[pokerswami]

Thank you for your response.

The link was especially helpful. Interesting that Microsoft has a backup utility on the XP home CD that isn't loaded onto my system but doesn't tell me that it's available on the CD without me having to ask someone else and be referred to their website.

Also, the article states that "Unfortunately, the Windows Backup utility can't save files directly to a CD-RW drive."

Great work, Microsoft.
Who knows, maybe the article is out of date. It's almost 2 1/2 years old.

I also appreciate the references to 3rd party backup programs.
Thanks again for your help.