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DESTINJIM
If I use the "pst backup" utility, can I write the backup
directly to a R/W CD?
directly to a R/W CD?
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headtheball
I tried Jim and I got a message saying that I could not backup to CD. I have
Nero 6.0 and I run a job that backs up the backup, that is the only way that
I have been able to do it so far. I am asking the same question as I used to
BU to zip but my archive and personal folder is too big for single disk. I
would like to run an incremental BU to CD on a daily basis, I wonder why MS
haven't addressed this issue or have they?
Nero 6.0 and I run a job that backs up the backup, that is the only way that
I have been able to do it so far. I am asking the same question as I used to
BU to zip but my archive and personal folder is too big for single disk. I
would like to run an incremental BU to CD on a daily basis, I wonder why MS
haven't addressed this issue or have they?
S
Skip
You need a special program like Roxio to write single files to a CD. WinXP
will only write whole directories. You can get around this, if you have
space on your hard drive, by creating a new directory (call it BACKUP) and
back up your pst file into it. Then you can copy the BACKUP directory to
the CD.
I have written a batch file that xcopy's all my important and/or frequently
used data files, address books, etc. to the BACKUP directory. I run this
weekly (or more frequently if necessary) and then copy this hard drive
directory to a CD. I do a similar thing once a month with all data files,
etc., which is much bigger.
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will only write whole directories. You can get around this, if you have
space on your hard drive, by creating a new directory (call it BACKUP) and
back up your pst file into it. Then you can copy the BACKUP directory to
the CD.
I have written a batch file that xcopy's all my important and/or frequently
used data files, address books, etc. to the BACKUP directory. I run this
weekly (or more frequently if necessary) and then copy this hard drive
directory to a CD. I do a similar thing once a month with all data files,
etc., which is much bigger.
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K
Kenn Mor
It would seem to me, that the logical read write heads (plural) of a HD will
always far outstrip the lasers (singular) ability to write no matter what
speed the CD-RW drive has for throughput.
The over all size of a PST is addressed, but not in the direction those of
us in this discussion would like. Seems the PST get's cranky at about 1.8
gigs, and may fail to update at 1.83 gigs (2 megabit not 2 megabyte)
limitation. And this was still too small to some users who deal in a volume
of attachmetns (users of AutoCAD and the like) so the reported new size
limitation of a single PST is somewhere in the multi-terabyte region now for
2003 ver! What we need, is a way to keep our PST managable and fitting on
our backup media!
Reducing your over all PST size is achieved by ARCHIVING, but is helped if
you clean house a little first. Delete duplicate messages, empty the
deleted items folder, delete expired appointments, clean out your Sent Items
folder, especially if you sent the same attachment to other people, it's
sitting in your sent itmes folder EACH TIME. Then, compact (not compress)
the PST by right clicking on Outlook Today in the folder list, choosing
properties, and hitting Advanced on the lower right. There we have a Folder
Size button, and a Compact Now. Use the first button, note the size of a
few, use the second button, recheck the size in the first button.
Compacting eliminates the "white space" of a recently deleted item, because
when we delete it doesn't shrink the size of the PST, only marks the space
used as now free to overwrite.
Once the "pst backup" is run, check the size of it, if it exceeds your
backup media, time to set the archive feature a little more agressively.
Rules can also help, you can set a rule to check received messages, but if
it meets rule stipulations, it's not moved to a Folder, but rather a
secondary PST you have more PST's to backup, but all smaller.
Data backup is important to us all to one degree or another. PST Backup
(PFBackup) is a good way to get a "yesterdays exact copy" of your Outlook
data somewhere else on the computer. I would hope even, in a different
partition if not 2nd hard drive, that way if the original partition needs to
be formatted, or the source hard drive suffers mechanical failure the most
recent backup is still easily retrieved. BUT, then burning a second copy of
the backup pst to a CD (wonderful non-magnetic storage) then you're really
backedup, especially if you keep it out of the building, that way, Fire or
Flood may lose todays entire computer, but your CD of yesterdays burn is
safe with you.
Mor
Microsoft Messaging Support 3+ years front line TSA1
always far outstrip the lasers (singular) ability to write no matter what
speed the CD-RW drive has for throughput.
The over all size of a PST is addressed, but not in the direction those of
us in this discussion would like. Seems the PST get's cranky at about 1.8
gigs, and may fail to update at 1.83 gigs (2 megabit not 2 megabyte)
limitation. And this was still too small to some users who deal in a volume
of attachmetns (users of AutoCAD and the like) so the reported new size
limitation of a single PST is somewhere in the multi-terabyte region now for
2003 ver! What we need, is a way to keep our PST managable and fitting on
our backup media!
Reducing your over all PST size is achieved by ARCHIVING, but is helped if
you clean house a little first. Delete duplicate messages, empty the
deleted items folder, delete expired appointments, clean out your Sent Items
folder, especially if you sent the same attachment to other people, it's
sitting in your sent itmes folder EACH TIME. Then, compact (not compress)
the PST by right clicking on Outlook Today in the folder list, choosing
properties, and hitting Advanced on the lower right. There we have a Folder
Size button, and a Compact Now. Use the first button, note the size of a
few, use the second button, recheck the size in the first button.
Compacting eliminates the "white space" of a recently deleted item, because
when we delete it doesn't shrink the size of the PST, only marks the space
used as now free to overwrite.
Once the "pst backup" is run, check the size of it, if it exceeds your
backup media, time to set the archive feature a little more agressively.
Rules can also help, you can set a rule to check received messages, but if
it meets rule stipulations, it's not moved to a Folder, but rather a
secondary PST you have more PST's to backup, but all smaller.
Data backup is important to us all to one degree or another. PST Backup
(PFBackup) is a good way to get a "yesterdays exact copy" of your Outlook
data somewhere else on the computer. I would hope even, in a different
partition if not 2nd hard drive, that way if the original partition needs to
be formatted, or the source hard drive suffers mechanical failure the most
recent backup is still easily retrieved. BUT, then burning a second copy of
the backup pst to a CD (wonderful non-magnetic storage) then you're really
backedup, especially if you keep it out of the building, that way, Fire or
Flood may lose todays entire computer, but your CD of yesterdays burn is
safe with you.
Mor
Microsoft Messaging Support 3+ years front line TSA1
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Peter
If it is just a matter of calendar or contact files, you can back up these
separately.
Of course, you can always copy your PST file to a CD
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separately.
Of course, you can always copy your PST file to a CD
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