Mike,
Sounds like a fairly easy way to do regular backups, though couldn't afford
it at the moment. I'm stuck copying onto DVDS, which I tried, but didn't go
so easily. Had more to back up than on DVD's worth and was hoping it would
be like I remember copying onto floppys, where the copy would be continued
onto the next floppy after being prompted. But unless I missed some option
for this using XP backup utility, couldn't do this, so couldn't do the
option of backing up all info on computer. Ended up doing a selective
backup several times to whittle it down to what could fit on one DVD, then
did some more on another. Certainly didn't seem like something that I
would likely go through on a very regular basis! Guess I'll just muddle
through with trying to remember to regularly back up especially important
documents.
Randall
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michel Lowe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 9:32 PM
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] back up question: what to back up and what doesn't need
backing up?
Randall,
I bought a Western Digital external (USB) hard drive, 250Gig. Newegg
lists
a Maxtor 500Gig external drive for $150. My WD came with an automatic
backup utility that makes it bootable and even includes a scheduler. The
timer pops every week on Wednesdays and I get a full backup during lunch.
No muss, no fuss -- especially futzing around with media. The downside is
like you say: if you have anything undesirable on your PC it will get
backed
up, too. Probably a good idea to clean the PC somewhat, do a full virus
scan, run some of the spyware/malware checkers before your first backup.
Good luck,
-Mike
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Michel David Lowe
Purcellville, VA
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Randy
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 10:21 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [CGUYS] back up question: what to back up and what doesn't need
backing up?
Have only done very sporadic and partial data back ups in past, but after
hearing yesterday's CG's show (mention of cost of data recovery!) and
seeming increasing problems with computer's performance, decided it's high
time (past time) to start backing up all those precious files regularly.
However, not sure which of the options in the back up utility that came
with
computer to use. Tempted to use option to back everything on computer up
for comprehensiveness and simplicity, but wonder if this might mean
backing
up some bad and nasty things which might harm the back up disk (plan to
burn
onto rewritable DVD, as don't have any other good back up options that I'm
aware of). I definitely want to back up email as well, unless I can
export
it all to some other secure venue. There is an option to customize back
up
in order to select what to back up. I could do that if I knew I was going
to back up everything important and it also might be nice not to back up a
lot of unnecessary, space consuming files.
Any suggestions? Should I just use the back up everything option?
Thanks,
Randall
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