For starters, even if you end up having to rely on XP's CD
writing software, you should be using a rewritable disc, a
CD-RW.
What options you have as far as backing up your Quicken files
to CD depends on what CD writing software is installed on your
computer. If you're looking to backup from Quicken directly to
CD then you'll need a CD writing program which supports packet
writing and DLA (Drive Letter Access). Examples of this would
be Roxio's Direct CD, Nero's InCD or Sonic DLA. I'm no expert
on CD burning so if you're looking for more info, take a look
at this article:
Courtesy of Alex Nichol, MS-MVP
Burning CDs in Windows XP
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.php
Also, this site claims that the DLA software available from
Dell will run on other manufacturer's hardware. I can't vouch
for this so you're on your own.
http://www.argentuma.com/backup/software/dla.html
My burner came with Sonic's software so I'll pass along what I
had to do in order to get this working.
Because I had removed a startup entry for this program from the
registry, I had to reinstall Sonic DLA. Once the program was
installed I found the following: 1. An entry in msconfig for
tfswctrl.exe (C:\Windows\System32\dla\tfwsctrl.exe) 2. A new
page on the properties sheet of my CD burner titled DLA. Note:
I found that if tfswctrl.exe wasn't running in the background,
this wouldn't work.
In My Computer, I right clicked on the CD burner and made sure
that "Use with DLA" had a check mark next to it. I then put a
rewritable disc in the drive, right clicked the CD burner and
selected Format from the menu. The disc ended up formatted UDF.
I opened Quicken and selected Backup from the file menu. I
removed the check mark from the box next to "Use Windows CD
writing software". I then hit the browse button and navigated
to the CD burner. I hit the OK button and my
files were written to the CD. Every time I backed up Quicken,
it would overwrite the old files.
Keep in mind that if you want to do this right, you'd use two
discs each containing seven folders, one for each day of the
week. You'd use a different folder each day and switch discs at
the end of the week. That way, if either disc is lost or
scratched, you'd lose no more than 7 days worth of entries.
As an aside, having the packet writing software and DLA running
in the background means that the Windows Backup program will be
able to backup files directly to CD as well.
Post back if you have any questions.
Good luck
Nepatsfan
(e-mail address removed),
