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From: Jon Reinhardt on 19 Aug 2006 21:09 > Sorry, I meant to add that although Intuit has not quite said it directly > yet, I think it's likely that Quicken will not backup directly to DVD at > all. I don't have a recordable DVD drive, so I'm not familiar with what > Windows can do as far as burning DVD's is concerned, but my understanding > is that Q2007 has removed the ability to use third party software for > CD's/DVD's: it's Windows, or nothing. > > There is no reason you can't backup to your hard drive and use any means > you like to put that backup on your offline media. Quicken has supported backup to DVD and CD for several years. I have no idea why they would want to remove that functionality. This is definitely a step backwards. This feature was very useful allowing you to make quick backups. Now you have to backup to a folder and then copy to the drives.
From: Han on 20 Aug 2006 07:24 "Jon Reinhardt" <JunkMail(a)attbi.com> wrote in news:g86dnaiYmuCqK3rZnZ2dnUVZ_vCdnZ2d(a)comcast.com: >> Sorry, I meant to add that although Intuit has not quite said it >> directly yet, I think it's likely that Quicken will not backup >> directly to DVD at all. I don't have a recordable DVD drive, so I'm >> not familiar with what Windows can do as far as burning DVD's is >> concerned, but my understanding is that Q2007 has removed the ability >> to use third party software for CD's/DVD's: it's Windows, or nothing. >> >> There is no reason you can't backup to your hard drive and use any >> means you like to put that backup on your offline media. > > > Quicken has supported backup to DVD and CD for several years. I have > no idea why they would want to remove that functionality. This is > definitely a step backwards. This feature was very useful allowing you > to make quick backups. Now you have to backup to a folder and then > copy to the drives. > I think that the problem is that CD/DVD interfaces were never really meant to mimick hard drive functionality. The current workarounds like drag-to- disc and the older DirectCD are just that, workarounds. I suggest that you look at Karen's Replicator, freeware that automates all kinds of backup/copying of files. see: www.karenware.com/powertools/ptreplicator.asp. I haven't used it for optical media, because I don't really trust them for intermediate backups. Final backups may be OK. -- Best regards Han email address is invalid
From: John Pollard on 20 Aug 2006 09:29 "Jon Reinhardt" <JunkMail(a)attbi.com> wrote in message news:g86dnaiYmuCqK3rZnZ2dnUVZ_vCdnZ2d(a)comcast.com... >> Sorry, I meant to add that although Intuit has not quite said >> it directly yet, I think it's likely that Quicken will not >> backup directly to DVD at all. I don't have a recordable DVD >> drive, so I'm not familiar with what Windows can do as far as >> burning DVD's is concerned, but my understanding is that >> Q2007 has removed the ability to use third party software for >> CD's/DVD's: it's Windows, or nothing. >> >> There is no reason you can't backup to your hard drive and >> use any means you like to put that backup on your offline >> media. > Quicken has supported backup to DVD and CD for several years. > I have no idea why they would want to remove that > functionality. This is definitely a step backwards. This > feature was very useful allowing you to make quick backups. > Now you have to backup to a folder and then copy to the > drives. That's how I have always done it. Intuit has apparently been swamped with calls from users unable to understand how to use the backup to CD/DVD capability. I am certain that cost was a factor in their decision (they said they contemplated giving a free usb disk to purchasers of Q2007) and they say their support calls about backup problems are down measurably for Q2007.
From: Steven on 20 Aug 2006 09:30
Han <nobody(a)nospam.not> wrote in news:Xns98254B67082CDikkezelf(a)199.45.49.11: > "Jon Reinhardt" <JunkMail(a)attbi.com> wrote in > news:g86dnaiYmuCqK3rZnZ2dnUVZ_vCdnZ2d(a)comcast.com: > >>> Sorry, I meant to add that although Intuit has not quite said it >>> directly yet, I think it's likely that Quicken will not backup >>> directly to DVD at all. I don't have a recordable DVD drive, so I'm >>> not familiar with what Windows can do as far as burning DVD's is >>> concerned, but my understanding is that Q2007 has removed the >>> ability to use third party software for CD's/DVD's: it's Windows, or >>> nothing. >>> >>> There is no reason you can't backup to your hard drive and use any >>> means you like to put that backup on your offline media. >> >> >> Quicken has supported backup to DVD and CD for several years. I have >> no idea why they would want to remove that functionality. This is >> definitely a step backwards. This feature was very useful allowing >> you to make quick backups. Now you have to backup to a folder and >> then copy to the drives. >> > I think that the problem is that CD/DVD interfaces were never really > meant to mimick hard drive functionality. The current workarounds > like drag-to- disc and the older DirectCD are just that, workarounds. > > I suggest that you look at Karen's Replicator, freeware that automates > all kinds of backup/copying of files. see: > www.karenware.com/powertools/ptreplicator.asp. > I haven't used it for optical media, because I don't really trust them > for intermediate backups. Final backups may be OK. > save yourselves the headache and just get a 512meg usb sandisk and back up to it. Been doing it for years and never lost a byte. 512meg can be had nowadays for about $10 |