Suzan Posted July 12, 2002 Report Share Posted July 12, 2002 Please help!! I had this problem when I first got my CDRW, and it came with the Retrospect Express Software. As a result of not being able to figure out how to do backups properly, I stopped doing them...Lost 2 years of data. OUCH!!! Don't want this to happen again... This is the situation. I have scheduled a Full C-Drive Recycle backup to be automatically performed every Friday morning at 5am. I also thought I had set the CD drawer to "never open" I have a cat, and I don't want her messing with it, or dust/cat hair getting in there, while it is exposed for 3-4 hours until I get back to my computer in the morning. The challenge I'm having is that when I do get to my computer, the drawer is open, and asking for 2-Backup Set B. Easy enough. I then exchange the first CD with the 2nd one, and nothing happens!! I get "Please Wait" So...after waiting 20 minutes, and coming back to check, still nothing?? I noticed it seemed to default back to my CDR (1), So I reselected the SONY CDRW (2). Still nothing, then I check the log, and it looks like, at 5:15am, the Backup Set was "RESET". So, my question is How do I do this 2 CD (maybe more in future), Recycle, Full Hard-Drive, Automated, Backup, with the CD Drawer remaining closed? Do I have to do it manually? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lv2ski Posted July 15, 2002 Report Share Posted July 15, 2002 MAC or PC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzan Posted July 16, 2002 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2002 I'm using a PC... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lv2ski Posted July 17, 2002 Report Share Posted July 17, 2002 You could go to configure BU devices. Then go to Enviroment and then ignore the 1st cdr drive that your not using. I assume your not using it.... I am really confused at what is going on here..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzan Posted July 17, 2002 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2002 As you suggested, I went to Configure BU devices, Environment, and set the first CDR drive to ignore. Your suggestion may help? We'll see when the next Automated Recycle Backup of the Full C-Drive (Backup Set attempts to launch? We'll see how it behaves when it needs the second disc?? I will follow up with you on this... I'm not sure what you are confused about...?? The first drive is a CDR-Read/Play only The second drive is a CDRW-Read/Write/ReWrite. I do use the first drive, just not for backup purposes... Backup set A is Incremental, documents only, done daily, only takes one disk so far. In the Configure Preferences tab, I chose Media Handling, and checked off "Don't eject removable disks" because I don't want the CD drawer open, exposed to dust, and the cat. (Possibly for a few hours, or even a full day?) Let me know if you require further clarification? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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