Assuming the worst case scenario; fire, water,total destruction of pcu by whatever cause: what would be needed to bring new computer to point I now have: security, downloads programs etc. I know some stuff comes with new computer but not everything that I have now. Just trying to get a good plan. Copy c drive?
2006-09-14 07:56:41 · 4 answers · asked by mnterryd 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Double click on "My Computer". Right-click on the C drive and choose Properties. There will be a graph and numbers stating how much space you're using up. That's the amount of data you need to back up if you want a full system recovery.
I suggest picking out the documents you need, burn them to a CD. Then if your computer bombs out, you can reinstall your operating system and programs from their original CDs and then restore the docs from the CD.
2006-09-14 08:03:20 · answer #1 · answered by IT Pro 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If your computer gets destroyed, you will get a new one, it will have all your necessary startup files and everything on it. So all you need to have backups of is your "MY DOCUMENTS" (the stuff you have added to it. Right click on My Documents, go to properties and it will tell you how much you have saved there, then you will be able to figure out how many discs you will need. That is what I have done forever and my hard drive went out and I lost NOTHING.
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2006-09-14 15:09:26 · answer #2 · answered by Tony L 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can burn a CD, use a memory stick, or a portable hard drive to back up c:/. I use a 2 GB stick to back up all my documents.
2006-09-14 15:06:18 · answer #3 · answered by williegod 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
make a back up of everything on your C:/ drive. you may need alot of blank discs (DVD or CD). then if you get a new computer, use the back up discs and your set
2006-09-14 15:03:09 · answer #4 · answered by Kenny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋