Desktop hard Drive

Rotor

Hi, after reading many posts on here abouty it, i've finally decided to back up my files. I've bought an Iomega 1tb select.
After I,ve copied everything do I need to leave it plugged in or can i put it on the shelves out of sight out of mind?
Also if, in a couple of months ,i back things up again - if i press copy all will it make a duplicate copy of everything or just add on the new stuff?


Sorry I know these are the questions of a simpleton - its the stage i'm at now

Thanks

busenbust

After I,ve copied everything do I need to leave it plugged in or can i put it on the shelves out of sight out of mind?

It's completely unnecessary for it to be permanently plugged in; you might even want to consider a secondary backup mechanism. I stress might...;)

busenbust

Also if, in a couple of months ,i back things up again - if i press copy all will it make a duplicate copy of everything or just add on the new stuff?

That will depend on the specific Iomega backup software; but those settings can be changed (I would suspect) by yourself. Also remember, you can still use Windows backup and the drag and drop feature to copy/replicate files. Just ensure that you do not delete existing files on your hard drive - in other words, when you backup, have two/three duplicates of files.

HTH.

bazster

Rotor wrote: »

Hi, after reading many posts on here abouty it, i've finally decided to back up my files. I've bought an Iomega 1tb select.
After I,ve copied everything do I need to leave it plugged in or can i put it on the shelves out of sight out of mind?
Also if, in a couple of months ,i back things up again - if i press copy all will it make a duplicate copy of everything or just add on the new stuff?


Sorry I know these are the questions of a simpleton - its the stage i'm at now

Thanks

A couple of months? Are you prepared to lose a couple of months' data? I back up every couple of HOURS!!!

JasX

bazster wrote: »

A couple of months? Are you prepared to lose a couple of months' data? I back up every couple of HOURS!!!

some of us aren't quite that productive

bazster

JasX wrote: »

some of us aren't quite that productive

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