[pchelpers] Re: SYSTEM BACKUP PROBLEM

If I had to use my facilities to do this, I would use Nero to select a 
group of directories/files that would fit into the 600MB size of a CD 
and burn them group by group. They would later be recovered by the 
reverse process.

Scott McNay wrote:

>Hi Gerald,
>
>Friday, September 24, 2004, 11:51:31 PM, you wrote:
>
>Gac> computer hardware or network connection. ( I have NO network connection)  
>Please
>
>It says "or"; so it thinks there's a hcomputer hardware problem.
>
>Gac> I  would assume that the File System being FAT32 ..... that the 
>formatting of
>Gac> the  CD was under FAT32, and is thus limited to 4GB 
>
>No, there's no relation.
>
>CDs and DVDs are formatted with one of several CD/DVD formats.  In any
>event, this isn't the problem.
>
>
>Gac> Now  the $64 dollar question.  How can I backup the complete system, onto 
>a
>Gac> number of  RW - CDs ? 
>
>Try a real backup program that knows how to handle multiple CDs. I'm
>sure that some others here can suggest some.
>
>If you're keeping the old computer, you can transfer the data between
>the two computers using several methods.
>
>--Scott.
>  
>
If you want professional software for a multi-session approach, here are 
some possibilities (without recommending any particular one).
http://www.zip-backup.com/
http://www.ntius.com/default.asp?p=backupnow/bun_main
http://www.handybackup.com/
http://yacdbak.sourceforge.net/
http://www.willowsoft.com/backup/

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