Jeff, I can commiserate. Last week, after a Windows (Vista) update, my
speakers quit working. I did a Restore, after which my computer couldn't
start up & went into the repair "loop" until I went loopy. I've beenn unable
to back up onto disks--it never progresses past the 1st disk. I lost every
file, and I may again since I can't back up. Extremely frustrating!!
--
curlgirl


"Jeff" wrote:
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> I performed the complete PC backup but I don't know if it worked and if it
> did, what discs are valid. It was a confusing process. I have 36 GB to
> backup and it said it should take 3-5 DVD discs. When I inserted the first
> disc it said to label it, including the date and time of the backup followed
> by "1". It did the same thing four times, and each time the progress bar
> started from the beginning. After the fourth disk, it finally went through
> verifying the disc and the progress bar went further. It told me to label
> the fifth disk ending in "2", wrote to the disc & verified it, then said the
> backup was complete. The last two discs are readable but the other three are
> not. Did the system back up all 36 GB on two DVDs? If there were errors
> writing to some discs then it should tell me that the discs are not part of
> the backup set.[/color]