Backing Up with Windows XP

[Janet]

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I have been attempting to back up my entire hard drive to a DVD through the
backup program in Windows XP Home Edition. I have installed the program and
followed the instructions provided by Microsoft however, I am having
problems. I am not given the option of choosing a backup destination and
secondly the default "backup media or the file name" is "not a good path".
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Guest]

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Windows Backup Does Not Back Up to CD-R, CD-RW, or DVD-R Devices
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315255

Ted Zieglar

"Janet" <Janet@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:23CF5BE4-8823-489A-ACC2-C9D44C974068@microsoft.com...
>I have been attempting to back up my entire hard drive to a DVD through the
> backup program in Windows XP Home Edition. I have installed the program
> and
> followed the instructions provided by Microsoft however, I am having
> problems. I am not given the option of choosing a backup destination and
> secondly the default "backup media or the file name" is "not a good path".
> Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[James]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain (More info?)

I know this is probably a stupid question, but have you tried using the
regular CD-R to write on?

"Janet" wrote:

> I have been attempting to back up my entire hard drive to a DVD through the
> backup program in Windows XP Home Edition. I have installed the program and
> followed the instructions provided by Microsoft however, I am having
> problems. I am not given the option of choosing a backup destination and
> secondly the default "backup media or the file name" is "not a good path".
> Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.