jbig808 opened this issue on Apr 29, 2002 ยท 6 posts
jbig808 posted Mon, 29 April 2002 at 9:22 PM
Hi all, Well I'm trying to backup my Poser files, about 6GB worth, using Win XP to cd, but I'm having a few probs. Poser and all my projects are on one 40gb drive but my system is on one 3gb drive. I'm running out of space for xp to create the image for the backup ~650mb for a cd because xp saves to the sys drive in this process. I can usually only burn a cd around 400mb :( Is it safe to reinstall xp over to my other 40gb without loss or should I keep backing up in little bits? And if so is there a safe way to do it? Any ideas? Thanks. Joe
Ericroy posted Tue, 30 April 2002 at 3:56 PM
There is a way to have the swap file reside on the other drive. That would probably solve the problem. I've done it in the past, but unfortunately, I don't remember how to do it. I did it on my last computer, but not on my current one. Sometimes knowing something is possible is a help. I believe it is under Control Panel/System/Virtual Memory. I think you can change the drive there. I hope this helps you, Ericroy
Lemurtek posted Wed, 01 May 2002 at 6:16 AM
I don't have WinXP but in Win2000, you can move your temp files to another drive. Right click on My Computer, select properties, go to the advanced tab, Environmental Variables and change the path to a folder on your 40GB drive. This is under Win2k, don't know if they changed this under Winxp or not (gee what are the odds?). As Ericroy said, you can also chage your swap file to the 40GB drive as well. Regards- Lemurtek
jbig808 posted Wed, 01 May 2002 at 11:49 AM
Great advice guys! Thanks. Having a bit of trouble with setting up the TMP dir in environmental variables though. XP does have an Environmental variables under the Advanced option. But it doesnt allow one to browse for a new temp directory, you have to manually type it in using the coding -----> %SystemRoot%Temp Filling in D:Temp doesnt seem to take hold :( , any suggestions? Thanks guys for your help! Joe
ronknights posted Wed, 01 May 2002 at 5:52 PM
I use NTI CD Maker Pro. It does a wonderful job of backing up my stuff to multiple CD's. So far it's the only program I've been able to use. I've tried Norton Ghost, etc.. No luck with my apparently ancient CD Burner.
jbig808 posted Wed, 01 May 2002 at 10:20 PM
Thx Ron. Yeah I have finally come to terms that my drives are getting a bit unorganized. Poser and all of its files are much too valuable so I'm thinking some backup utility software is in order. Plus not to mention the projects I've accumulated too. Much too valuable stuff! Goin to check out their site now! Thx Joe