Can Q2007 Premier backup to DVD?

Mar 24, 2007 4 Replies

For the past several years I have been backing up my data files to my DVD drive without any problems using previous versions of Quicken. Since I upgraded to 2007, however, I find it impossible to do so. I now get a pop-up message that says: "CD backup error! The CD drive is empty. Please insert a valid disc into Drive X," even though the 4.7G backup DVD disc is in the drive, properly seated, and with plenty of room to spare.



Other applications I use that have their own native backup routines work fine. Drag&drop to the DVD also works fine. Only Q2007 doesn't. The only solution I have found thus far is to first backup Quicken to a folder in my desktop and then run a simple batch file I created that copies the backup data files from desktop to the DVD. This works just fine. I don't mind doing it this way, that is, backup Quicken to the desktop, close Quicken, and then run the batch file each time I want to back up my files, and will continue to do so. I just wonder if Q2007 has nipped the option to back up to a DVD/CD combo writer drive.



FWIW, I use Sonic's DLA to allow drag & drop as well as backup to my DVD/CD burner. Never had a problem backing up to the same DVD burner with previous Quicken versions.



Am I alone in this?



I have run into a similar issue with Q07 and Roxio Drag-and-Drop. In the past, I have simply backed up to a CD-RW (R:) with no problems (I also back up to the hard drive which in turn is backed up to DVD at times.) Now it tells me it cannot write to it. I had no problem simply copying, using plain old Windows Explorer, from the backup copy on the hard drive to the CD-RW.

Andrew Rossmann wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@newsgroups.comcast.net:

Just make sure that when you use Windows Explorer that you back up /ALL/ the files in the file set. That means not only MyData.QDF, but all files MyData.*

That's why I backup to a dedicated folder on my desktop and then copy all backed up files to the DVD.

I use Quicken's File/Backup function to create the backup set. With the Q07 bug, I now have to manually copy the set to the CD-RW.

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