Express Assist Backup to CD RW

[towjoe42]

I am trying to figure out how to back up using my Express Assist to my CD RW drive.
when I browse to change the drive from the Floppy A:\ drive to my CD RW drive I get the error: the drive is not ready or the folder does not exist.
In my Computer the drive shows up as the CD R drive.
Anyone experienced with Express Assist to help?

[General Winters]

Can I save directly to a CD or CD-RW disk?

The Express Assist 8 - backup file can be saved to a CD-R or CD-RW disk.

Direct saving to CD-R & CD-RW disks is supported as long as the disks have been pre formatted to accept direct file writes. You will need to have some type of CD software installed on your system that makes your CD-R drive act as a standard drive. We suggest Adaptec/Roxio DirectCD. Most CD writeable devices come packaged with software of this type. Spanning of CD-R & CD-RW disks is also supported and has been successfully tested with v2.5d+ of Adaptec/Roxio DirectCD.

When using "Direct CD" you MUST wait until Direct CD has control of the drive before starting the backup. Unless specifically disabled, Direct CD will display a window to tell you that it is "Ready". Wait until you see this window.

Windows XP Users Note: Windows XP includes built-in functionality to use CD media as a destination to write files to within Windows Explorer. This functionality is only included for Windows Explorer. This does not allow other applications such as Express Assist to write to the CD. Direct write software is still required to allow other applications to write to CD, such as the software mentioned above.

If you do not have the direct write software, you can still save the backup file to the CD by:

1. Make a backup to some temporary location on your hard drive (say c:\MyBackup ).

2. Copy the completed backup file to the CD using the software supplied with the CD drive.



Packet writing to cds ie the ability to drag and drop files to a cdr/cdrw and to treat it as if it was a large floppy/small hard drive is not recommended.

Save the file to your hard drive and then use a normal burning program to copy it to a cdr.

You can use your softwares multisession capabilities to add more saves to the same disk later .