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Backing up
Name: pointer7 Date: December 7, 2008 at 06:55:35 Pacific OS: Windows Vista CPU/Ram: 2GB Ram Product: Fujitsu siemens / V5535
Comment:
Hi There,
I am looking to do a fresh install of my laptop which runs vista. i have nearly 14 gig of files i need to back up! what would be the best option for this? cd? online back up? putting them in to zip files and burning to cd?
Name: fgdn17 Date: December 7, 2008 at 10:35:09 Pacific
Reply:
external hard drive and/or flash drive..!!??
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Response Number 2
Name: jefro Date: December 7, 2008 at 15:13:37 Pacific
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You would need a way to access those files maybe in the future. I like to use NTbackup. It compresses about as good as any. I use it over a network or on a usb drive on such large amounts. Even zipped it would be a lot. 5 G to 14 G is still a lot to put on CD's. CD's fail in a few years too.
Online would take years unless you have real high up-link speeds. Very few people do.
"Best Practices", Event viewer, host file, perfmon, antivirus, anti-spyware, Live CD's, backups, are in my top 10
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Response Number 3
Name: wizard-fred Date: December 7, 2008 at 18:13:17 Pacific
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A DVD Backup will take 3 or 4 disks for 14 Gigs.
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Response Number 4
Name: pointer7 Date: December 10, 2008 at 12:58:43 Pacific
Reply:
ahh thanks!
i will prob go the dvd route..... what about creating a partition and then installaing vista on there and then copying stuff over? or copying my vids and photos to another partition and then formatting the original disk?
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