--- Marie Peer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Good Morning Everyone and Sherry,
>
> In reply to Jan, see below, you advised that she <do a backup of the
> Family
> File and then burn that backup over to the CD>.
>
> When I close Legacy and am asked if I want to make a backup, I say
> yes and
> then choose to backup to a CD rather than to my hard drive. Why is
> that not
> an acceptable practice? After reading this series of messages
> regarding
> backups, I tried restoring one of the backed up files, and it worked.
>
> What am I missing? Why do I need to backup to the hard drive and
> then burn
> that to CD?
>
> Thank you for helping me to understand.
>
> Marie
>
Marie,
Whether or not one can back-up directly to CD depends on what's
supported by the operating system and CD burner software. Some of the
older CD software doesn't allow applications (like Legacy) to write
directly to the CD. Some of the software has a "Direct CD" add-on that
adds that capability. Actually, the programs that appear to write
directly are probably writing to the hard disk, then to the CD, just
hiding that step from the user.
If direct back-up works for you, fine. For someone who's not sure,
it's safer to do the two steps separately.
Kraig
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