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08-04-2003, 04:24 PM
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 XP Backup is Crippled Please correct me if I'm wrong, or point me to a fix/patch.... From what I can determine, XP's backup can backup to a file (single file), or to TAPE....period. There is no way to get it to back up to a CD or DVD writer other than as a single file. In other words, it won't span multiple CDs or DVDs!!! Given the price and speed and capacity of tape drives, did MS not think that people would want to back up to OTHER types of removable media? I have a great DVD writer, but can't use it for backups! Well, okay, technically I can because the drive came with some backup software, but that software is pretty dumb -- dumber than XP's backup, can't save profiles (have to go in and include/exclude every time), doesn't show what files it's working on etc. XP's backup is a decent program, but not supporting popular, fast, cost-effect, removable media makes it pretty useless! Heck, my drive supports drive-letter access, so why can't it back up to it like a floppy....Oh...wait...it doesn't support that either. If you can span tapes, how hard could it be to span disks? It ought to be simpler. Does anyone know a way around this? Patch? Freeware? Thanks in advance, Frank Domina | Guest
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08-04-2003, 04:51 PM
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| Re: XP Backup is Crippled Backup to the hard drive , then use any backup system that you want. Jym "Frank Domina" <frank.domina@sciatl.com> wrote in message news:e8q7TTqWDHA.388@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... Please correct me if I'm wrong, or point me to a fix/patch.... From what I can determine, XP's backup can backup to a file (single file), or to TAPE....period. There is no way to get it to back up to a CD or DVD writer other than as a single file. In other words, it won't span multiple CDs or DVDs!!! Given the price and speed and capacity of tape drives, did MS not think that people would want to back up to OTHER types of removable media? I have a great DVD writer, but can't use it for backups! Well, okay, technically I can because the drive came with some backup software, but that software is pretty dumb -- dumber than XP's backup, can't save profiles (have to go in and include/exclude every time), doesn't show what files it's working on etc. XP's backup is a decent program, but not supporting popular, fast, cost-effect, removable media makes it pretty useless! Heck, my drive supports drive-letter access, so why can't it back up to it like a floppy....Oh...wait...it doesn't support that either. If you can span tapes, how hard could it be to span disks? It ought to be simpler. Does anyone know a way around this? Patch? Freeware? Thanks in advance, Frank Domina | Guest
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08-04-2003, 05:48 PM
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| Re: XP Backup is Crippled Like Jym said just backup to a New Folder on the Hard drive and then from there you could move it to a CD. "Frank Domina" <frank.domina@sciatl.com> wrote in message news:e8q7TTqWDHA.388@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... Please correct me if I'm wrong, or point me to a fix/patch.... From what I can determine, XP's backup can backup to a file (single file), or to TAPE....period. There is no way to get it to back up to a CD or DVD writer other than as a single file. In other words, it won't span multiple CDs or DVDs!!! Given the price and speed and capacity of tape drives, did MS not think that people would want to back up to OTHER types of removable media? I have a great DVD writer, but can't use it for backups! Well, okay, technically I can because the drive came with some backup software, but that software is pretty dumb -- dumber than XP's backup, can't save profiles (have to go in and include/exclude every time), doesn't show what files it's working on etc. XP's backup is a decent program, but not supporting popular, fast, cost-effect, removable media makes it pretty useless! Heck, my drive supports drive-letter access, so why can't it back up to it like a floppy....Oh...wait...it doesn't support that either. If you can span tapes, how hard could it be to span disks? It ought to be simpler. Does anyone know a way around this? Patch? Freeware? Thanks in advance, Frank Domina | Guest
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08-04-2003, 10:30 PM
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| Re: XP Backup is Crippled No patch and no way to autospan CDs but here are some work-around suggestions http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/saving_files_to_cd.htm -- Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell\User] www.webtree.ca/windowsxp "Frank Domina" <frank.domina@sciatl.com> wrote in message news:e8q7TTqWDHA.388@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... Please correct me if I'm wrong, or point me to a fix/patch.... From what I can determine, XP's backup can backup to a file (single file), or to TAPE....period. There is no way to get it to back up to a CD or DVD writer other than as a single file. In other words, it won't span multiple CDs or DVDs!!! Given the price and speed and capacity of tape drives, did MS not think that people would want to back up to OTHER types of removable media? I have a great DVD writer, but can't use it for backups! Well, okay, technically I can because the drive came with some backup software, but that software is pretty dumb -- dumber than XP's backup, can't save profiles (have to go in and include/exclude every time), doesn't show what files it's working on etc. XP's backup is a decent program, but not supporting popular, fast, cost-effect, removable media makes it pretty useless! Heck, my drive supports drive-letter access, so why can't it back up to it like a floppy....Oh...wait...it doesn't support that either. If you can span tapes, how hard could it be to span disks? It ought to be simpler. Does anyone know a way around this? Patch? Freeware? Thanks in advance, Frank Domina | Guest
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08-05-2003, 09:17 PM
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| Re: XP Backup is Crippled That's not too practical if you're using more than 50% of your disk! "jym" <I'mnot@home.man> wrote in message news:OYFXyiqWDHA.3612@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... Backup to the hard drive , then use any backup system that you want. Jym "Frank Domina" <frank.domina@sciatl.com> wrote in message news:e8q7TTqWDHA.388@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... Please correct me if I'm wrong, or point me to a fix/patch.... From what I can determine, XP's backup can backup to a file (single file), or to TAPE....period. There is no way to get it to back up to a CD or DVD writer other than as a single file. In other words, it won't span multiple CDs or DVDs!!! Given the price and speed and capacity of tape drives, did MS not think that people would want to back up to OTHER types of removable media? I have a great DVD writer, but can't use it for backups! Well, okay, technically I can because the drive came with some backup software, but that software is pretty dumb -- dumber than XP's backup, can't save profiles (have to go in and include/exclude every time), doesn't show what files it's working on etc. XP's backup is a decent program, but not supporting popular, fast, cost-effect, removable media makes it pretty useless! Heck, my drive supports drive-letter access, so why can't it back up to it like a floppy....Oh...wait...it doesn't support that either. If you can span tapes, how hard could it be to span disks? It ought to be simpler. Does anyone know a way around this? Patch? Freeware? Thanks in advance, Frank Domina | Guest
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08-05-2003, 09:51 PM
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| Re: XP Backup is Crippled Frank; Then maybe you need to buy a full featured back-up application instead of the basic NTBACKUP provided with Windows XP. Basic applications often lack the features of their full featured counterparts. That also does not mean they are "Crippled" -- Jupiter Jones [MVP] An easier way to read newsgroup messages: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...oups/setup.asp http://dts-l.org/index.html "Frank Domina" <frank.domina@sciatl.com> wrote in message news:OKjo4b5WDHA.1268@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... That's not too practical if you're using more than 50% of your disk! "jym" <I'mnot@home.man> wrote in message news:OYFXyiqWDHA.3612@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... Backup to the hard drive , then use any backup system that you want. Jym "Frank Domina" <frank.domina@sciatl.com> wrote in message news:e8q7TTqWDHA.388@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... Please correct me if I'm wrong, or point me to a fix/patch.... From what I can determine, XP's backup can backup to a file (single file), or to TAPE....period. There is no way to get it to back up to a CD or DVD writer other than as a single file. In other words, it won't span multiple CDs or DVDs!!! Given the price and speed and capacity of tape drives, did MS not think that people would want to back up to OTHER types of removable media? I have a great DVD writer, but can't use it for backups! Well, okay, technically I can because the drive came with some backup software, but that software is pretty dumb -- dumber than XP's backup, can't save profiles (have to go in and include/exclude every time), doesn't show what files it's working on etc. XP's backup is a decent program, but not supporting popular, fast, cost-effect, removable media makes it pretty useless! Heck, my drive supports drive-letter access, so why can't it back up to it like a floppy....Oh...wait...it doesn't support that either. If you can span tapes, how hard could it be to span disks? It ought to be simpler. Does anyone know a way around this? Patch? Freeware? Thanks in advance, Frank Domina | Guest
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08-05-2003, 09:56 PM
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| Re: XP Backup is Crippled Backup of the entire disk is not necessary. Jym "Frank Domina" <frank.domina@sciatl.com> wrote in message news:OKjo4b5WDHA.1268@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... That's not too practical if you're using more than 50% of your disk! "jym" <I'mnot@home.man> wrote in message news:OYFXyiqWDHA.3612@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... Backup to the hard drive , then use any backup system that you want. Jym "Frank Domina" <frank.domina@sciatl.com> wrote in message news:e8q7TTqWDHA.388@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... Please correct me if I'm wrong, or point me to a fix/patch.... From what I can determine, XP's backup can backup to a file (single file), or to TAPE....period. There is no way to get it to back up to a CD or DVD writer other than as a single file. In other words, it won't span multiple CDs or DVDs!!! Given the price and speed and capacity of tape drives, did MS not think that people would want to back up to OTHER types of removable media? I have a great DVD writer, but can't use it for backups! Well, okay, technically I can because the drive came with some backup software, but that software is pretty dumb -- dumber than XP's backup, can't save profiles (have to go in and include/exclude every time), doesn't show what files it's working on etc. XP's backup is a decent program, but not supporting popular, fast, cost-effect, removable media makes it pretty useless! Heck, my drive supports drive-letter access, so why can't it back up to it like a floppy....Oh...wait...it doesn't support that either. If you can span tapes, how hard could it be to span disks? It ought to be simpler. Does anyone know a way around this? Patch? Freeware? Thanks in advance, Frank Domina | Guest
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