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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Performance and Maintainance / May 2008save backup on removable media
The Backup utility can create very large files...too large to fit on a DVD. Is there a way to save these backup files to DVDs so I don't have to take up space on an external hard drive? If you are referring to the backup utility included with Windows XP (then please say so when you ask a question) it does not do disc spanning. You have to create a series of backup files each of which will fit on a DVD. Personally, if I had the choice of saving backups to optical media or an external drive - and I do - I would choose the external drive in a second. The external drive is much faster, more reliable, can be scheduled and doesn't require that I hang around to swap media. Also: Almost any third-party backup program you can buy is more convenient than the Windows XP backup utility. --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est > The Backup utility can create very large files...too large to fit on a DVD. > Is there a way to save these backup files to DVDs so I don't have to take up > space on an external hard drive? Thanks very much. That answers my question. Yes...I am referring to the XP utility. I run it automatically to back up my laptop to my office server, but I wanted to know if there was some way of saving that file on a DVD so I could have an archive that wouldn't take up so much space on the server. CM > If you are referring to the backup utility included with Windows XP > (then please say so when you ask a question) it does not do disc [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Is there a way to save these backup files to DVDs so I don't have to take up > > space on an external hard drive? IIRC the backup file created by Microsoft Backup (as it's known) is already compressed. I don't remember if the extent of compression is selectable (so, for example, more compression produces a smaller backup file.) --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est > Thanks very much. That answers my question. Yes...I am referring to the XP > utility. I run it automatically to back up my laptop to my office server, but [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >>> Is there a way to save these backup files to DVDs so I don't have to take up >>> space on an external hard drive? |
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