You have to accept the fact that the maker of the backup utility chose to
make backup to CD impossible as 'expected behavior' and 'by design'. Finding
a way to make 'continouos disks' for a backup that took more than one CD was
too complex for what they wanted to deal with. (They would never admit to
this. More than one floppy was easier, and a part of the DOS OS. Likewise,
more than one 'tape drive'.)
So, your question is: "Is there a way", and the answert is 'yes, BUT' ...
the saved files cannot exceed the capacity of 'ONE CD'. (700 mgb?) (OK, one
DVD ??? mgb)
The trick you use to do a backup to one disk is to create a 'mapped network
drive' out of the CD/DVD drive/burner, and direct the backup there.
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Mark L. Ferguson
"Rickyseven" wrote:
> Why doesn't Win XP Pro backup utility recognize my CD or DVD drive so I can
> backup files to these drives?