Saving Backup Files to CD/DVD

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(Free-Press-Release.com) November 18, 2005 -- Saving Backup Files to CD/DVD

If you have a CD/DVD Writer installed in your computer you can save backups directly to CDs or DVDs. To save a backup to a CD/DVD, click on the CD writer icon next to the browse button and select your CD writer from the popup menu. A default file name will be created. When writing a backup to CD you can either overwrite the CD or continue the CD. If you select overwrite the contents of the CD will be overwritten (A CDRW or DVD-RW will be erased and formatted). If you choose "continue media", new backup files will be added to the inserted disc as long as there is enough free space (Make sure that the inserted disc has not been closed). If you select the "changes only" backup mode in file settings, "continue media" will be enabled automatically.

When writing to CD you should also specify a location for temporary files. (Default: C:\Program Files\LIUtilities\WinBackup\Temporary Files\)

If you have multiple harddrives installed, using a second harddrive for temporary files can improve performance considerably.

If the "Erase CDRWs without asking" option is enabled, WinBackup will automatically erase CDRWs before writing the new Backup File.

If the backup is to large to fit on a single CD or DVD it will automatically be spanned across multiple discs.

Writing to CDs or DVDs is a complicated and sensitive process. Make sure there are no other programs interfering with WinBackup while you are writing to CDs.

This option is very useful if you want to schedule a backup to be written to the same CDRW every night, since you can simply leave the CDRW in the CD Writer. When using this option you should be very careful not to leave important CDRWs in the CD Writer while using scheduled backups

If you are using the "Changes Only" setting you should leave the temporary file in place.

More information can be found online at http://www.downloadatoz.com/winbackup/saving-backups.html

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