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External Hard Drive..?

spryor
Recently bougt an external hard drive and figured it a plug and go
type thing, and for the most part, it is...for 30 steenkn days.

Then the trial is over and you have to buy software..(?)

It's Memeo unit, and I'm just wondering: do I have to get Memeo
software, or will most any backup software work..?
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  • gagirl
    If you are running windows you can configure windows to run a back up saved onto the external drive.
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  • redneckandy
    Find an old computer hard drive and buy a housing for it. Best Buy sells them and they come with all the cables.
    What software was on it?
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  • Nwcid
    I am not a fan of "back up" software. Just move the files you want backed up onto the HD. It would be just like moving files between folders. Then when you need them just pull them back. That is what I do.
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  • spryor
    So I can just drag the files i want to backup into this drive..??
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  • HandgunHTR52
    Plug it up and format it. This will remove any of the crap that the OEM put on it that makes it less useful. Once that is done, when it is plugged in your computer should recognize it as an external drive and you can move files around just like using a thumb/USB drive.
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  • Odawgp
    oh how i love my mac.

    stuff like that just works no software no reformatting

    got a love it
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  • 1911a1-fan
    quote:Originally posted by spryor
    So I can just drag the files i want to backup into this drive..??


    yes, get rid of Memeo, and do it yourself, when you put new programs on choose you ext drive this saves your master drive space, and speeds run time, make sure any files you put on your ext drive are virus free first, if you get a nasty virus on your primary drive, you can easily reformat, and still have everything on your ext

    i have files from 1995, i've always ran 2 drives, one for mt os, and one for files, and programs, i have had a few hard drives crash, and back then viruses would delete EVERYTHING before good av programs came out
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  • JamesRK
    I'm not sure what kind of software you're talking about, but for backup all you need to do is copy files to the external disk.

    I use two external hard drives. When I plugged each one in, XP said it had detected and installed new hardware. Each one had a bunch of useless junk on it, so I formatted each one to get rid of it.

    When I create or change a file I don't want to take a chance on losing, or at least once a week, I make a copy to one or both of the external drives. When I make changes to the system, after I make sure they work, I do a Norton Ghost.

    I keep all my files in folders within one large folder so when I want to save everything, I can do it with one copy.

    I hope I didn't totally misunderstand what you were talking about.
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  • JamesRK
    quote:Originally posted by Odawgp
    oh how i love my mac.

    stuff like that just works no software no reformatting

    got a love it



    Macs can have head crashes and wear out too. It pays to backup your stuff. [;)]
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  • Nwcid
    quote:Originally posted by JamesRK
    quote:Originally posted by Odawgp
    oh how i love my mac.

    stuff like that just works no software no reformatting

    got a love it



    Macs can have head crashes and wear out too. It pays to backup your stuff. [;)]




    +1000 to both statements.

    I picked up a 1 TB external this last spring. I do a lot of video and it eats up space in a hurry.
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  • HappyNanoq
    +1 on the 1TB Ext.HDU

    have a 1.000GigaByte external harddrive, which also runs 802.11G wireless networking (networkdrive) plus, it acts as my printserver too.

    It's simply great to have a shared external harddrive which works on the network - and from the regular computer, to share files, music, pictures, movies and all... at breakneck networkspeeds - and allows for the printer to be placed more remote in the small apartment here, as I rarely uses it. =o)
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  • glabray
    The troubles with manually copying important files to your external drive are (1) you have to remember to do it and MAKE yourself do it, and (2) It takes time to do it meaning you won't do it as often as you should, and (3) When your internal drive eventually crashes, you'll invariably discover that several very important files are not current on the backup drive if there at all. A good backup program will automatically copy everything from your internal drive onto the backup drive whenever you want it to. You can do an automatic backup nightly at midnight while you sleep for example.
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  • spryor
    Thanks for all the feedback, I'll give it a try. I'll try to be
    certain to backup files at least weekly, so i won't have to spend
    years rebuilding things after the next crash.[:)]
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  • Colt Super
    Aren't there online sites where you can backup your files automatically offsite, for a very small monthly fee ??

    Doug
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  • spryor
    Actually i'm signed up on one of those, but not sure i have it setup right, and another form of backup wouldn't hurt.[;)]
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  • RUGERGUNZ
    When my laptop died I saved the hard drive from it. I was able to buy a case for it from Ebay for under $10. I connect it to my new desktop with a USB cable. I reformatted the laptop's hard drive and just drag and drop any file that I want a backup of. So for under $10 have about 30GB of backup storage.

    I would recommend what others have said and just reformat the hard drive you purchased and just drag and drop the files you want backed up.
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