Backing it up with External Hard Drives

Posted by on 07/13 at 08:00 AM Permalink
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In the olden days when hard drives were counted in megabytes and the floppy disk was king, backing up a hard drive and transferring files between desktop computers bordered on insanity. Those days of ancient computer history are long gone. These days, when we want to back up a computer, maybe archive some important files, or simply want to transfer data from one computer to another, we have the external hard drive.

    Posted by Tominfl  on  07/13  at  01:47 PM

  1. Nice review of hardware capabilities. Follow this up with the topic I need (many other too?)-- the software that will do incremental updates of what is backed up, and hopefully on a self-sustaining schedule for cheap or better, for free.

    2. Posted by Peter Basch  on  07/13  at  03:23 PM

  2. Good article.  I would like to see an overview of backup software for home or home-office use - i.e., works on one machine with no fancy setup, creates a bootable recovery CD for system restore, and doesn’t cost too much!  I use the discontinued Iomega Automatic Backup Pro, but I would prefer a supported program.  Any suggestions?

    3. Posted by chrisR  on  07/26  at  04:44 PM

  3. For simpler backups, DVDs are the best, but they can stack up quick if you have lots of data. Windows home server seems like a great new way to store data as well.

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