Backing Up Ain’t Hard To Do…

Posted by ttblogger on 02/08 at 01:17 PM Discuss in Forums • Permalink
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It’s been a mantra forever. Something that you know you should do. It runs the fine line between “it needs to be done today, but I’ll do it tomorrow”, between bits being there and then being gone forever. It’s backing up hard drives. In this Tech Tip we’ll be looking at some different options for backing up your drive and see why it’s not only more important than ever to back up but it’s also easier than ever as well.

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    Posted by Micheal  on  02/08  at  07:00 PM

  1. I have warned friends for many years the three most important words to know about your computer is backup backup backup and do they now no they do not. I have a hard drive that is unrecoverable it is a 2 gig drive that they used for storage in an external usb cases the drive was from an original windows 95 computer. Just a little old I told them. Please people burn your info to dvd’s so that a hard copy is available.

    2. Posted by Blake H.  on  02/08  at  07:03 PM

  2. "High speed internet and free and pay backup services such as Yahoo! Briefcase”

    Actually, the Briefcase service will be ending in a few months!

    3. Posted by Karen Sigler  on  02/08  at  07:03 PM

  3. Good info, but I loved your play on words. Or should I say play on songs!

    4. Posted by FrodoLad  on  02/08  at  09:31 PM

  4. FYI: Yahoo! Briefcase is closing down March 30th.

    5. Posted by David Guerdan  on  02/09  at  05:32 AM

  5. Could you please advise how to find information on the backup utility (not default)on XP Home.
    That sounds like the best way for me to do backups.

    Thanks,
    Dave

    6. Posted by Mark A  on  02/09  at  05:41 AM

  6. I’ve been using computers since the days we actually used punch cards. All you need is to lose your data once, and youll be a backup believer. I backup everything between my old desktop and my new desktop. I have backup on my notebook. I have an external hard drive, and I keep a copy updated quarterly in my safe-deposit box at the bank. Besides all that, I have an encripted copy on a thumb drive carried with my keys. I’m nor paranoid, just cautious. 

    Take it from me back it up!!!

    7. Posted by George Shaddock  on  02/09  at  06:32 AM

  7. Backing up my drives under Windows XP Pro was a breeze. I now have Vista Home Premium on a laptop, and am having all sorts of problems. I have always previously backed up both data and programs since a re-installation of a program involves all sorts of serial numbers, etc. This does not seem possible under Vista. Also, I have a problem in knowing when a backup is complete. I allowed one backup effort to run all night, just to make sure it would complete. Next morning, I received the message that backup was stopped by user and was unsuccessful. Vista has been very stable for me, but this backup thing is, in my estimation, totally unacceptable.

    8. Posted by KENNETH G ZEITLIN  on  02/09  at  06:45 AM

  8. I have a western digital external hard drive whic i wan to use for backup. I read the owners manual which seems like greek to me. It came with Retrospect by Dantz backup software ver. 6.5.350. What i want to do is set up the system to back up daily on a schedule but only the changes made not the entire file each time but that is what it is doing and in two day the drive is full.
    Can anyone give me step by step instructions as to how to set up the software to do that.. Hopefully for a layman like myself.
    Thanks in advance. Ken

    9. Posted by Don  on  02/09  at  07:52 AM

  9. Great article about backing up your stuff. Wonder if I could reprint it on my site? I know a lot of people who need to read this. It would save them money in the long run.

    10. Posted by George Shaddock  on  02/09  at  01:44 PM

  10. This is for Dave’s post. If you bought your computer with WinXP bundled and did not receive the Windows XP installation CD, You have no backup program, and cannot download it from Microsoft’s site. If you have the original Windows XP disk, you will find the backup program on the disk, and can install if from that. I found this out the hard way, teaching 10 people who had gotten their XP bundled. Kept preaching backup, and finally found the problem. The program is called ntbackup.msi and was available from a third party. Can’t remember which one it was, but MS didn’t want to give it to me??? Interesting.

    11. Posted by Joseph Myers  on  02/09  at  11:00 PM

  11. My problem is that the “backups” I do (and I do them) result in thousands of file designations/names which I do not know.  Shouldn’t there be software (Windows or otherwise) which just lets you back folders and files up with the SAME names they have on the C: drive?  I haven’t found one yet—and it makes me more than a little angry.  Also agree on getting stuff on DVD (but wonder why that process takes so very, very long)

    12. Posted by mike a.  on  02/11  at  03:26 PM

  12. thank you for a needed conk on the head.I should be backing up ,and I don’t. I like your website and I like these computer Tips .

    13. Posted by Zimy  on  02/11  at  11:41 PM

  13. This was really a good information for me. Thanks.

    14. Posted by Computer guy  on  02/19  at  05:43 PM

  14. Great info thanks for sharing it.

    15. Posted by Dennis Diggett  on  06/29  at  08:13 AM

  15. I am getting a new computer that has room to install a second hard drive.  After setting up the new computer, I would like to install my current computer hard drive as a back up drive.
    Will the fact that both of these drives have an operating system installed on them be a problem?

    16. Posted by GeekMike  on  06/29  at  09:45 AM

  16. @Dennis - It used to, not sure if it still does....check some additional online resources to be sure.

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