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From: "Darrell A. Martin" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Back-up puzzle
Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2003 20:53:44 -0500
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At 06:21 PM 9/4/03 -0400, Jane Sarles wrote:
>Paul,
>
>Yes I do. I had hoped to just drag and drop rather than to go through the
>Roxio business. But, no.
>
>Jane
>[snip]
> >
> > In looking at your original message above, generally the D drive on most
> > systems would be a CD Reader, not a CD-burner. You cannot back up to a CD
> > reader. Do you have a CD burner installed on your system?
> >
> >
> > Paul E. Lawrence

Hi, Paul:

Lots of systems have CD-R or CD-RW drives ("burners") as D:, including
mine. A more important question is whether I have been completely oblivious
to a key feature. Does TMG, any version, have the ability to back up
*directly* to a CD-Recordable (CD-R) drive? I know if the right drivers
(packet-writing software) are installed, you might be able to back up to a
CD-Rewritable (CD-RW) drive, although that might not always be the case either.

Obviously you are right about a CD-ROM drive ("CD reader"), which can only
read files from CDs, not put files on them.

So what's the scoop?

Darrell


Darrell Allen MARTIN
a native Vermonter currently in exile in Addison, Illinois
www.darrell-martin.net/genealogy/

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