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Burning Backups to DVD
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| I'm using Acronis to backup to an external and a separate internal
drive. But I want to transfer these multi-GB files to DVD as well
for off-site storage..
Nero won't burn files to DVD that are larger than the capacity of
the DVD--that is, it won't span DVDs unless of course I use Backitup
or InCD. I'd rather have a burner that just copied the multi-GB
file.
Having heard many stories, I don't trust Acronis new capacity for
doing its own burning and I'd rather not introduce packet writing if
I can avoid it.
Can anyone suggest a burner that will span DVDs and not introduce
any complications?
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| Gerard Bok 2006-10-17, 7:17 pm |
| On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:47:34 GMT, "In" <scriber@mchsi.com> wrote:
>I'm using Acronis to backup to an external and a separate internal
>drive. But I want to transfer these multi-GB files to DVD as well
>for off-site storage..
>
> Nero won't burn files to DVD that are larger than the capacity of
>the DVD--that is, it won't span DVDs unless of course I use Backitup
>or InCD. I'd rather have a burner that just copied the multi-GB
>file.
As the DVD specifications formally limit filesize to just above 1
GB per file, you may want to reconcider this 'requirement'.
As video DVDs do: split the file into 1 GB chunks.
With files within the formal specs, you stand a much better
chance to read the DVD's on 'any system'.
--
Kind regards,
Gerard Bok
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| "In" <scriber@mchsi.com> wrote:
>I'm using Acronis to backup to an external and a separate internal
>drive. But I want to transfer these multi-GB files to DVD as well
>for off-site storage..
>
> Nero won't burn files to DVD that are larger than the capacity of
>the DVD--that is, it won't span DVDs unless of course I use Backitup
>or InCD. I'd rather have a burner that just copied the multi-GB
>file.
You just need to tell Acronis True Image to split your backup image
into 4.5gb-4.7gb chunks. It's in the "Set Options Manually" button
during the wizard setup, called "Archive Splitting."
Then burn each 4.5gb chunk file to a separate DVD.
If you have double layer, your chunk would be 8.5 (I think that's the
number).
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