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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. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Tassie" wrote in message ... 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. -- 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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"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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"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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