I'm guessing you're trying to perform a complete system backup. I think
the dialog you're getting is referring to a bootable floppy disk that
you'd use during a complete system restore. I either quickly attach a
USB floppy drive to get the recovery diskette or I choose a different
backup option, such as backing up all my data or customizing what gets
backed up. I use Windows XP's backup and recovery utility all the time,
and I'm always backing up to my local hard drive, another internally
attached hard drive or a USB connected hard drive.
I looked around for an accessible backup utility, and I was willing to
pay for one, but I never found one. After reading up on the web on how
to use the backup and restore facility that you get for free with
Windows, and experimenting around with it a bit, it's actually quite
accessible and surprisingly powerful. It's the backup utility I use now.
John McCann wrote:
> Hello Fellow Vicug-l Listers:
>
> My vaunted Dell Dimension 8300 just having undergone somewhat of a
> melt-down, and facing the prospect of not being able to buy any computer
> with XP pro after December 31st, I just purchased a Dell Vostro 410 with XP
> pro loaded. I noticed that XP pro has a "backup" feature, which is access
> from "accessories" / "system Tools". So, as I came so incredibly close to
> losing all my precious data, I decided to use the backup feature. I tried to
> save the backup to both my 250GB Seagate external drive and my 750GB Western
> Digital "My Book" external drive. In both cases, the backup was quickly
> haulted, saying that I had to save my backup file to "removable media". Now,
> XP pro obviously doesn't consider an external hard drive operating through a
> USB connection as "removable media". I understand, what with XP now getting
> to be somewhat long in the tooth, Bill Gates and the boys were doubtless
> thinking of tape storage devices and such when they incorporated this
> feature into the XP operating system. However, they can't seriously be
> expecting folks to create backups with one hundred CDs, or, say, a
> significant number of 16GB flash cards.
>
> Does anyone know what XP pro might regard as "removable media"? I suppose I
> should just get a good backup imaging program, which would solve my problem;
> so, there's question number two; if anyone would care to suggest such a
> program; one which is "blind friendly".
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions, ideas, thoughts, etc.
>
> John
>
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