OK, this question requires a little background in order to get to the question:
Until about 3 weeks ago, I had been running W2000Pro and IE 6 along with Easy CD Creator 5x. I primarily used the V5 to "format" the disc, and then take the formatted disc and use it to back up my entries into various applications. For example, after completing my entries on my Quicken program, I would go to "file", then "backup", and then would insert my "formatted" disk into the "D" Drive, click on the backup dialog box within Quicken, and voila --I had my Qdata backed up to the last entry I had just completed.
Now, about 3 weeks ago, I upgraded to XP Pro, and IE 7.0. When I did all my homework and research on upgrading to XP, one of MS Windows' sites told me ahead of time that Easy CD Creator 5.x would not run with XP. And that turned out to be exactly correct. So I removed it, using the Add/Remove Software feature in the Control Panel.
So now I have been backing up Quicken and other applications using the Windows Explorer/Send to CD/Burn CD feature available on XP. That's a lot more time consuming the the method with ECDC5.x I had been using all these years. As I understand it, what I was doing was "packet writing", which is suppose to be unstable at best, and is virtually passe now.
So to my question: Do any of the later versions of Eeasy CD/DVD Creator have this same ability to "format" the CD as ECDC5.x did? If not, do any of the versions have a method of backup that will allow me to backup within the application, without having to find the correct backup file on windows explorer, sending it to CD, and then burning it?
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OK, this question requires a little background in order to get to the question:
Until about 3 weeks ago, I had been running W2000Pro and IE 6 along with Easy CD Creator 5x. I primarily used the V5 to "format" the disc, and then take the formatted disc and use it to back up my entries into various applications. For example, after completing my entries on my Quicken program, I would go to "file", then "backup", and then would insert my "formatted" disk into the "D" Drive, click on the backup dialog box within Quicken, and voila --I had my Qdata backed up to the last entry I had just completed.
Now, about 3 weeks ago, I upgraded to XP Pro, and IE 7.0. When I did all my homework and research on upgrading to XP, one of MS Windows' sites told me ahead of time that Easy CD Creator 5.x would not run with XP. And that turned out to be exactly correct. So I removed it, using the Add/Remove Software feature in the Control Panel.
So now I have been backing up Quicken and other applications using the Windows Explorer/Send to CD/Burn CD feature available on XP. That's a lot more time consuming the the method with ECDC5.x I had been using all these years. As I understand it, what I was doing was "packet writing", which is suppose to be unstable at best, and is virtually passe now.
So to my question: Do any of the later versions of Eeasy CD/DVD Creator have this same ability to "format" the CD as ECDC5.x did? If not, do any of the versions have a method of backup that will allow me to backup within the application, without having to find the correct backup file on windows explorer, sending it to CD, and then burning it?
I'll appreciate any information/help
Jim
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