Backup to Disk

[pug7709]

I tried to backup a company to a CD-RW, since it was taking so many 3 1/2's to backup. I keep getting this message:

"You do not have permission to open this file. See the owner of the file or an administrator to obtain permission."

Since I was the one who originally set-up the company, and I am the only one who has access to it, I don't understand. I am not on a network. I am using version 2002.

Help, please!

Donna

[cowvet]

Sounds like a CD writing issue. Can you back up to the C: drive? IF so, try to copy the backup file to the CD and see if that works. Some programs may allow you to access the CD as a drive letter, others do not. We back up with CDs on XP and it works great.
Chris

[rosech252]

Hey, I am no computer expert here! But, that is the message I get if I haven't formatted the new CD. Could this be what is going on with you? I also get that message, if I remember correctly, if the CD is full.

[Ghost40]

rosech252 you are correct

[pug7709]

no, I haven't formatted the CD's. I didn't know they needed to be formatted (duh) Thx for the info.

Donna

[Robert Walraven]

Don't try to back up the Peachtree data files directly to your CD. Do a backup within Peachtree and then put the backup file on your CD. Otherwise you can end up with an inconsistent set of data files if there is any pending activity that Peachtree has not completed.

[peachtreekk]

I strongly agreed with Robert Walraven. You should backup to a hard drive first before burn it to the disc.

Our practise is backup to Hard Disk 1 & 2 (Afternoon and Evening) and every weekend backup to CDRW and store in another location.

We face database corruption when we backup to CD and when we want to restore an error occur. Luckily we have other backup to restore back.

Never rely on one source of backup.

[joelpps]

I agree with all of the posters. The CDRW is the worst way to backup. In all likelyhood, when you need to restore the backup, you will not be able to read the file. I had leaned the hard way several years ago.

I backup to the hard drive and I use CD Creator(Roxio) to write to a CDR. Any program that writes to CDR's should be adequate.

If your data is important to you, than you will take the extra step. This methed is also cheap, because with rebates, you could buy 100 CDR's for less that $5 (maybe free)


Packet Writing (CDRW's) is the least reliable backup and archival method. This is documented by all of the forums's of the software manufacturers who sell packet writing software.

[LauraG]

I agree with all posters too. I have also run into problems with CD-RWs going bad. It is safer and cheaper to just burn your backup file(s) to a CD-R and put them away for safe keeping.