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by techadmin

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I have win98 se and HP 8200 series CD-Writer and HP 650MB R/W Cd's. I have data over 2.5 GB and I want to write it on these CD's.

What is the proper way to write ?
If I want to take backup in continues form i.e. splitting throgh Cd's what is thebest software for it ? Where I can find it ?

If I choose to backup by msbackup on my HD and then write it on CD's will it work ?

Please help ?

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by maddiuex

Roxio has a great program for this, I use this weekly, I had a crash about 2 months ago, and this program saved me. Roxio Platinum Cdrom program is affordible and works Great.

Hope this helps?

by thechas

If you are just looking to make a simple backup, I would divide the data into logical sections of say 350 - 500 MB per.
Set up your CD software for each section, and go from there.

Do not use RW disks for critical backups. Use standard CD-R disks.
I have had several RW disks loose their format on me.
If you do use RW disks, at least make a minimum of 2 copies of everything.

Chas

by cbach1997

Answer #1 is my favorite - Norton Ghost

The newer versions when on Win98/95/Me use scripts if you want to split them for burning onto cd's (i.e. c:\progra~1\norton~1\norton~3\ghostpe.exe -split=650 -autoname)

Answer #2 or 3 also had Roxio listed. Their program is called Take Two. Haven't ever tried it, so don't know what to tell you.

Good luck,
cbach1997@hotmail.com

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