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Old July 11th 07, 10:14 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
Jeff Richards
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Glad to hear that you got it sorted out.

Note that there are a very large number of ways to do a backup. Your
procedure will allow you to restore whole folders or individual files or any
combination from the CD back into a working Windows system. It won't have
to be the same machine or even the same operating system. It is therefore a
very effective safety copy of important files.

However, it is not a full system backup. If you have a complete hardware
breakdown (such as the hard disk drive failing) then you will firstly have
to build yourself a new working Windows system, and then use the backup CDs
to recover whatever files you want. You will not be able to reinstall your
applications from those CDs - you will need to reinstall the applications
from their original installation CDs. Some files, such as you e-mail
messages, may need a special procedure in order to bring them back from the
CD into the new system.

Some people would regard your form of backup as insufficient. For many
users who would probably get someone else to re-install Windows if they ever
had a complete system failure, it may well be perfectly adequate.
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Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Tassie" wrote in message
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Dear Jeff

Thanks very much for the information. I have done that now successfully.

It was bugging me for months.

"Jeff Richards" wrote:

When you have dragged enough files into the Nero win so that the
available
space is nearly all used, then select "Next", check that the settings are
correct and select "Burn". The files that have been dragged to the win
will
be burnt to the CD. Repeat with new disks as required until everything
is
backed up.
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Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Tassie" wrote in message
news
Hi! I had drama while trying to back-up. I've never been able to go
through
all the steps in backing-up.

Today, I opened a D drive program (nero) clicking on make data disk,
then
opened "my documents" and dragged all the files into the nero window.
Then
from my comp, dragged all the files I wanted to the nero win. By that
time
the disk was showing nearly full. But I wasn't sure of the next step.
So I
clicked on "add" and a win came up showing my comp and D drive. So I
clicked
on D. Then closed that win, and clicked " next" on the previous nero
win.

After about 10 minutes, a message came up saying: " nero is not
responding."
I clicked" ok", then a win came up saying:
"THE SYSTEM IS DANGEROUSLY LOW ON RESOURCES. DO YOU WANT TO CANCEL?"
When
I
clicked on "yes" the comp froze and wouldn't respond to "cont,alt,
del".
So I
had to turn it off at the button.

I need to make back-ups because I'm getting a new (second hand) comp.

I might be asking too much, but I'd be real grateful if some one could
take
me through the steps on back-up onto CD, and should I do some thing to
handle
the "low on resources?" I've cleaned the cache files.







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Old July 14th 07, 01:21 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
Don Phillipson
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"Tassie" wrote in message
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Can you please tell me why "nero" is not so good?


Your first post answered this question:
. . . dragged all the files I wanted to the nero win. By that time
the disk was showing nearly full. But I wasn't sure of the next step. So I
clicked on "add" and a win came up showing my comp and D drive. So I

clicked
on D. Then closed that win, and clicked " next" on the previous nero win.
After about 10 minutes, a message came up saying: " nero is not

responding."

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)\


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Old July 14th 07, 01:21 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
Don Phillipson
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Posts: 524
Default problem backing-up

"Tassie" wrote in message
...

Can you please tell me why "nero" is not so good?


Your first post answered this question:
. . . dragged all the files I wanted to the nero win. By that time
the disk was showing nearly full. But I wasn't sure of the next step. So I
clicked on "add" and a win came up showing my comp and D drive. So I

clicked
on D. Then closed that win, and clicked " next" on the previous nero win.
After about 10 minutes, a message came up saying: " nero is not

responding."

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)\


 




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