A LOT of floppies would be needed! That's why I wrote
the instructions on how to get past the floppy window
and get to where you can save the backup to a hard
drive and then copy it to another location if you want
it on CD or DVD. Backup also will not copy to CD or
DVD unless you have software installed to treat the cd
or DVD as a normal disk drive so if that's not the case
you could then save it to a hard drive first, and then
copy it to the DVD.
In my case, the System Files takes a little over a
Gig of space to store and needs about 5 minutes to do
it, so I would have to put it on a DVD, not a CD due to
its size.
Instead though I have an external USB 500 Gig disk
drive and I copy all my backups and images to that.
Here is a different worded but same instructions to
send the backup to your hard drive (or DVD/CD if you
have packet writing software installed that lets you
use it as a normal hard drive):
In the wizard, when you get to
When it says "Choose a place to save your backup",
click Browse.
When it says "Please put a disk in drive A", click
Cancel
An explorer-like window will open from which you can
choose any drive on your system.
Choose a drive (and folder if necessary) , put a
filename in the File Name box, and click Save.
NOTE: This has to be a DIFFERENT name than you have
already ever used or it will go back to wanting drive
A!
Click on Save. Now you'll go back to the wizard and
where it said Drive A before, it will now say the
location you just gave it, in "Choose a place to put
your backup", and the name you gave the file will be in
the box called "Type a Name for the backup" so all you
have to do is click Next.
At the next wizard screen, click Finish and the backup
process will start.
Hope this Helps,
I'll be around again later today and tomorrow if you
have more questions.
Miscellaneous conversation:
There are easier and better ways to do this and some
programs for backing up will also let you compress the
files, which ntbackup will not let you do. I recall
ERUNT was mentioned, and that's a decent one as far as
I know. My choice would be WinZip; it has a free
version that 's full of nags, or a paid verstion that's
better and no nags. Erunt is free, the best Winzip
version is not.
If you would like to search for better programs to
try out, I'll give you a hand since you may know of
some ADA compliant programs already. Or, I'd assist
you in locating such a thing if you'd like.
Before you get too suspicious of me making such an
offer:
I am disabled, forced to retire, homebound and have
changed my life goals to "give back" some of the good
the world has given me. That has taken the form of
creating web sites for things like the local SPCA,
places that can't afford to hire anyone to do so, but
something I can provide, and other miscellaneous
things. That's all it's about.
Regards,
Tom
