Hi Phil, I have not tried Ghost. However, I know Nero version 5 works just as well as Roxio CD Creator 5, but it caused random conflicts with my Fujitsu scanner's TWAIN driver and the motherboard's chipset drivers. Hence, I decided to drop Nero in favor of Roxio, and have had no problem.
I don't see how an external CD ROM drive would not work as long as the drive is recognized as a device in Windows Explorer and your burner software supports "drag and drop" in Windows Explorer. The way it works is that you must use the CD burner utility to format the re-writeable CD. (I use Direct CD, a component utility in CD Creator.) If the formatted CD allows you to drag and drop files in Windows Explorer, then you can write batch files to automate the process. It is important to realize that when you use batch files to back up data to re-writable CDs, the burner software is not required at all because copying is performed totally independent of the burner software, purely a Windows OS operation. Because of this, the backup files are not changed to "read only" . You can also open and use the files on the CD without having to move them to the hard drive first. However, you cannot use the CD on a foreign CD ROM drive unless that drive is also re-writeable. It should also be noted that it does not make sense to use one-write CD ROM drives, unless you intend to create permanent archives of your data. Use re-writeable CD ROM drives and re-writeable CDs. BTW, if you use 10x speed re-writeable CDs, make sure that your CD writer supports high speed re-write. If it does, there is usually a marker or label on the faceplate of the drive saying so. Using re-writeable CDs to back up data is a very economical and convenient way to safeguard personal data or datasets smaller than 650 MB in total size, the current maximum capacity of re-writeable CDs. Backing up to tapes or hard drives is still my preferred way for data files larger than 650 MB. Stan Loo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Nolette (NCS Group, Inc.)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 10:24 PM Subject: RE: Auto Backup to a CDRW > Stan, > Have you ever tried the software Ghost? I bought the software but it will > not work if the CD Writer is externally linked off a USB. The only way is > to Ghost the image to the drive and then copy it over. I wanted direct > external backup to a USB CD writer. > Phil > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of suredata > Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 12:43 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Auto Backup to a CDRW > > > I use batch files to back up data to re-writeable CDs, external to RBase. > You should be able to launch such batch files within RBase. > > Some of my batch files use XCOPY32.EXE, and others use PKZIP -- really > simple and inexpensive stuff but save me tons of time and give me excellent > safeguard. You can add switches to back up only those files that have been > changed, to speed up the process. > > For my operation, I use Roxio CD Creator (version 5--BTW, this version is > compatible with Windows XP), a good speed LG re-writable CD ROM drive, and > quality 10x speed re-writeable CDs. It is fast and easy -- I just click a > batch file icon any time. > > Stan Loo > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Betaserver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Rbase List Server (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 10:13 AM > Subject: Auto Backup to a CDRW > > > > I was wondering if anyone has set up a simple backup routine to a built > > in CD writer. I am looking for something where the user clicks on a back > > up button, and has to do nothing else but put in a blank CD, the rest > > would be done automatically. I know I could use the launch command to > > start the CD writer programs that I have, but the ones I have all > > require more user input. Has someone done this, or can anyone tell me > > of any CD writer programs that I can use with the launch command that > > would require no other user input. Thanks. > > > > > > Frank Conroy -- Systems Network Administrator > > F.J. 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