Mel S.

I, too, have a new 8400 with RecordNow Deluxe.  So far I have not attempted to use that program because I find that Windows XP can do the job very nicely with their CD Recording feature.  If you haven't tried it you should give it a chance before purchasing another program.  The only reason I purchased RecordNow Deluxe was the advertised features such as labels, etc.  I have tried this part and was very disappointed.  XP, of course, doesn't do labels either but I do have Easy CD Creator 5 Patlinum - a program that would not work on my 500 Mhz Pentium III but will work on my new 8400!  Sounds crazy but is true.  Good luck.

Bessie

Thanks for your input Bessie but that program will not do what I need/want to do. I must span dvd's to do a full backup then do incremental or differentiual saves.  XP'S native program will not even find my DVD burner "CD OK" as something to save filers too.

Mel

Mel,

I don't do DVD's.  Sorry I was no help.  Good luck!

Bessie

shakeyguy...

I don't believe you will be able to span DVD's using the basic RecordNow software as your backup program.  You can get more information at Sonic's website however, for full system backup they will recommend their "BackUpMyPC" utility...of course, other true backup software will work as well.  As I read the information as it pertains to RecordNow, the only function within the program capable of disk-spanning the the "Archive" feature which is different from true backups.

As for Ghost 9.0, it is a very slick, polished utility that in no way resembles prior versions of Ghost.  In fact, it is essentially, "Drive Image" which Symantec acquired and morphed into the Ghost lineup.  It does ship with Ghost 2003 as well as the current version so you would have a great deal of flexibility.  For whatever reason, I found I was unable (after multiple attempts on CD & DVD media) to burn an image directly.  In Symantec's KB the error I experienced was attributed to anti-spyware applications when using Drive Image which, is the technology Ghost 9.0 utilizes.  I have no doubt I could have saved the image to my HDD and burned from there using RecordNow with no problem but since I already have Acronis True Image (excellent in it's own right), I returned Ghost 9.0.  If you decide to try Ghost 9.0 and have an issue burning directly (mine hung around the 74% completion mark on both CD & DVD media) and do not mind first saving the image to the HDD before burning it to media then it is worth a look.  Of course, your mileage may be better and the issue may never arise.