You are NOT using UDF but then UDF is *not* the
only method for writing to the CD media. Windows XP comes with
minimally functional CD burning support, like a very lite version of
Nero or EasyCD. And just like you say, you need to save the exported or
generated file onto the hard drive and THEN you can copy it over to the
CD. You even noted that operation in your statement "... then a box
will come up telling me the files are ready to be written to CD".

Microsoft is notorious for slapping on crippled or minimized version of
software. They don't write the NT Backup program, either (I think it's
Veritas), nor did they write the Disk Cleanup utility (a crippled but
safer version of CleanSweep). Microsoft doesn't like to reveal the true
developer of those water-downed versions that they include under the
guise of them enhancing their operating system. You really think every
file that gets into some version of Windows actually came from
Microsoft? You must also think Microsoft writes all those drivers to
support hardware.
 
Check your docu: You need to have a CD that can "write" (CD-R and/or CD-RW)
and the accompanying software.

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