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back up computer to external hard drive ?

LK KID · 2012-12-12 00:31:47

i bought a 500gb external hard drive today in harvey norman for 50 quid to back up my computer so i can then save my files,programs,music(basicly everything)on my computer to a new computer im getting under warrenty if ya get me. i tried doing it but an error came up.this is what i did: i tried to backup these files: data…

12-12-2012 12:31am

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LK KID

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i bought a 500gb external hard drive today in harvey norman for 50 quid to back up my computer so i can then save my files,programs,music(basicly everything)on my computer to a new computer im getting under warrenty if ya get me.

i tried doing it but an error came up.this is what i did:
i tried to backup these files:
data files: -back up data for newely created users
-my libraries
computer: - windows(C:)
- data(D:)
then i got this error:The file directory is corrupted and unreadable.
details:the request could not be performed because of an I/O error.

does anyone know how can i do this properly or whats wrong?

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#2 12-12-2012 12:43am

Alanstrainor

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What are you using to backup?

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