i have 160gb internal c drive and have purchased a 200gb external drive.
Should i keep a copy of programs on ext drive.
does partioning help any drives
2006-09-24 21:57:40 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Local back ups are always handy for the 'mild' form of disaster recovery, but you have to think big too - the house burning down, or more likely being burgled and everything being stolen.
I have a reciprocal arrangement with my best mate and we ftp important file to each others servers so that we always have a copy that we can call on should the 'big one' hit.
Failing this option consider an online storage facility.
2006-09-24 22:13:34 · answer #1 · answered by 'Dr Greene' 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Data should be backed up on your external hard drive, your programs should be held on the CDs that they came with.
2006-09-24 21:59:31 · answer #2 · answered by Felidae 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two copies, one on the internal, one on the external. ALWAYS unplug your external drive when you are not using it.
2006-09-24 21:59:30 · answer #3 · answered by teef_au 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have to save a copy to any external and make it in a zip. file internal
2006-09-24 22:10:01 · answer #4 · answered by icyyylove 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if its pictures that you cherrish you should put them on cd's as well as on another hd.hd can go at anytime if you dropped it or knocked it over by accident the chances are the hd would be no good anymore so make a cd or dvd copy as well.
2006-09-26 03:16:22 · answer #5 · answered by BLACKY 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah, keep back up on both, and sometimes partitioning helps, but only so that u have sections for each thing that u want to store, ie, music, pictures, other etc...
2006-09-28 09:55:43 · answer #6 · answered by storm.minx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋