are the back up discs suppose to be so many?

hello, i started burning my back up disks the first day i got the lappy and so far its at 9 discs... is it suppose to be so many discs??

the status bar is at about 20% complete and it seems im going to be using about 40 cd's or something... am i doing something wrong? can i restart the back up using dvd's?

 

You usually use DVDs for backup stuff like that. They hold up to 7 times as much info as CDs. So seeing as how it's not unusual to see 2 or 3 DVDs for a single backup, I see how it would take you more than 9 CDs and not even be done yet.

Start over with a DVD.

 

Well if they are 700mb CDS and you have a lot of files then yes it'll take a long while. You should have started with DVDs in the first place, don't they tell you to use DVDs before you start making your backup?

 

if you are using the manufacturers utility to make recovery discs, you should have used dvd's. my girlfriends laptop took 12 cd's (we didnt have any dvds at the time) and i thought i would just make dvds once i got some....WRONG...they only let you burn one set of back up discs usually. and if you use cds then you are stuck with keeping track of a dozen or so cds. and if you use them, you have to keep changing them out for the next one.

 

ah, im using the one that vista uses? hah im not really sure which one.. i only know of one... the one that is on the thing that pops up when you start vista..

no, i wish they did... now i;m on my second run of back up...

thanks for the tip! i started with DVD's now.. hopefully it's quicker



Thanks all for your help!

 

Yes it's going to be quicker because you don't have to manually keep on switching out CDs, and you probably only need 2 DVDs.

 

It's usually 2 to 3 DVDs or 1 Double Layer DVD.