I just purchased an external hard drive. With this new drive i would like to back up all my files from my pc and restore the computer (runs slow now). What is the best way to perform this task without losing any information and properly cleaning my pc?
Thanks
2007-04-04 04:00:16 · 9 answers · asked by whatdahek 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
Open up the folder of the files you want to save then open up your external hard drive folder by going to my computer and select the files you want and drag and drop it onto your external hard drive.
2007-04-04 04:10:06 · answer #1 · answered by G Dirty 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
if you are storing data efficiently which seems unlikely if you have filled a 2TB drive as a private individual, you need to set up a raid server to store your files, a large tape drive would be secure since writing 500 dvds as backup is not a realistic option, you will then be going into commercial territory where prices are much higher, check your sector and cluster sizes as you may find as much as a third of the space on your apparently full drive is wasted
2016-05-17 05:07:35 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Couple of ways to do this.
1) Xcopy will copy all the files you wish and preserve the folder structure for you.
2) Ghost will do a complete copy of the hard drive and included the boot system files.
It really depends on what you want to save and throw away really and only you know that answer.
2007-04-04 05:25:22 · answer #3 · answered by mcgranem 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I also recommend True Image. If you want to be able to restore all your data in case of system or hardware crash, True Image is the best solution.
2007-04-07 01:19:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use True Image 8 or newer.
2007-04-04 04:07:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd recommend you to use True Image by Acronis because it is the most stable and fast working software available.
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/
2007-04-04 20:32:17 · answer #6 · answered by S&H 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well if you transfered ALL of your files your computer would install just as slow, because you are transfering virus's and spyware that was on your comp with it. I recomend gathering all of your pics,music,docs,ect. highlight them all and drag them on to the ext. drive in mycomputer. good luck email me for any questions. :-D
2007-04-04 04:04:32 · answer #7 · answered by mak60062 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
use nero BACK IT UP to back up your data in External Hard Drive or on dvds
http://www.nero.com
2007-04-04 07:32:30 · answer #8 · answered by GoLd E 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
1....READ THE EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE MANUEL.
2....CALL YOUR EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE TECH.
2007-04-04 05:50:56 · answer #9 · answered by MARVIN M 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋