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depends what files and how you want to do it.just a back up copy or a prog that does it on a scheduled basis overwriting etc?
How much do you need to backup? (GB?)
What hardware do you have to store backups on? (CD? DVD? External HDD? Tape?)
MS Backup as provided with windows should be fine for the home user.
What hardware do you have to store backups on? (CD? DVD? External HDD? Tape?)
MS Backup as provided with windows should be fine for the home user.
Well at the moment I won't need to much space (<10GB), so I'm thinking of just writing everything to a rewritable CD on a weekly/fortnightly basis. I hear that external HDDs aren't very reliable and can crap themselves after a few months?
Thing that scares me is if my laptop stops working then I'll lose everything..
Thing that scares me is if my laptop stops working then I'll lose everything..
External HDD's are nearly as reliable as a normal HDD.
Get a 3.5" version as they're more reliable than a laptop HDD 2.5".
Chances of laptop drive AND external HDD dying at the same time are very, very low.
You won't fit much if you're using CDs. 700mb max or DVD 4.5Gb. I'd get an external HDD or build/buy yourself a very basic PC and use it as a file server.
Get a 3.5" version as they're more reliable than a laptop HDD 2.5".
Chances of laptop drive AND external HDD dying at the same time are very, very low.
You won't fit much if you're using CDs. 700mb max or DVD 4.5Gb. I'd get an external HDD or build/buy yourself a very basic PC and use it as a file server.
as said forget faffing about with discs.just use an external drive.costs are very low nowadays
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I use a variety of backups, but I can't really see 10GB being an issue.
You could back the whole lot up now on a couple of DVD-Rs [old photos, music, etc]. Then maybe buy a small USB Hard-drive [I use something like this http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/126612/rb/0 but in 5GB guise]
You could back the whole lot up now on a couple of DVD-Rs [old photos, music, etc]. Then maybe buy a small USB Hard-drive [I use something like this http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/126612/rb/0 but in 5GB guise]
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I also run 6 HDDS, lol, plus have loads of stuff [movies in XviD format, etc] backed up onto DVD-Rs, all indexed, etc.
The beauty of a few extra harddrives is that I have one partitioned 30GB purely for backup - have copies of all my drivers, applications, in there, so if my boot drive did fail, I can get back to normal pretty quick
The beauty of a few extra harddrives is that I have one partitioned 30GB purely for backup - have copies of all my drivers, applications, in there, so if my boot drive did fail, I can get back to normal pretty quick
