Backup To CD-RW, and its sibling Backup Made Simple, are two closely related programs developed by Willow Creek Software, each designed to meet somewhat different backup needs. Because of their similarity, the same help file is used as documentation for both.
Backup To CD-RW is designed to work best with CD-RW, CD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-R or DVD+R or other high capacity media, or if you want files to be saved on the backup as exact copies of the originals so they can be accessed directly on the backup media without restoring them first.
Backup To DVD/CD is a software that allows you recover your data to CD or DVD.
Its essential feature is that by default files are stored on the backup media as exact copies of the originals, without compression or a proprietary format. This requires large enough capacity media to fit the largest file you want to back up, because it can’t split big files across multiple discs.
Backup Made Simple is designed to work well with both low and high capacity media, if you require file compression on most backups, and if you are satisfied with having to restore files from the backup media back to your hard disk before you can access them. Its essential feature is that by default it uses a proprietary file format that compresses files, and splits them across multiple discs if necessary. It is also more convenient to use with smaller capacity media like floppy diskettes.
