Windows Backup & Restore to DVD - how to set burn speed?

Thank you for telling us exactly how you want us to reply to your post.
How kind of you.

Different burn programs have different speeds available. 4 or 8 speed will work just fine.

As post in oscer1 post Macrium Reflect Free is a very good program.

Now if you so see fit could you answer a question.

**Why would a IT guy for decades be using CD/DVD for backups?**

From post #1

(Yes, as an IT guy for decades

If you would like some options on other methods of backing up, this forum has a young lady that does quite solid methods of backing up just about anything.
With your permission I can request her to give guidance. I don't believe she is a I.T. expert.

Note:
I'm also not a I.T. expert just a lowly home user of Macrium Reflect Free.

Thank you for the comments. I am using DVD for backups simply because there is no alternative on the laptop that has become my primary tool. I will not make disparaging remarks about Macrium or any other third-party product (particularly without evidence!) ... but I admit a moderate-level resistance to using products that are not "household names," for a critical function such as backup (having been, in the past, well, "burned" too easily, if not quickly ). "Back in the day" (in the XP era), I used a freeware product called zipbackup, which worked quite effectively, but which seems to have vanished from the market.

As I said, I know Windows Backup and Restore is somewhat lame, but "the devil you know is better than the one you don't." Different products take different approaches to the problem, which have tradeoffs in reliability, data integrity and performance, and probably a few other variables. At least the Windows product supports incremental backups, so I can do a monthly "everything" and weekly incrementals, which is a very familiar modus operandi... and the fewer variables I have to change in my environment, the better (hence, using the existing tool, but burning at hardware-capable speeds, is "the best solution" if it can be made to work).

I use a Samsung 500gb ssd for backup. Two partition. One use for Macrium Reflect Free and one use for Windows 7 built in backup. Yes I'm a little paranoid.
In all the years I have never had to use a backup. Knock on wood.