How often do you back up?

dinardgeoff

i never use to back up my files at all, and now i did it with my pictures. want to get a portable hard drive, anybody knows a good one, not too expensive?

wherediditallgo

superscaper wrote: »

Here's my answer http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=597170

Oh, that's brilliant - thanks very much for doing that. Finally, something written in a language I can understand. :j I'm starting off as I mean to go on & have put it on a cd. Thanks again.

superscaper

wherediditallgo wrote: »

Oh, that's brilliant - thanks very much for doing that. Finally, something written in a language I can understand. :j I'm starting off as I mean to go on & have put it on a cd. Thanks agian.

Well after the numerous requests on how to back up I went back through this thread and realised that we'd taken for granted people would understand it and there wasn't a basic instruction/explanation guide. So that's why I haven't answered people's posts on here about it. It's such a huge subject I decided to write a guide instead. It still needs work on it but at least there's a starting point now.

pash_2

Superscaper thanks for that I have saved it and will go through it, but after a quick look re emails, I use incredimail and have found that on previous occasions of pc crashing , updating etc, all emails were lost, can you tell me how (if possible) to back up when using incredimail.
thanks in advance!
Pash xxx

superscaper

I found this webpage with a guide to backing up and restoring Incredimail email, contacts and data. http://email.about.com/cs/incredimailtips/qt/et111002.htm
I'll add it to the thread (never used Incredimail myself and there's bound to be others I could add as well).

rancid-a

I've never backed up (2 year old PC)

I wouldn't know what or where to start. Magazines like PC answers sometimes have features dedicated to this kind of stuff, but it's way above my head.

Tell a lie, I do burn a few things to dvd - My Gamewallpapers collection, artwork, mp3s, that kind of thing. But once you start talking system files and drivers...I'm lost

superscaper

rancid-a wrote: »

I've never backed up (2 year old PC)

I wouldn't know what or where to start. Magazines like PC answers sometimes have features dedicated to this kind of stuff, but it's way above my head.

Tell a lie, I do burn a few things to dvd - My Gamewallpapers collection, artwork, mp3s, that kind of thing. But once you start talking system files and drivers...I'm lost

Read the back up sticky.

MadAboutSales

I have set up my computer to back up daily my important stuff... manually
Takes time but it is worth the effort.

LouBlue

I have read the thread but am still confused. I have Windows XP.

I hadn't backed up before, but almost lost everything, so then copied all my Word documents and precious photos onto CDs. There isn't anything else that I want to save, apart from emails but don't know how to do that.

Is that ok?

I don't understand how I do it another way.

theloft

LouBlue wrote: »

I have read the thread but am still confused. I have Windows XP.
I hadn't backed up before, but almost lost everything, so then copied all my Word documents and precious photos onto CDs. There isn't anything else that I want to save, apart from emails but don't know how to do that.
I don't understand how I do it another way.

I was in the same boat, but transferring info to a new computer. The trouble is it takes ages loading up CD's.
My son showed me another way - get a USB Flash Pen Drive. It takes minutes. Here is a link to EBay shop which sells a 4 GB storage one. This will take all your photos etc. and has a storage life of 10 years, for under £10. That's about 14 CD's worth:-