also i don't know if my laptop has a port for a printer, and if it has, which one? i have a toshiba m70. manual isn't much help!
2006-08-24 06:43:19 · 11 answers · asked by joxster 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
u'r hard drive i guess is 100 gb
u'r optical drive is dvd-write or cd-write/dvd read
u gotta use usb 2.0 for printer, no lpt1 or parallel port in u'r laptop
by back-up i understand u mean having the data stored elsewhere / another copy 4 safekeeping
depends on amount of data u wanna backup
best is if u gotta dvd writer ... burn them 2 dvd
if not, cd writing is ok 4 bout 5 gb of data > bout 7 cd's
also u might wanna consider an external hard drive
a 250 gb usb hard drive should cost u around $80
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1538960&CatId=136
>> suit yourself !
2006-08-24 07:22:32 · answer #1 · answered by sεαη 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just insert a CD in the drive and burn the CD with the files
Most likely you have a Universal port to which you can hool up the printer
2006-08-24 06:47:59 · answer #2 · answered by Toy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can burn / save files to a CD Rom but that will only hold 700mb. If you want to back up all your work / files, I would recommend a portable hard drive. I have a 40GB Western Digital portable hard drive. This simply plugs into a USB port and you instantly have more storage space.
2006-08-24 06:56:13 · answer #3 · answered by Big Tall Paul 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use an external USB hard drive (30-40GB for about £35.. 5 times that size will only cost approx twice as much). If you have XP just plug it in. You will see the drive in My Computer, along with your C drive..click on C drive to open it....copy & paste what you want from C into the USB drive.
2006-08-24 14:01:31 · answer #4 · answered by baz 9 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good Answers so far, but if you have a lot of data to back up and don't want to spend money on an external hard disk, you could compress your data using a programme such as WINRAR or WINZIP, this will make it much smaller and you can then burn the compressed archives to only a few .disk
2006-08-25 03:06:53 · answer #5 · answered by highbriddrummunkey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if yr laptop has a CD writer u can burn all yr files on a CD, if not then take it to someone can attach an external CD burner and do the job for u, but be sure yr files will stay yrs and no one will take them when doing that job
2006-08-24 07:03:58 · answer #6 · answered by CowGilr Kassie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you may do 2 issues, once you've a dvd burner, burn a DVD along with your innovations and move it over, or you may do it with a CD burner in case you dont have alot of information. you may also positioned both pcs on an same community and basically move them over.
2016-11-27 19:13:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Burn them to a CD & most printers use USB connections
2006-08-24 06:47:02 · answer #8 · answered by bty937915 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
backup is accomplished through your set restore point in xp.
as for a printer port it should be a usb connection
2006-08-24 06:47:40 · answer #9 · answered by deanzone66 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Whizz down to the shops and but an external hard drive.
its like the dinosaur version off an ipod
Check i out
http://www.seagate.com/
2006-08-25 03:35:00 · answer #10 · answered by Bob Bob 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋