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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: hyiu on September 24, 2003, 12:13:44 am
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Hi all:
Sorry... not exactly a BYOAC question....
but still ask cos this group is resourceful... hee hee.... ;) ;D
I just got a DVD burner... the pioneer 4xDVD-R one....
anyway... would like to know which program is easy to use for backing up data directories ??
Thx for the suggestions...
;) ;D
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I always just selected the directories in the burning software. I use Nero myself, but most of them work pretty much the same.
Although if you don't really understand the concept of directories (you would be surprised how many people don't), then you might have a bit more trouble with it.
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one word, NERO ! :D
Nothing but nero...try to "get" the latest version ;)
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I would have to agree with NERO, but I would also like to add...
Alchohol 120%
Its either that or Nero. I like Alchohol because it can make an /exact/ replica, meaning it copy's the copy protection and everything. Great for games/programs that dont allow copying.
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Record Now Max is another alternative. Its very similar in looks to Easy CD creator, but overall a much better program. I use both that and Nero, but i'm partial to Record Now Max for DVD recordables. Just personal preferance, Nero is a great program.
-Kevin
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I Really like to use DVD Decrypter, its very useful to copy/Backup any movies that you own for your "Car Entertainment Center"...
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Thank you guys....
I'll try out Nero...... ;) ;)
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Norton Ghost 2003 ;D
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I'll second ghost if you want a complete backup of your drive, but if you just want to back up data directories, Nero is the way to go.
If you want to use Ghost, you'll actually want to reformat and get your drive in the most stable form you can, i.e. all drivers, updates, program updates installed. files/folders set the way you want, but with only minimal programs installed. Then that way, if you ever have a system failure you can ghost your drive to that former state and just re-install the games/programs that weren't on your HDD during the ghost image.
Just my .02
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I would have to agree with NERO, but I would also like to add...
Alchohol 120%
Its either that or Nero. I like Alchohol because it can make an /exact/ replica, meaning it copy's the copy protection and everything. Great for games/programs that dont allow copying.
Just thought I should mention, that to do this with Alcohol 120%, you have to have Alcohol120% installed on the system you try to play on... it backs up copy protection features that are currently impossible to burn, but does so by adding a little "partition" thingy to the end of the CD, and reading the CD with special drivers in place of the normal windows ones.
Oh yeah, and the best way to backup your files, is to have a single directory that you always put your files into in the first place. ;) I have a c:\work and the MyDocs folder. Just drag 'em to the burning soft.
By the way, in Nero, how do you get it to split a huge chunk of files into multple CDs without having to manually remove files until they fit? I don't have the pleasure of owning a DVD-R drive :P.
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For backing up large amounts of data without having to burn CDs or DVDs, I have a second hard drive in the machine and use a program called Second Copy that does compares and copies over just the changes. It can be configured to do a complete synch, just add missing files, etc. It was the best program I found. This way I have a backup but don't actually burn CDs or DVDs all that often.