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Creating Backup to CD-RW

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by baffled

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Dear helpdesk, Following all the screen prompting I come to this Dialog Box below,when I click to save backup to CD-RW at E:-

"The backup file name could not be used
"E:\..............bkf
Please ensure it is a valid path and that you have sufficient access."

How do I get my backup in XP Pro platform to save in CD-RW as the backup files are large and Floppy disks is not practical?

Thanks,
Lawrence Voon

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by timwalsh

CD-RWs are not a supported backup device with the XP-native Backup application.

You have three choices:
1. Do as Anna777 suggests in her answer.
2. Skip the Backup application and just copy files using the XP-native CD burning ustility. However, scheduling then becomes problematic.
3. Invest in third-party backup software that will recognize a CD-R/CD-RW (or DVD-R/DVD-RW for that matter). There are several packages on the market at reasonable prices.

Hope this helps.

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