-=PCTechTalk=- Re: backing up
- From: "Joyce" <jmcclure@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 17:58:26 -0500
Thank you Terry and Robert. Yes, you have helped a lot.
Would Belarc tell me if I have the hardware to burn to a DVD? I just looked
at the Belarc Advisor that I had printed off. It says I have under Drives:
"DM166D DVD-ROM (CD-ROM drive)" Does this tell you whether or not I can
burn DVD's?
I have four CD-RW disks available to use. I bought a pack of 5 a few years
ago when I had no idea what I would do with them. I don't know what the
heck I did with the fifth one but so far I can't find it. I guess it would
do no harm to see if the back up info. would fit on those 4 disks since they
are re-writable.
I don't know that I really need to do this back up since I have no really
important stuff on here but I would just like to have the knowledge of how
to do it.
Joyce
P.S. If Belarc does not tell me what I need to know I will go to pcpitstop.
I used to go there for "checkups" but have not done so in a long time.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Andrew Dulaney Jr." <rdulaneyjr@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 3:38 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: backing up
> Hello Joyce - lets see if I can answer your questions to your
> satisfaction, if you need more info please holler.
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> 1.) The amount of CD's it would take to back your system up depends on how
> much stuff you have to back up. This was probably already obvious to you
> and I am sorry I do not have a better answer.
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> 2.) CD-R or CD-RW that is a matter of choice and your finance abilities.
> With CD-RW you could erase and rewrite on the same disk saving you from
> having several back-ups around. I would suggest a DVD-RW or tape back-up
> if you can afford it. In any case I use rewritable media but have keep
> the last three - in other words I re write over the oldest of the last
> three back-ups so in the end I have the last three back-ups - hope I am
> making sense here.
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> You can put over 4.5 gigs of data on a DVD vice the 700 Mg on a
> conventional CD - and tapes you can buy in different sizes - obviously for
> these you need to install the hardware too.
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> 3.) there are several ways to tell if your DVD is capable of burning - I
> suggest you go to www.pcpitstop.com and do a complete test of your PC this
> will tell you a lot about your system besides testing it. After running
> the full test you can go to your DVD on the report and it will tell you.
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> BTW they make DVD-RW's also
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> I hope this helps you even if in a small way
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> Robert Dulaney Jr.
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> Des Moines, WA
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