Backing Up

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dontplaywithme

Very good tips!!

vansboy

Stupid Q of the week!

Got my new Iomega Prestige 500GB external hard drive, all connected & turned on.

But what next? How do I store everything I got & new stuff, please!!

DOH!!

Thanks in advance

VB

closed

store or backup? The former is risky if it's your only copy

plug in, copy data in windows explorer

vansboy

Thanks!

I want it as my 'back up'.

But not sure whare I go on explorer, soz.

VB

closed

depends what you want to backup. Data? programs? windows?

which operating system? Did the drive come with backup software?

vansboy

Soz if I'm being too vague!

It came with drive & connections thats it! (all in new sealed box).

Looks like I need to go through all I have 'saved' & do it idividually I guess!!

Thanks again

VB

closed

easier/better to do the lot

http://www.runtime.org/shadow-copy.htm

http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp

http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=MaxBlast_5&vgnextoid=7add8b9c4a8ff010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD

if it's windows 7 you can create a disk image with that.

Norman-B

closed wrote: »

easier/better to do the lot

http://www.runtime.org/shadow-copy.htm

http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp

http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=MaxBlast_5&vgnextoid=7add8b9c4a8ff010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD

if it's windows 7 you can create a disk image with that.

On the macrium site it states, 'Image to Network, USB, FireWire drives and DVD'. Where it reads Network, does that also mean external HD? (Sorry!)

closed

usb = usb external hard disk

any hard disk visible in windows will work for backup, but the bootcd (which is only used for recovery) should be tested on each machine to make sure the hardware works under linux