Back up Hard Drive to several CDs
I have a hard drive of 80GB that I need to fully back up using MS Back Up. Since I do not have a tape drive, I need to back this up to several CD's? The MS BackUp creates one large file that won't fit on one CD. How do I back up my whole coputer into several CDs without buysing new software?
What software came with the burner?
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Which one do you recommend? I was looking for more help on deciding on which freeware? Thanks
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or is there a way to break up a large file to fit into many 650 MB size files? that might do it?
Sorry, I use drive image pro (not freeware), and make complete copies of my drives (restore disks if you will)
and Nero (also not free)
check them out to see what fits your needs
and Nero (also not free)
check them out to see what fits your needs
yep, winzip, winrar come to mind
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Instead of using "backup" programs, you would be better off simply copying your data and files into 650MB chunks and putting them on a CDR, the biggest problem with backup file that big is if only part of it becomes corupted then usally the whole backup is useless.
Anyway to your question, most CDRW's come with software to make backup copies as part of the included software bundle, if your's did not then check the manufactuer's site to see if any is available.
Anyway to your question, most CDRW's come with software to make backup copies as part of the included software bundle, if your's did not then check the manufactuer's site to see if any is available.
Take a look at Norton Ghost:
http://www.symantec.com/sabu/ghost/ghost_personal/
http://www.symantec.com/sabu/ghost/ghost_personal/
Steve,
has the correct answer, it lies with the cd-r software that came with your drive, some come with roxio or adapter and some come with nero oem, to the best of my knowledge most or all of them come with a hdd recovery program and or backup utility.
has the correct answer, it lies with the cd-r software that came with your drive, some come with roxio or adapter and some come with nero oem, to the best of my knowledge most or all of them come with a hdd recovery program and or backup utility.
Also have a look here and see if anything strikes your fancy, all freeware backup utilities.
http://www.webattack.com/Freeware/system/fwbackup.shtml
http://www.webattack.com/Freeware/system/fwbackup.shtml
<a href="http://www.roxio.com/">Roxio</a>
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So here is the problem here, for me tokeep track of what has been copied to a Cd and what has not been copied it becomes a problem. Do any of those commerical apps keep track of that. For example:
Insert CD one ..... when it reaches the capacity of the first cd it will ask for a second CD to be inserted to the drive and so on and so forth. This way I dont forget whic files and folders I already burned and which one I didn't?
Insert CD one ..... when it reaches the capacity of the first cd it will ask for a second CD to be inserted to the drive and so on and so forth. This way I dont forget whic files and folders I already burned and which one I didn't?
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Good Advise, I have several old drive that I use for that purpose .. Thanks Crazy!
You are welcome. :>)
Backup tool included in Windows 98 does not support writable CD-ROMs
try here
http://www.freestuffer.com/software/backup.html
http://www2.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobbackup.htm
http://www.stuffall.com/software/backup.shtml
but remember often you get what you pay for