Patrick, you are off by a quarter. :P
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"Patrick Keenan" <test@dev.null> wrote in message
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> "curlgirl" <curlgirl3-nospam******.com> wrote in message
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>> 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
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