acronis home 11 dvd backup

Hello, I made a backup of my entire computer in the " secure zone" and would now like to put it on DVD. How do i find the archive. I look in " explore backups" and I cant find it. Is there a sticky I missed or can someone give explain to a new user how to put their backup on DVD, to be ran in conjunction with the bootable recovery disk. for windows Xp sp2?

 

It's called "secure zone" for a reason. You will not be able to get it from there.

Make another backup image and place it elsewhere.

 

Will do, thank you!

 

You can put the Backup Image directly o a dvd along with the bootable files. In ver 10 the feature can be found under Tools/Options/Default Backup Options/Media Components. Then click the Advanced tab. I don't know if it is also there in ver 11.

But be aware that if your backup image requires 4 or more dvd discs, the process is very tedious. But the real surprise comes during a Recovery, where the process will have you swapping the discs in an out like there's no tomorrow.

 

sorry this may be a silly question but can I use a dvd-rw disk to make my backup?

 

Yes, but to reuse the disk, you will probably have to thoroughly erase it. That can take quite a while. If that's the case for you, it may make more sense to use DVD+R or DVD-R disks which are cheaper and can be written to faster.