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 >[log in to unmask] > > PCSOFT maintains many useful files for download > visit our download web page at: > http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml 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/ Do you want to signoff PCSOFT or just change to Digest mode - visit our web site: http://freepctech.com/pcsoft.shtml