im havein my laptop sent in for repairs and the people are telling me to back up the hard drive and i dont know what that means???
2007-08-25 01:47:26 · 4 answers · asked by quincaful1 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
you need a external hard drive big enough to hold what you have on your computer. plug it into your computer and copy everything you have onto the external hard drive, that is how you back it up.
2007-08-25 01:56:03 · answer #1 · answered by Oliver 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It means you should copy onto some recordable media (DVD/CD/another computer or hard drive)anything you do not want to lose. For example:- any letters or personal documents, photographs. You should know where these are stored on your computer and copy them. Windows has(had?) in the " Start,accessories, system tools" dropdown an option to backup. You can tick the directories you want to copy.
2007-08-25 09:04:33 · answer #2 · answered by Keith B 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go to your programs and under accessories go to system tools and there is a backup routine. You can backup to an external drive or cd/dvds.
AFTER you have backed up the drive and know it is backed up then you should delete any sensitive files from the drive as they are fully available to the techs.
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Jeez Keith I wish I had thought of that first! Oh I did!
2007-08-25 09:00:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I always back up my hard drive with Acronis True Image.It's very reliable and easy to use software that allows me to keep my data safe.
"to back up" means to copy your files and documents or a hard drive to keep it safe if the system crashed.
2007-08-28 10:18:30 · answer #4 · answered by fund_in_me 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋