| Forum Home | ||||
| Press F1 | ||||
| Thread ID: 99853 | 2009-05-17 04:38:00 | SyncBack Free | Pato (2463) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 774596 | 2009-05-17 04:38:00 | Backing up to DVD do I need to UDF format the disc?. Any info' seems to refer to SyncBackSE?. I intend to get an external HDD once I have sorted out how to do the backup. |
Pato (2463) | ||
| 774597 | 2009-05-17 05:28:00 | No-you copy files to it then format it. Or use LFS if you can Is this RW or R? Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 774598 | 2009-05-17 05:59:00 | No-you copy files to it then format it. Or use LFS if you can Is this RW or R? BlamWhat is LFS?. I have both RW and R. You copy files before formatting?. |
Pato (2463) | ||
| 774599 | 2009-05-17 06:08:00 | Thats how it should be-althought windows usually stuffs it up.... Just set syncback to back up to DVD and it'll do it for you LFS=Live File System, allows you to copy/paste and delete stuff |
Blam (54) | ||
| 774600 | 2009-05-17 06:09:00 | What is LFS?. I have both RW and R. You copy files before formatting?. Copying before formatting lifted my eyebrows almost to the back of my neck. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 774601 | 2009-05-17 08:27:00 | Mine too, I've never formatted an optical disc in my life. Just remove from packet put in drive and burn to it | gary67 (56) | ||
| 774602 | 2009-05-17 08:50:00 | Mine too, I've never formatted an optical disc in my life. Just remove from packet put in drive and burn to itThat is what I have always done also but in SyncBack it says to format the disk with UDF. | Pato (2463) | ||
| 774603 | 2009-05-17 10:09:00 | Your right I just read the help files, what a pain it says to remove other writing programs I would look for something else for doing DVD's. Maybe an imaging program such a macrium reflect or clonezilla or just do drag and drop would be a hell of a lot easier than formating optical discs | gary67 (56) | ||
| 774604 | 2009-05-17 23:42:00 | Your right I just read the help files, what a pain it says to remove other writing programs I would look for something else for doing DVD's. Maybe an imaging program such a macrium reflect or clonezilla or just do drag and drop would be a hell of a lot easier than formating optical discsI might just skip the DVD's and backup on an external HDD as it will be a lot easier. Thanks for the other programs I will have a look at them. Cheers. | Pato (2463) | ||
| 774605 | 2009-05-17 23:47:00 | With the likes of Nero, you can burn in the "UDF Format", but it doesnt pre-format the disc in that way. If you're using said LFS, on a R/W disc, then yes it will pre-format it, however those types of burns are known for their unreliability. Again, you cannot actually pre-format a +/-R disc, only a RW. The real reason you would use the UDF Format is due to a filesize being greater than 4GiB: en.wikipedia.org entation.29_file_size_limit Long story short: Run your backups Load up your favorite Burning application Burn the Backups directory. Hope this helps Chill. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1 2 | |||||