[FRIAM] Backup solutions (was "stupidest question....")

[Bill Eldridge]

One option is a Linux-on-CD distro that supports Windows file systems
and has DVD & CD write tools. (I like k3b as a graphical interface for 
backup,
though if you're going to do this a lot, you probably want 
boot-to-command-line,
run script, shut down). Presuming you don't mind rebooting to file-sync.

There's something new for XP called SyncToy that may be useful,
though it doesn't mention DVD/CD, probably same situation as old Backup.


Backup4All standard edition has built-in CD/DVD drivers ($30)
http://www.backup4all.com/buy_now.php

WinBackup for $50 supports DVD:
http://www.liutilities.com/products/winbackup/
Same with Nova:
http://www.novastor.com/pcbackup/backup/n_backup.html

Of course a 5-Gig Seagate pocket USB drive goes for $80, but that doesn't
give multiple backups.

If you install the Nero 7 CD-burner demo, 30-days, 130 Megs ;-( , it may 
leave the driver
that you need for drag-and-drop to CD-RW once it's expired. (I used to use a
backup program for XP called Second Copy, and they have this to say:

Does Second Copy work with CD-R/CD-RW drives? Yes. Second Copy works 
with CD Recordable/ReWritable drives (CD-R/CD-RW) if a proper device 
driver is installed and configured with your drive. The driver should 
make the CDRW behave like a large floppy disk.

Nero InCD (part of Nero 6 or later) and Roxio DirectCD (part of Easy 
Media Creator) are two such products that work with various CD-R/CD-RW 
drives and makes them look like large floppy disks. Check with your 
CD-R/CD-RW documentation.



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