Memory

78daniel

Laptop needs to be sent for repair and i need to save data/photos/information from it.
 Need advice on how to do this and recommendation for usb/memory stick etc.
Laptop is asus E41OM
Thanks

debitcardmayhem

How much storage have you used thus far ? You really should already be backing it up but of course that may be for the future.

78daniel

Hi,  i am not that techie and never realised i had to back up.
I always thought it would be stored on computer and that was it.
Screen has hone dark and not readable, so i dont know how much storage i have used.

Carrot007

78daniel said:

Hi,  i am not that techie and never realised i had to back up.
I always thought it would be stored on computer and that was it.
Screen has hone dark and not readable, so i dont know how much storage i have used.

Things break. Backups should be obvious. Multiple backups even better but less so.

Get a usb hard drive for backups at least. Any known brand is fine. It's more USB sticks where there are dodgy ones anyway.

If it's just the screen you should be able to use your tv as a monitor to do a backup. A HDMI lead will work for most laptops these days.

78daniel

just been looking at hard drives, they seem to be quite expensive.
would a memory card or micro sd card do the job?

something like these maybe
https://www.argos.co.uk/browse/technology/computer-accessories/memory-cards/c:815779/opt/sort:price/

forgotmyname

SD cards and USB sticks have a much higher failure rate. Argos way overpriced for that stuff. You only buy that
stuff from there when you need it right now and cannot wait for for the postman.

Are you comparing a 32GB memory card to a TB hard drive?   240GB SSD for £21  (Adata, Kingston or Integral)
£3 for an adapter cable to plug the drive into a USB port if you need portability.

You may not need a 240GB drive? so even cheaper?

78daniel

Thanks 
Can you give me a link for the ssd card.

I thought the ssd card had to be inserted into the computer after taking the base off

debitcardmayhem

78daniel said:

Thanks 
Can you give me a link for the ssd card.

I thought the ssd card had to be inserted into the computer after taking the base off

can you see the screen using an external display ? If not you're not going to copy the data/info to elsewhere

Heedtheadvice

and after answering the above you can then determin how much storage you need for your backup and then better than an SSD (solid state DRIVE) it will be better to by a usb powered external hard drive. SSDs are great but prone to fail without warning. Hard drive tend to fail gently i.e. with some warning. No point in making a backup for it just to disappear without warning.

You might consider it a relatively expensive option but it can be used for all future backups and backup updates.

Quick check (not a specific recommendation) but just £34 https://www.ebuyer.com/649842-verbatim-1tb-store-n-go-usb-3-0-portable-hard-drive-53023

78daniel

I will try to connect to tv with hdmi and hopefully will be able to see screen 

Carrot007

forgotmyname said:

SD cards and USB sticks have a much higher failure rate. Argos way overpriced for that stuff. You only buy that
stuff from there when you need it right now and cannot wait for for the postman.

Are you comparing a 32GB memory card to a TB hard drive?   240GB SSD for £21  (Adata, Kingston or Integral)
£3 for an adapter cable to plug the drive into a USB port if you need portability.

You may not need a 240GB drive? so even cheaper?

Higher rate? I doubt it. But when they fail they fail without warning maybe that is a point. (backup use would be occasional so SD especially and UAb not as much but somewhat would be fine (SSD suffer from the same so....)

Agree about GB to TB. Though who knows!