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Backing up my laptop

  • 16-07-2007 9:29am
    #1
    Maccattack
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭


    I have an 80GB drive in my laptop and just bought a 500GB external drive.

    The drive came with no manual so i dont know what im doing.

    How do i back up the entire contents of my laptop? Do I need to partition the drive first or anything??


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  • #2
    Duggy747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    Well, you're external should be picked up as soon as you plug it into your lappytop. From there it's all pretty straight forward as you can just go to:

    Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> Backup

    From there just choose the destination of whatever the location of yer external.

    Badda Bing, Badda Boom!


  • #3
    Maccattack
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭Maccattack


    thnks man

    it founfd the drive ok.

    but when i go to Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools there is no option for back up. could it be some place else??


  • #4
    Sephiroth_dude
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 81,083 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    i know this is off topic,but how much did that set you back?i was thinking of buying one myself as im running out memory because i have loads of games on my laptop.Can they be used to store games on them or are they sorely for backup?:confused:


  • #5
    Maccattack
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭Maccattack


    man as you can tell from my post i am no expert on these things but the box says you can save all sorts of stuff.

    I paid just under 150 euro for it in Maplin which im told is a grat price. they have loads of them by the till. Just go to the till and ask for one.

    Back on topic. Could i just drag and drop my C drive over????


  • #6
    Sephiroth_dude
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 81,083 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    ya cheers for that,id say maybe left click on the c drive and click copy and then "click on send to"and send it to whatever that external drive is ,but i dunno if that would work :confused: Probbly would'nt actually.....


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  • #7
    Maccattack
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭Maccattack


    Sephiroth_dude wrote:
    maybe left click on the c drive and click copy and then "click on send to"and send it to whatever that external drive is ,but i dunno if that would work :confused: Probbly would'nt actually.....


    Nope. Didnt like that.


  • #8
    Duggy747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    Go INTO your C: drive and copy what you need over onto the Hard Drive (Music, programs, videos, games, etc). This is what I done cuz I've everything duplicated onto the drive so if my laptop blow ups I don't mind reinstalling Windows, the thing needs a clean anyways!

    I'm guessing you're using XP Home cuz Backup aint included with it but you can download it or far superior ones anywhere on the net if you want the whole shabang done.:

    For example:
    http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm

    I haven't tried but it gets good mentioning.

    And Sephiroth_dude, I got my 500GB drive for €179 back in March (which means it's dirt cheap now) from www.Komplett.ie Brilliant prices off these guys!


  • #9
    Maccattack
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭Maccattack


    Duggy747 wrote:
    Go INTO your C: drive and copy what you need over onto the Hard Drive (Music, programs, videos, games, etc). This is what I done cuz I've everything duplicated onto the drive so if my laptop blow ups I don't mind reinstalling Windows, the thing needs a clean anyways!


    yep! seems to be working fine. thanks a million. taking an age though...


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