Guest Dan Posted July 6, 2008 Posted July 6, 2008 I have some major copies to make of all my photo and mail files ..... My question is can I do the job on CD or DVD disks ? And what is the difference in the procedure ? Thank you, Dan
Guest Guilbert Posted July 6, 2008 Posted July 6, 2008 Re: Use CD or DVD for Backing up and Copying data, pictures, et You can do it on either CD or DVD, assuming you have a CD/DVD writer. Main differencie is the amount you can put on them, CD about 700 Mb, and DVD over 4Gb. I use Nero to create my CDs and DVDs, and the only difference in procedure is at the start when I select CD or DVD within Nero depending what disk I have in the tray. I usually try to put all the things I am going to put on the CD or DVD into one top level folder (with other folders underneath) as this makes it easier to "add" them (you only have to select one folder) In Nero I select "data" CD, select the top level folder for all the files I want to backup, then select Burn. It is that easy. I usually make TWO copies of each CD or DVD as sometimes you get a CD or DVD you cant read for some reason, so by having 2 copies you have a backup of your backup.
Guest Dan Posted July 6, 2008 Posted July 6, 2008 Re: Use CD or DVD for Backing up and Copying data, pictures Re: Use CD or DVD for Backing up and Copying data, pictures Hello ! Thanks so much for taking the time to respond to my question - you were a big help to me ! Regards, Dan "Guilbert" wrote: > You can do it on either CD or DVD, assuming you have a CD/DVD writer. > > Main differencie is the amount you can put on them, CD about 700 Mb, and DVD > over 4Gb. > > I use Nero to create my CDs and DVDs, and the only difference in procedure > is at the start when I select CD or DVD within Nero depending what disk I > have in the tray. > > I usually try to put all the things I am going to put on the CD or DVD into > one top level folder (with other folders underneath) as this makes it easier > to "add" them (you only have to select one folder) > > In Nero I select "data" CD, select the top level folder for all the files I > want to backup, then select Burn. It is that easy. > > I usually make TWO copies of each CD or DVD as sometimes you get a CD or DVD > you cant read for some reason, so by having 2 copies you have a backup of > your backup. > > > > >
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted July 6, 2008 Posted July 6, 2008 Re: Use CD or DVD for Backing up and Copying data, pictures, et On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 23:00:00 -0700, Dan <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > I have some major copies to make of all my photo and mail files ..... My > question is can I do the job on CD or DVD disks ? And what is the > difference in the procedure ? Answered in another newsgroup. Please do not send the same message separately to more than one newsgroup (called multiposting). Doing so just fragments the thread, so someone who answers in one newsgroup doesn't get to see answers from others in another newsgroup. And for those who read all the newsgroups the message is multiposted to, they see the message multiple times instead of once (they would see it only once if you correctly crossposted instead). This wastes everyone's time, and gets you poorer help than you should get. If you must send the same message to more than one newsgroup, please do so by crossposting (but only to a *few* related newsgroups). Please see "Multiposting vs Crossposting" at http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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