Backup over Network Connection

A little background: My main home computer is an older Dell with a CD-RW drive (no DVD-RW capabilities) and has the main iTunes Music folder on it. My wife has a Toshiba laptop with a DVD-RAM drive. Both computers are connected through a secure wireless home network and I have set up the main iTunes Music folder to be shared between the two computers, but mainly for copying purposes. Since my wife doesn't like all of my music, I created a separate iTunes Music folder on her laptop hard drive (also so she can have access to music while at work and not connected to the home network). Both machines are running XP SP2 and iTunes 7.1.
I would like to back up the main library (Dell) to a DVD-RW because of the larger storage space but can't b/c of only having a CD-RW drive on the Dell. Is there a way to back up the iTunes Library on the Dell via the laptop's DVD-RAM drive over the wireless network? Any info and tips would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers,
Andrew
Dell Windows XP

Hi there,
Essentially, as far as I know, what you are asking is improbable.
Buring a DVD is a very data flow sensitive process, such that any loss of data flow (say a short drop out of the wireless) would render the DVD being burnt physically useless.
Again, as far as I know, there is no software that supports this specifically, and although it might be possible to hack up a solution, it would be difficult if not impossible to get working reliablly.
Your best bet is to temporarily copy afore mentioned music to the Laptops hard drive, and then burn from there.
-Gregory

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