Back UpFiles using the wizard in xp

Hi I am trying to back up my files to a cd-r and am not sure how to do it .I
can back up files to a location in my pc but cant get it on to a disc to save
it.Any help would be appreciated or maybe a program that is free or share
ware or something very frustrated . I lost ll my files when my hard drive
went south last month thanks alot .

phatboy wrote:
> Hi I am trying to back up my files to a cd-r and am not sure how to do it .I
> can back up files to a location in my pc but cant get it on to a disc to save
> it.Any help would be appreciated or maybe a program that is free or share
> ware or something very frustrated . I lost ll my files when my hard drive
> went south last month thanks alot .

If you are using XP's native backup program, ntbackup, know that it
cannot natively backup to CD unless 3rd party CD writing software is
installed, and even then can only backup to a single CD. It cannot span
CDs. It also cannot backup to DVD no matter what. It is geared toward
tape drives or other hard drives. It will work ok in backing up to an
external hard drive (or network drive) and restoring individual files /
folders is ok, but if you need to restore the complete drive it's
cumbersome. XP must be installed first. If you have XP Pro, Ntbackup
has an ASR feature (Automated System Recovery) which makes this restore
of a boot/system drive easier but still it takes much longer than an
imaging program, and I never got it to restore my system to full
functionality as it was when the backup was made. It also mandates that
a floppy drive be available. One floppy disk is created in the ASR
process and there is no way around that. ASR is not available on XP
Home addition.

One backup option is to use a drive imaging program. This makes an
exact image of the partition which can be saved on CD/DVD or to another
drive - internal or external. Imaging to an external USB 2.0 / Firewire
drive works well. Then occasionally burning an image to DVD gives you
redundancy. Restores can be done of the entire partition or individual
files / folders. These work well and make it easy to recover from a
drive crash. Examples of this are:

Norton Ghost 10
Acronis True Image
Terabyte Unlimited's Image for Windows
CasperXP

The second option is a traditional backup program such as Stompsoft's
Backup My PC. This is an excellent tool. It is the evolution of
ntbackup. There are other good backup programs out there as well. This
can do a complete backup or backup individual files and folders to
DVD/CD and other drives.

--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

"Rock" <rock@mail.nospam.net> wrote in message
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> phatboy wrote:
> > Hi I am trying to back up my files to a cd-r and am not sure how to
do it .I
> > can back up files to a location in my pc but cant get it on to a
disc to save
> > it.Any help would be appreciated or maybe a program that is free or
share
> > ware or something very frustrated . I lost ll my files when my hard
drive
> > went south last month thanks alot .
>
> If you are using XP's native backup program, ntbackup, know that it
> cannot natively backup to CD unless 3rd party CD writing software is
> installed, and even then can only backup to a single CD. It cannot
span
> CDs. It also cannot backup to DVD no matter what. It is geared
toward
> tape drives or other hard drives. It will work ok in backing up to an
> external hard drive (or network drive) and restoring individual files
/
> folders is ok, but if you need to restore the complete drive it's
> cumbersome. XP must be installed first. If you have XP Pro, Ntbackup
> has an ASR feature (Automated System Recovery) which makes this
restore
> of a boot/system drive easier but still it takes much longer than an
> imaging program, and I never got it to restore my system to full
> functionality as it was when the backup was made. It also mandates
that
> a floppy drive be available. One floppy disk is created in the ASR
> process and there is no way around that. ASR is not available on XP
> Home addition.
>
> One backup option is to use a drive imaging program. This makes an
> exact image of the partition which can be saved on CD/DVD or to
another
> drive - internal or external. Imaging to an external USB 2.0 /
Firewire
> drive works well. Then occasionally burning an image to DVD gives you
> redundancy. Restores can be done of the entire partition or
individual
> files / folders. These work well and make it easy to recover from a
> drive crash. Examples of this are:
>
> Norton Ghost 10
> Acronis True Image
> Terabyte Unlimited's Image for Windows
> CasperXP
>
> The second option is a traditional backup program such as Stompsoft's
> Backup My PC. This is an excellent tool. It is the evolution of
> ntbackup. There are other good backup programs out there as well.
This
> can do a complete backup or backup individual files and folders to
> DVD/CD and other drives.
>
> --
> Rock
> MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

StompSoft has "PC Backup" while Sonic/Roxio
has "Backup MyPC" -- which one were you pointing
at Rock ??
http://www.stompsoft.com/pc-backup/p...rceID=BUMP_301
http://www.sonic.com/products/Consum...C/default.aspx

mikey

Mike Fields wrote:

> "Rock" <rock@mail.nospam.net> wrote in message
> news:uG7uvCVEGHA.2320@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>
>>phatboy wrote:
>>
>>>Hi I am trying to back up my files to a cd-r and am not sure how to
>
> do it .I
>
>>>can back up files to a location in my pc but cant get it on to a
>
> disc to save
>
>>>it.Any help would be appreciated or maybe a program that is free or
>
> share
>
>>>ware or something very frustrated . I lost ll my files when my hard
>
> drive
>
>>>went south last month thanks alot .
>>
>>If you are using XP's native backup program, ntbackup, know that it
>>cannot natively backup to CD unless 3rd party CD writing software is
>>installed, and even then can only backup to a single CD. It cannot
>
> span
>
>>CDs. It also cannot backup to DVD no matter what. It is geared
>
> toward
>
>>tape drives or other hard drives. It will work ok in backing up to an
>>external hard drive (or network drive) and restoring individual files
>
> /
>
>>folders is ok, but if you need to restore the complete drive it's
>>cumbersome. XP must be installed first. If you have XP Pro, Ntbackup
>>has an ASR feature (Automated System Recovery) which makes this
>
> restore
>
>>of a boot/system drive easier but still it takes much longer than an
>>imaging program, and I never got it to restore my system to full
>>functionality as it was when the backup was made. It also mandates
>
> that
>
>>a floppy drive be available. One floppy disk is created in the ASR
>>process and there is no way around that. ASR is not available on XP
>>Home addition.
>>
>>One backup option is to use a drive imaging program. This makes an
>>exact image of the partition which can be saved on CD/DVD or to
>
> another
>
>>drive - internal or external. Imaging to an external USB 2.0 /
>
> Firewire
>
>>drive works well. Then occasionally burning an image to DVD gives you
>>redundancy. Restores can be done of the entire partition or
>
> individual
>
>>files / folders. These work well and make it easy to recover from a
>>drive crash. Examples of this are:
>>
>>Norton Ghost 10
>>Acronis True Image
>>Terabyte Unlimited's Image for Windows
>>CasperXP
>>
>>The second option is a traditional backup program such as Stompsoft's
>>Backup My PC. This is an excellent tool. It is the evolution of
>>ntbackup. There are other good backup programs out there as well.
>
> This
>
>>can do a complete backup or backup individual files and folders to
>>DVD/CD and other drives.
>>
>>--
>>Rock
>>MS MVP Windows - Shell/User
>
>
> StompSoft has "PC Backup" while Sonic/Roxio
> has "Backup MyPC" -- which one were you pointing
> at Rock ??
> http://www.stompsoft.com/pc-backup/p...rceID=BUMP_301
> http://www.sonic.com/products/Consum...C/default.aspx
>
> mikey
>

IIRC before both StompSoft and Sonic's offering had the same names.
Looks like StompSoft changed the name. I will change my response on
this. Thanks.

--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

"Rock" <rock@mail.nospam.net> wrote in message
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> >>The second option is a traditional backup program such as
Stompsoft's
> >>Backup My PC. This is an excellent tool. It is the evolution of
> >>ntbackup. There are other good backup programs out there as well.
> >
> > This
> >
> >>can do a complete backup or backup individual files and folders to
> >>DVD/CD and other drives.
> >>
> >>--
> >>Rock
> >>MS MVP Windows - Shell/User
> >
> >
> > StompSoft has "PC Backup" while Sonic/Roxio
> > has "Backup MyPC" -- which one were you pointing
> > at Rock ??
> > http://www.stompsoft.com/pc-backup/p...rceID=BUMP_301
> > http://www.sonic.com/products/Consum...C/default.aspx
> >
> > mikey
> >
>
> IIRC before both StompSoft and Sonic's offering had the same names.
> Looks like StompSoft changed the name. I will change my response on
> this. Thanks.
>
> --
> Rock
> MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

I presume you meant the Stompsoft product, however, it sounds like
they have changed more than the name from looking at their web page.
"Important information for Backup MyPC users" pops up a
window with the statement that
[begin quote]
Important message about upgrading to PC BackUp.

PC BackUp cannot be used to restore backup sets created
with Backup MyPC or other backup applications.

To ensure the maximum level of protection for your data, we
recommend that you back up all your data using PC BackUp.
[end quote]

Thanks alot you were very helpful and i will let you know how i make
out.Phatboy

"Rock" wrote:

> phatboy wrote:
> > Hi I am trying to back up my files to a cd-r and am not sure how to do it .I
> > can back up files to a location in my pc but cant get it on to a disc to save
> > it.Any help would be appreciated or maybe a program that is free or share
> > ware or something very frustrated . I lost ll my files when my hard drive
> > went south last month thanks alot .
>
> If you are using XP's native backup program, ntbackup, know that it
> cannot natively backup to CD unless 3rd party CD writing software is
> installed, and even then can only backup to a single CD. It cannot span
> CDs. It also cannot backup to DVD no matter what. It is geared toward
> tape drives or other hard drives. It will work ok in backing up to an
> external hard drive (or network drive) and restoring individual files /
> folders is ok, but if you need to restore the complete drive it's
> cumbersome. XP must be installed first. If you have XP Pro, Ntbackup
> has an ASR feature (Automated System Recovery) which makes this restore
> of a boot/system drive easier but still it takes much longer than an
> imaging program, and I never got it to restore my system to full
> functionality as it was when the backup was made. It also mandates that
> a floppy drive be available. One floppy disk is created in the ASR
> process and there is no way around that. ASR is not available on XP
> Home addition.
>
> One backup option is to use a drive imaging program. This makes an
> exact image of the partition which can be saved on CD/DVD or to another
> drive - internal or external. Imaging to an external USB 2.0 / Firewire
> drive works well. Then occasionally burning an image to DVD gives you
> redundancy. Restores can be done of the entire partition or individual
> files / folders. These work well and make it easy to recover from a
> drive crash. Examples of this are:
>
> Norton Ghost 10
> Acronis True Image
> Terabyte Unlimited's Image for Windows
> CasperXP
>
> The second option is a traditional backup program such as Stompsoft's
> Backup My PC. This is an excellent tool. It is the evolution of
> ntbackup. There are other good backup programs out there as well. This
> can do a complete backup or backup individual files and folders to
> DVD/CD and other drives.
>
> --
> Rock
> MS MVP Windows - Shell/User
>
>