computer question

sda2mike
sda2mike Posts: 3,131
edited December 2012 in The Clubhouse
i'm running windows, xp i think..computer is 1 yr old...anyway: i have an external hard drive i'd like to back up to my internal c drive...the software for the ext hd seem to favor backing up the c drive with the external drive...is there a way this computer dummy can back up my external drive?

thanks!
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  • Tbone289
    Tbone289 Posts: 661
    edited December 2012
    There are a couple of ways to do it. The easiest would be to simply create a folder on your C: drive, name it such as "ext backup". Then, open windows explorer, select all the files/folders from your external drive that you wish to back up, click copy (edit>copy), then right-click on the folder you created on C: and select "paste".

    Another way would be to use backup software to do it. That would be more complicated, but would allow you to compress the backed-up files so they take up less space on your c: drive.
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  • sda2mike
    sda2mike Posts: 3,131
    edited December 2012
    thanks tbone!
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