Backing Up

Aiadi

10past6 wrote: »

Thanks super, and that's where my problem lies, not knowing what to backup or even how, which is why I was looking for something very simple and straightforward.

You probably need to give yourself some credit as you already manage multiple quotes on this forum, something I doubt I could do...lol

You have also already backed up your important docs to USB. Do the same on a couple of DVDs and leave them in different places. If your PC crashes the all you need is to do is reinstall the operating system from the CD that came with your computer and then restore your documents onto it.

10past6

Hi Aiadi

Aiadi wrote: »

You probably need to give yourself some credit as you already manage multiple quotes on this forum, something I doubt I could do...lol.

Yes, simple tasks I'm OK with

Aiadi wrote: »

You have also already backed up your important docs to USB. Do the same on a couple of DVDs and leave them in different places. If your PC crashes the all you need is to do is reinstall the operating system from the CD that came with your computer and then restore your documents onto it.

OK, so for me to back up anything to a CD / DVD is it as simple as opening the program, inserting the CD/DVD right click on the program right click send to CD/DVD?

If it's that simple I think I can manage that :rotfl:

Aiadi

10past6 wrote: »

Hi Aiadi

Yes, simple tasks I'm OK with

OK, so for me to back up anything to a CD / DVD is it as simple as opening the program, inserting the CD/DVD right click on the program right click send to CD/DVD?

If it's that simple I think I can manage that :rotfl:

Yes that simple:
http://ets.strose.edu/Students/?News_id=106

Hope this helps.

The choice of your backup media would depend amongst other things on the size of data you want to back up. I backup a large amount of data (docs, pics, audio and video files) and therefore mainly use external hard drives with large capacity to do so. If the total size of your files allow, then start by using media like CD or DVD.

10past6

Aiadi wrote: »

Yes that simple:
http://ets.strose.edu/Students/?News_id=106.

That's a brilliant link, doubt I'll have any problems with that

OK, let me ask you this:

Aiadi wrote: »

then start by using media like CD or DVD.

What do you mean by media?

And sorry if this sounds stupid what's the difference between CD/DVD? :beer:

Thanks for you help, I really do appreciate it.

Marty999

10past6 wrote: »

What do you mean by media?

And sorry if this sounds stupid what's the difference between CD/DVD?

Media is purely the physical article that your data is backed up on, be it a CD, DVD, USB pen drive or what ever.

And a DVD looks the same as a CD but holds about 7 times more data. A CD burner can only write to CD but a DVD burner can write to both types of disc.

10past6

Marty999 wrote: »

Media is purely the physical article that your data is backed up on, be it a CD, DVD, USB pen drive or what ever..

OK, got that, I'm learning quite a lot here, thanks.

Marty999 wrote: »

And a DVD looks the same as a CD but holds about 7 times more data. A CD burner can only write to CD but a DVD burner can write to both types of disc.

OK, the technical side means very little to me, but this is what I have, I think I have DVD

tradetime

10past6 wrote: »

OK, the technical side means very little to me, but this is what I have, I think I have DVD

Yes according to that, you have a dvd writer so you can write to any dvd-r or dvd-rw disc

10past6

Hi tt :hello:

tradetime wrote: »

you can write to any dvd-r or dvd-rw disc

What's the difference please?

10past6

Guys, my link in post 78 regarding my system, it says this:

Software: Acer Self Burn Recovery

Anyone know what that means, and what it recovers, is it a back up?

It may seem that I'm slow at digesting your information / advice, but it is sinking in albeit slow.

Marty999

10past6 wrote: »

Hi tt :hello:


What's the difference please?

A dvd-r is writable once only but a dvd-rw is re-wrtiable again and again.