Backing up Files?

TroganTrogan London, UK
edited September 2004 in Science & Tech
I'm going to format my C: in about a week but I have things that I need to back such as Work, Music etc.

How can I back up my computer? Do I need to Burn want I need onto a blank CD or is there another way?

Thanks for the help :)

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  • MedlockMedlock Miramar, Florida Member
    edited September 2004
    Do you have (an)other hard drive(s) in that computer, other computers on the network with sufficient HD space? If not then yes that's probably your only option. It would be a lot easier and a lot faster with dvd's if you have a burner and some blanks laying around.

    EDIT
    Another partition on the same HD would work too, if there is one.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited September 2004
    Do you have one fat drive, or do you have it partitioned?
  • TroganTrogan London, UK
    edited September 2004
    I think I have it Partitioned, I think!

    1 FAT32 and 1 NTFS - is that correct? :confused:

    If so, How could I back the files?

    Thanks :)
  • MedlockMedlock Miramar, Florida Member
    edited September 2004
    You really should make sure it's a partition on the same HD, before you go and put your files somewhere they shouldn't go, or somewhere they won't last very long, or somewhere with limited space, etc.

    If all is clear, just drag and drop.
  • TroganTrogan London, UK
    edited September 2004
    Any way of checking if the partitions are on the same HD?
  • MedlockMedlock Miramar, Florida Member
    edited September 2004
    I don't know how to check. Most people should know just by remembering the number of HDs in their machine. ;D If you have more than one hd, and those two volumes are the only ones on hd's then it's probably a different hd. If there is only one hd in your system but those two volumes are still on hd's, it's most likely a different partition. I really don't know how to check beyond that, sorry.
  • TroganTrogan London, UK
    edited September 2004
    Thanks for the help. I think i'l just burn what I need onto blank dvd's.
  • CycloniteCyclonite Tampa, Florida Icrontian
    edited September 2004
    To check which drive each partition is on, you can right click My Computer and then click properties. In the window that pops up, click disk management on the left. On the right it will show you all your partitions and what drives they're on.
  • TroganTrogan London, UK
    edited September 2004
    Cyclonite wrote:
    To check which drive each partition is on, you can right click My Computer and then click properties. In the window that pops up, click disk management on the left. On the right it will show you all your partitions and what drives they're on.

    Hi, i'v Right-clicked My Computer > Properties but I don't see any TABS which say Disk Management. I have Win XP Home.
  • JimboraeJimborae Newbury, Berks, UK New
    edited September 2004
    Ok, well try opening the Control Panel, Adminastrative Tools, then Disk Management. Not sure if that works in XP Home, it does in XP Pro.
  • CreepCreep Hell Icrontian
    edited September 2004
    Dude has like a dell, just burn the files to a DVD and let that be that.
  • TroganTrogan London, UK
    edited September 2004
    Jimborae wrote:
    Ok, well try opening the Control Panel, Adminastrative Tools, then Disk Management. Not sure if that works in XP Home, it does in XP Pro.

    Thanks for the help but Disk Management is not in Admin Tools in Win XP Home.
    Creep wrote:
    Dude has like a dell, just burn the files to a DVD and let that be that.

    Who has Dell? I don't, I have a Compaq Presario which I like :)
  • TroganTrogan London, UK
    edited September 2004
    I'l just burn the files on blank DVD's...much easier
  • CreepCreep Hell Icrontian
    edited September 2004
    Trogan_1000 wrote:
    I'l just burn the files on blank DVD's...much easier


    Yep, that's what I would have suggested.

    Compaq, Dell, what's the difference?
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