backing up to dvd. effieciant backups

[Deleted member 329]

hello. ok ive often wondered it but now i really need to know.
i am planning a backup of around 500gigs of information and my only backup solution is single layer dvd.
i have loads of folders all with different contents also the folders are different sizes .
now i want to back them all up... ok so here comes my question

if i go into nero and just drop my folders in until my dvd is full, burn then move onto the next one i often find that i have a few hundred mgs sometimes a few gigs left on the dvd.

what i want to do is tell some piece of software to put all these folders on as few dvds as possible and maybe make a vew cue sheet or image or somthing.. then all i need to do is burn and my backup of those folders is done and i can move onto the next section of the system i want to backup.

i am hoping there a good solution... i am lazy and manually filling up all those dvds in nero is going to be crap unless i find a easier solution..

so you could say i was looking for an effecient dvd backup solution with flexabilty .


edit/ i forgot to say that when i put the dvds in the drive there should be accessable as normal... dont really want to compress using ghost etc... file backup for longterm storage

 

[d.chatten]

What version of Nero do you have and does the version of Nero you have include the BackItUp application, if it does then try the following.

1) Open Nero BackItUp and select "File Backup" on the left side.

2) In the "File Backup Window" select all files and folders to be backed up.

3) Click "Start File Backup" and another box will pop up, if your files won't fit on one DVD it will say how many DVDs you may need for the backup at the bottom of this box.

4) Select your DVD-RW as the "Target:" and click "Next".

5) Click "Backup".

6) Insert a new DVD every time it asks during the backup and all should be well.

NOTE: You can set the compression ratio before you start the backup, but, the more compression you use the longer it will take and there will be an increased chance of the backup being corrupt.

Hope this helps!

 

[Deleted member 329]

hi there

yeah thanks for that i am checking it out at the mo... seems like thats what i was looking for!


edit/ just wondering if it saves to an archive or if it just backs up the files when set with no compression