"curlgirl" <curlgirl3-nospam******.com> wrote in message
news:B70AD265-3671-47C8-82E3-D65DC8FED624@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> 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[/color]

As mentioned elsewhere, try another approach, using a 3rd-party utility.
Check out the Acronis TrueImage trial version, which is full-featured but
time-limited (15 days IIRC). If you like it, it's not expensive; full
retail is around $50 and I've seen mention that some online retailers sell
it for half that. It's been extremely reliable for me.

HTH
-pk
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>
> "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][/color]