Denton Taylor wrote:
>> Are you able to copy normal files to the CD? I have been able both to
copy
>> files and run the backup software with no problem...
I guess that Denton is running Adaptec DirectCD. As Acer mentioned, it's a
special filesystemthat lets you use a CDR or CDRW as a read/write volume.
The caveats are
that you need the software installed to be able to read the discs and that,
on CDR,
deleted space isn't recovered (obviously). DirectCD is bundled (along with
EasyCD Creator) with most new CDRW drives.
Adaptec have a new piece of software, called Take Two, which runs on top of
DirectCD
and can make a complete "image" backup of a partition or an entire disc, and
can
restore the system from the CD(s) via an emergency boot floppy.
That's the theory, anyway. After waiting months for it to become available,
I got
Take Two as part of CD Creator 4 Deluxe (the only way you can get it at the
moment)
and installed it under Win98. Every time I try to make a backup with Take
Two, it
crashes with an "illegal instruction" error. The new version of DirectCD
itself works
fine, as did the previous version which came with the drive.
YMMV and I wouldn't take this as damning until I've spent some more time
trying to
sort it out.I may also try it under NT4, but I prefer to keep new software
on the
Win98 side for testing as NT is where I do real work. I would also expect
Win98
versions to have received *more* QA testing as that's where the bulk of the
market is.
I have no affiliation to Adaptec (if that needed to be said).
-Brian
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