back to the boot screen. I figured my hard drive was failing. Today I used Syncback to backup but there was a failure for some reason. I then decided to try the XP built in back up program. I chose to backup my documents to my external hard drive. It started...

format, to my external drive without having to pick up each and every folder and file and transfer it. I would start by copying My Documents to the external hard drive. Yes, yes, but unfortunately that would be just a small start. The information on...

work with this new setup, ie: Hard Drive& DVD Writer etc etc, but using the money from your old machine you can buy a new Case, 250GB Hard Drive& DVD-Writer for around £60-75. Not so expensive when you look at it that way, and you've a futureproof PC...

Backup. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general () I recently purchased and installed an external hard drive so I could back up data. I installed the Window XP Backup program and it does move requested data to the external hard drive....

backup files on my external HDD? Or should I just copy and paste the my documents folder to my external HDD before installing Vista?. I use the old built-in backup utility to back my files and settings up on my external hard drive. Does Vista have such a utility...

trojans, I am preparing to save my "my document" files on an external hard drive and then wipe the laptop and reinstall the entire operating system. Does anyone think there is risk that I will preserve the trojan/virus by saving my files from "my documents"(...

through Linux. How do I copy these files to an external hard drive? I have no knowledge of Linux. I am unable to access My Documents using Windows XP; however, I can see them when booting through Linux. How do I copy these files to an external hard drive?...

then trancefir the stuff you wont back onto new hhd Sure you can add an external hard drive. You can use it to store whatever you'd like and free up some space on your laptop's internal drive. Remember though, you cannot run an OS from an external drive. ...

to fix the drive letter, a lot of programs stopped working. We kept it, for awhile, but I decided to reinstall the computer. I backed up all the documents and photos onto our external hard drive, and went into windows and formatted the computer. As it was...

Erased Partition on external hard drive by mistake! Help!. Hi! I had just installed XP on my system and after installing some software from my external hard drive i realized that something went wrong with the install so i decided to reinstall the os. I forgot...