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zchri9

well im after a program that will back up my harddrive that has 17 gb of files
and put it on a 8.5gb dvd r dl
thanks
zchri9

Apache · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Thu Nov 08, 2007 6:44 am

Nero

Andy · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Thu Nov 08, 2007 7:02 am

Depending on the file type 17gb might not fit on an 8.5gb DVD. You may end up using two or three disks. If they're BETA's then don't expect it to compress much.

Jeff · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:20 am

I personally WinRAR it on best compression into an exe and then burn it. I think there are better compressers out there, but this gets the job done for me. (Also, you can split the archive with WinRAR if it won't fit on a single DVD)

zchri9 · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:58 am

yeah

ill look for ghost and make a backup
thanks guys

missingno · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Sat Nov 17, 2007 5:17 pm

Jeff wrote:

I personally WinRAR it on best compression into an exe and then burn it. I think there are better compressers out there, but this gets the job done for me. (Also, you can split the archive with WinRAR if it won't fit on a single DVD)

From my experience, 7zip compresses really good for me on the highest possible compression.

If I recall my last backup, I ran Ghost (on high compression to the small HD I have for Ghost only), and then ran 7zip on it with high compression. Fit in a CD or two, your mileage may vary

pr0gram the pr0grammer · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Sat Nov 17, 2007 11:54 pm

I'd recommend Ghost ... an install of Windows XP and Office 2003 (totals about 3GB) will fit on two 700mb CDRs easily. It's not the best compression but it's certainly good enough. The added advantage is if you want to reset your computer to how it was, you can just restore the ghost image, then it's exactly how it was. Or you can open the ghost image with the ghost explorer and extract files from it.

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