Help = backing up laptop

money_saving_diva

Hi We have a new laptop and need to back it up. I have sent someone to a shop to get some CD's to do this with but they say there are loads of different types and we don't know what to buy??! Can anyone help me?
The laptop is a: Sony VAIO NS30E/P Laptop - Intel Pentium T4200, 3 GB RAM, 250 GB HDD, DVD+-RW/+-R DL/RAM 15.4 inch WXGA Vista Home Premium (Pink)
If that helps??? Please help me!

Viper_7

You'll need lots and lots of CD's.

DVD's will go a little further, but I'd look at a standalone diskdrive which connect up via the USB interface.
Sure a little more expensive initially, but will quickly pay for itself in CD's DVd's and time...


However if you are going down the disk route DVD RW + or - Just over 4 G a disk.

Mobeer

Buy DVD+R or DVD-R disks and just back up the files you create. Assuming you have original disks for Windows and your applications, you could restore from those files so you don't need to back them up. You do need to back up all your documents, photos, music, perhaps email files etc.

Alternatively, save copies of your files on another PC, or on an external disk drive like this:
http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/472911/1-tb-lacie-desktop-hard-disk-65-44-/

I personally recommend copies of your favourite documents on DVD (+r or -R) as once written the files cannot be overwritten.

Whatever approach you use, you also should check
(i) that you can copy the files back from your archives
(ii) on occasion, check that the backups are still themselves correct

totalsolutions

Sony software will backup/create the restoreDVD for you, a couple of DVD's should be enough, I prefere TDK's. It's in the Programs list, I did this a year ago for the SO laptop.