On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 12:05:43 -0400, Need Help wrote:
>I need to make weekly backups of a database file using Nero v7.
>
>I like to re-name the file to include the date and just keep adding
You have the ren(ame) command and time / date variables at the cmd
prompt,
www.google.com and lots of batch file utils and tutorials.
>the weekly backup file to the DVD Re-Writable. I tried creating a
>multi-session disk and the first burn was successful, however, Nero
www.google.com , nero 7 multisession issues
>won't let me add files to the disk afterwards and won't even show me
>the file on the disk unless I go into the Nero Express mode in which
>case, it will let me add files to the disk but Windows XP can't read
Windows XP isn't Nero, why should it see Nero MS burned sessions.
>its content. That seems useless if ever my system crashes and I need
>to restore the files on the disk.
Don't multi session it.
>So what I need is to be able to keep adding files to the DVD RW and
>still extract the files off of it should my system crash.
If that doesn't work as you say then change your requirements to
something that does work, it seems it's more important to have a backup
of the data then using RW over another type.
>What's the best way to do my backups?
Acronis True Image, FTP , WinRAR, WinZip, other zip / archiver. Another
disk, DAT , lots of ways exist.
Me