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Gone3d
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_ 		17. May 2005 @ 16:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ok I have about about 300 divx files on a 250gig hard drive. I want to back them up to DVDs. I dont care if they play in a dvd player, i just want them to play on a computer after i back them up. This will take about 50 DVDs. I am looking for the fastest way to do this. All I want to do is create one project then put a new disk in eveytime the first one is done.

I have nero 6. If I open nero and select create a DVD then add all 300 files to the disk, will nero ask me for a new disk everytime it is done burning one?

I dont want to have to create a new project for each disk. This would take forever... And I dont want to do a regular backup because then I will have to restore the whole backup just to watch one movie.

Any ideas on the best or fastest way to do this.
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Jerry746
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_ 		17. May 2005 @ 17:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
My guess from what you stated is that you just want to make a data dvd with those divx files. Open Nero to make a data dvd, browse and add as many files as the first dvd will hold and then burn. Your dvd should look like a partial section of your HD with those files and should play on the PC as you select each file. Try a RW dvd first to make sure it works. Then repeat the process for the other 49 dvds.

Jerry
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Gone3d
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_ 		17. May 2005 @ 18:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ok i can do that but the thing is , I dont want to have to do it 50 times. I want to do it all at once so the dvd pops out and asks for a new one. Then I can just watch the drive over the next few days and just drop a DVD in when its ready. Kind of like a batch burn.

Any ideas on how to do it all at once?
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LivnDGirl
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_ 		17. May 2005 @ 18:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I'm not aware of anyway to automate this process. Yes, it's going to take a long time.

For close to the price of the DVDs to do this you could get another hard drive, just a thought.

Another thought, use a backup program. It will prompt you to change disks, but it will probably split files, so that would be a deal breaker.

Good luck with this.
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Gone3d
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_ 		17. May 2005 @ 18:46 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi LivnDGirl,

I actually have bought a second 250gig drive to store the movies on but for some reason with all these very large files the Master File Table always becomes corrupt. Then I have to use a data recovery tool to copy them to a new drive. This has happened about 4 or 5 times. Now that I have them recovered I need to back them up for sure this time. I have thought about doing a regular backup but your right about spliting files. This will not work if I plan on using the files on each disc individually.

Oh and by the ways 50 dvds is only 14 bucks.

Anyone else know how to batch copy 250gigs?
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Jerry746
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_ 		18. May 2005 @ 16:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Nero Ultra has the Back It UP feature to back up HDs or just parts of it. I don't think it would actually split a single file between discs, but I'm not sure. Maybe e-mail Nero and ask how it handles files at the end of a disc. If it doesn't actually split the end file on the disc then it should do what you want.

Jerry
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alkohol
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_ 		18. May 2005 @ 23:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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Ok i can do that but the thing is , I dont want to have to do it 50 times. I want to do it all at once so the dvd pops out and asks for a new one. Then I can just watch the drive over the next few days and just drop a DVD in when its ready. Kind of like a batch burn.

Any ideas on how to do it all at once?

Anyone else know how to batch copy 250gigs?
Damn..... that's a lot of stuff there. I don't know if you can back up that much of gigs with the drive keep poping and asking for another dvd after another. The most I'd ever done is simply copy 6 or 7 AVI movies (depending on how big is the file) as in DATA into 1 dvd that's all.

Good luck with your burning..!!
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