Paragon Backup is useless?

All my attempts to make backups with Paragon Backup fails with various errors. One time the program just crashed, next time the whole computer just froze so I had to reboot it. The last attempt ended with:

Operation failed
Can't open/create file
Error source: Hard Disk Manager
Error code: 0x10023

 

where do you backup the files to? if to cd/dvd then try external/internal hd
http://forum.paragon-software.com/customer/showthread.php?t=2000

 

I can try, but it is CDs I want to save the backup on. I have a 2GB USB Flash Drive that I can try to use, but it's too small to hold an image of my hard disk.

 

how big is your hard drive? As you know CD will only hold ~700Mb while DVD around 4.7Gb. Was the error with a cd or a dvd? Ideally obtain an external drive that can contain the image(s) of your drive.

 

The hard drive size is 16 Gb, 9 Gb in use. It's an old computer. (Pentium II 450 MHz, 256 Mb RAM, Win XP SP3.) It has only a CD burner. I got it for free from someone who had no use for it anymore. But I have no installation disks for Win XP or any of the programs on it. That's why I want a backup.