Windows XP: XP Backup Wizard rejecting file name and path
XP Backup Wizard rejecting file name and path
by audstune - 11/5/06 3:23 PMHi All...
I need to backup my PC, but the backup wizard gives the following message when I choose my DVDR drive as the destination: The backup file name could not be used "E:\mybackup.bkf". Please be sure it is a valid path and that you have sufficient access.
Can someone please help me?
Thanks so much!
DVD recording is unsupported.
by R. Proffitt
- 11/5/06 3:26 PM
In reply to: XP Backup Wizard rejecting file name and path by audstune
NTBACKUP is what this is based on and as such has all the warts that it did prior to about the year 2000.
I strongly suggest you forget about it and use anything else.
bob
Re: XP Backup Wizard rejecting file name and path
by audstune - 11/5/06 4:31 PM In reply to: DVD recording is unsupported. by R. Proffitt
Thanks...any suggestions on how to create system restore DVD's?
Thanks again!
NTBACKUP or XP Backup can't do that even if it did work.
by R. Proffitt - 11/5/06 5:49 PM
In reply to: Re: XP Backup Wizard rejecting file name and path by audstune
Wrong application.
To make "system restore DVD's" like you see from HP and other makers you need something like Acronis. Is this your homemade system or some brand that offered such a feature?
Let's be clear that NTBACKUP doesn't do bare metal restores.
Bob
NTBACKUP or XP Backup can't do that even if it did work.
by audstune - 11/5/06 8:15 PM In reply to: NTBACKUP or XP Backup can't do that even if it did work. by R. Proffitt
I took my tower in to have the power supply replaced and the techie said he heard a faint clicking in the HD and that I would have 6 month to a year before the HD would go...so I should be sure to make a backup copy of the HD (on DVD or CD)ASAP. That's why I was trying to backup the system. Does that sound correct to you? Should I invest in Acronis?
Thanks!
Is this worth it?
by R. Proffitt - 11/5/06 8:30 PM
In reply to: NTBACKUP or XP Backup can't do that even if it did work. by audstune
At this point it's worth asking... Are your files worth it?
If you feel Acronis is worth more than your files then no, don't buy it.
For me, such a backup is uncalled for. I don't need to backup the entire hard disk. Only "my files and settings" which I can do with a set of DVDRW media and CDBURNERXP. I have my OS CD, drivers and applications on those CDs so even with a hard disk failure I'm back up in just a few hours.
This does occupy about an hour of my time to make a new backup set but it's worth it to me.
Bob
Another option
by Xeyes - 11/19/06 1:35 PM In reply to: Is this worth it? by R. Proffitt
Blown power supplies seem to like taking other parts out when they go, so your techie is probably right, and you might not have even 6 months.
Instead of buying a new backup program, you could also spend the money now on your new hard drive, install it (as slave), partition & format it (WITH system files, so you can boot from it), copy (not backup) everything onto the new one, and swap out the old one. Keep the old one in a safe place as an emergency backup.
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