Backing up multiple drives to a single external hard drive

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mpitroff427

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With Windows 10 looming on the horizon, I was looking into creating a back up of my computer in case something goes awry. I have a 2 TB external HDD coming in the mail today, but my computer currently is running with three separate drives (a 64 GB SSD with my OS and some random applications; a 500 GB HDD for my documents, music, videos, and images; and a 1 TB drive for my games) and I'm not sure how I would go about backing up this data. I have a feeling that I would create three partitions on the external back-up drive, but I'm not sure how I'd go about backing up everything or what the process would entail, as my only previous experience with backing up files is just copying some important documents to a second drive.
 
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Well first I would make sure you have a copy of your windows disk and drivers if you computer came with one. second you want to clone or make an image of your drives. Basically the difference is a clone is each file is separate and an image is just one file. Kinda like the old tape backup software that you had to just let go from point A to Z.maybe this will help.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2847308/when-to-image-a-drive-and-when-to-clone-it.html
Some people have a server or make one their own in this case look at this:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Cc732939.aspx
I am getting ready to do the same thing and I came across this software
http://disk-image.com/
I remember my old Dell came with an image at the day I bought...
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you can use the backup software that comes with windows - there are important differences and considerations depending on what version of windows you have.
you can also use free third party software to create disk images, like clonezilla. or purchase a backup solution like acronis or symantec backup exec.
 
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Well first I would make sure you have a copy of your windows disk and drivers if you computer came with one. second you want to clone or make an image of your drives. Basically the difference is a clone is each file is separate and an image is just one file. Kinda like the old tape backup software that you had to just let go from point A to Z.maybe this will help.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2847308/when-to-image-a-drive-and-when-to-clone-it.html
Some people have a server or make one their own in this case look at this:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Cc732939.aspx
I am getting ready to do the same thing and I came across this software
http://disk-image.com/
I remember my old Dell came with an image at the day I bought it. 7 years later I opened up the file and after a bit my computer was literally exactly like the day I got it. It surprised me so much I kept it a bit longer because it was fast again. Of course I know that is a relative term now lol. Here is another article I read.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2065126/the-absurdly-simple-guide-to-backing-up-your-pc.html
If you have a windows disk you can always clone, image or what you are used to pick the files you want and copy and paste. Problem is you need to remember everything. Your Docs, pics, cell phone, videos, favorites, also programs. Anything you what to copy and paste and don't have an install disk, you can install off the web, if not copy that too. if you have any questions fell free to ask bc this stuff is all but clear and their are many ways to do it.
 
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