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Backing Up GPL to DVD
I want to free up some space in my hard drive and have decided to remove
GPL for now. Since GPL has nothing in the registry, I'm trying to just back-up the GPL folder. With all of the add-ons, etc, my GPL folder is about 2.8 Gigs. Therefore, I'd like to back it up to a DVD. I tried simply copying it over to my DVD Recorder using WindowsXP Drag-and-Drop, but I get a message saying that "Windows encountered a problem." Can someone explain the procedure to back-up to a DVD? This should be pretty simple, but maybe I'm missing a step or two. Thanks! |
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Backing Up GPL to DVD
your dvd has to be formatted before drag and drop will work.
I wouldn't use the windows program. Use a third party app such as Roxio Easy CD & DVD Creator's "drag to disc" Nero has their own too. <BRH> wrote in message . .. >I want to free up some space in my hard drive and have decided to remove >GPL for now. Since GPL has nothing in the registry, I'm trying to just >back-up the GPL folder. With all of the add-ons, etc, my GPL folder is >about 2.8 Gigs. > > Therefore, I'd like to back it up to a DVD. I tried simply copying it > over to my DVD Recorder using WindowsXP Drag-and-Drop, but I get a message > saying that "Windows encountered a problem." > > Can someone explain the procedure to back-up to a DVD? This should be > pretty simple, but maybe I'm missing a step or two. > > Thanks! |
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Backing Up GPL to DVD
Wizip it, that way there is not one problem with file names, If I were you
then burn that file (wont be much smaller than not zipped) to the DVD. Trust me. LuvrSmel enlightened us with: > your dvd has to be formatted before drag and drop will work. > I wouldn't use the windows program. > Use a third party app such as Roxio Easy CD & DVD Creator's "drag to > disc" Nero has their own too. > > <BRH> wrote in message > . .. >> I want to free up some space in my hard drive and have decided to >> remove GPL for now. Since GPL has nothing in the registry, I'm >> trying to just back-up the GPL folder. With all of the add-ons, >> etc, my GPL folder is about 2.8 Gigs. >> >> Therefore, I'd like to back it up to a DVD. I tried simply copying >> it over to my DVD Recorder using WindowsXP Drag-and-Drop, but I get >> a message saying that "Windows encountered a problem." >> >> Can someone explain the procedure to back-up to a DVD? This should >> be pretty simple, but maybe I'm missing a step or two. >> >> Thanks! |
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Backing Up GPL to DVD
That's exactly what I'm doing and it's working great.
I used a direct copy before and your stuck with read only files when you copy it back :-(. "Uwe Schürkamp" > a écrit dans le message de news: ... > On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 10:53:09 -0400, BRH wrote: >> >> Can someone explain the procedure to back-up to a DVD? This should be >> pretty simple, but maybe I'm missing a step or two. >> >> Thanks! > > you might also want to archive your entire gpl folder to hd first, then > drag and drop the archive to your dvd writer, using zip or winrar). This > way, file permissions and possible strange filenames will be conserved > which might not be valid in a Joliet based filesystem. > > Cheers, uwe > > > -- > GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61 |
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Backing Up GPL to DVD
LuvrSmel wrote:
> your dvd has to be formatted before drag and drop will work. > I wouldn't use the windows program. > Use a third party app such as Roxio Easy CD & DVD Creator's "drag to disc" > Nero has their own too. > > <BRH> wrote in message . .. > >>I want to free up some space in my hard drive and have decided to remove >>GPL for now. Since GPL has nothing in the registry, I'm trying to just >>back-up the GPL folder. With all of the add-ons, etc, my GPL folder is >>about 2.8 Gigs. >> >>Therefore, I'd like to back it up to a DVD. I tried simply copying it >>over to my DVD Recorder using WindowsXP Drag-and-Drop, but I get a message >>saying that "Windows encountered a problem." >> >>Can someone explain the procedure to back-up to a DVD? This should be >>pretty simple, but maybe I'm missing a step or two. >> >>Thanks! > > > Thanks for the tip. I used Nero's Back-Up program and worked fine. |
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