backups

[arethinn]

I feel like I should know this but that my brain is just extra dumb at this moment.

I want to back up my hard drive on DVD but both Nero BackItUp and Microsoft's Backup (rightly) complain that E: has only about 20 MB on it, I assume since the disc is not formatted. Surely there should be some way to handle this without having to DirectCD format the thing. I am just drawing a blank.

Comments

[starlightforest.livejournal.com]

They're -R discs. I agree that I shouldn't need to but clearly I am missing something, because both programs give me errors that amount to "that drive is not ready, please insert a disc".