Quick question about backup and disk format

[yonormski]

in windows 7, I have no external HD so created a backup and saved it to a 8.5 GB DVD-R. Maybe I was naive thinking that windows backup would automatically format the disk as the live file system, but now have ended up with nearly 7 GB of wasted disk space. I have only 1 good sized disk left (and little cash) so here is my question.

Can I 'copy' backup files to a fresh correctly formatted disk, or does it need to be ISO file ,will this create the same problem?

 

[hughva]

Have you tested this disk with windows restore?

 

[yonormski]

I am sure the disk will work fine, my problem is that I cannot update my backkup, and I didn't really want to go through first back up process again.

 

[hellokitty[hk]]

Can I 'copy' backup files to a fresh correctly formatted disk, or does it need to be ISO file ,will this create the same problem?

What do you mean; do you need to put files into an iso to back them up? Not really...putting them on a separate drive saves them in case your primary drive fails no?
Make sure your using a decently trustworthy backup drive in accordance with how important your data is, hopefully not some USB flash drive.

 

[hughva]

"Go through"? One click, walk away is too much to maybe save your data?
You're not doing it right.

 

[yonormski]

"Go through"? One click, walk away is too much to maybe save your data?
You're not doing it right.

Cheers for the constructive help.
Was just looking for a quicker solution to my mistake of incorrectly formatting dvd. My aim is to create a backup disk which can be added too rather than collecting a pile of backups, and cant understand why windows 7 backup would create a mastered disk for this purpose.
Either way will back up again on new disk, lesson learned.

 

[hughva]

Never trust a DVD-RW.
DVDs are cheap, or just get an external drive..