On Sun, 5 Jan 2003 16:16:28 -0800, James Maki <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>I have been looking for a backup program that will back up directly to a
>CDR. I tried Back4win, WatchetBurn, and Backup4All. Each had it own
>problems. Any suggestions? Prefer freeware, shareware or a downloadable
>trial version to see if the program delivers on its promises. It would be
>best if the program can write to CDR as well as write to the hard drive in
>CD sized portions (for long, untended backups). I use Datakeeper 5.0 to
>maintain up to date backups of all files to a second hard drive, but I am
>looking for a program to store the files to CD without having to manually
>assemble the files to about 650MB to fit on a single CDR or CDRW.
>

>Suggestions, opinions and horror stories welcome!
>
>Jim
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James,
I, too, have been looking for a backup program that was free, easy to use and that would back up to a CD or CDRW.  I tried many programs that were either too difficult to use, too buggy, or just plain awful until I stumbled upon Karen's Replicator, written by Karen Kenworthy.  Karen is a programmer who wrote many fine articles for Windows Magazine and Wimmag.com for over a decade.
With Karen's Replicator you can automatically backup files, directories, even entire drives! Replicator copies selected files from one drive/folder to another. Source and Destination folders can reside anywhere on your network. Files larger than 2 GB are supported
. Options include repeated copies at intervals as short as a few minutes, or as long as several months, copy only files that have changed, and the replication of file deletions.

Visit her website at
http://www.karenware.com/

When the page loads, choose "Free Programs" and then navigate to "Replicator".

I've been using the program now for about 6 months and just love it.  I backup my data files automatically to a CDRW every Saturday morning at 6am.  No fuss, no hastle.
Hope this is what you are looking for.
Regards,
Ted/

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