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Dr Hobbitstein

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3. Just get an external hard drive.

Reply to CountAllVotes (Original post)

Fri Apr 14, 2017, 11:10 AM

Apr 2017

It is best to have a drive the same size as or larger than your main drive for backups.

You can use an external hard drive or a flash drive to backup. I would go with an external hard drive (it's easier to recover data from these than a flash drive in the even the drive dies). You can find 1TB for around $100 or less.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] CountAllVotes Apr 2017 OP

Your machine probably has a DVD burner. lpbk2713 Apr 2017 #1

I assume this is part of the initial configuration FBaggins Apr 2017 #2

Yes, it does have a DVD drive CountAllVotes Apr 2017 #4

It did ask me to create a system recovery disk CountAllVotes Apr 2017 #5

Just get an external hard drive. Dr Hobbitstein Apr 2017 #3

I guess I need to get another one CountAllVotes Apr 2017 #6

Western digital passbook drives install drivers Egnever Apr 2017 #9

Thanks for the ideas CountAllVotes Apr 2017 #10

All of the things I mentioned Egnever Apr 2017 #11

I reckon a 16 gig flash drive canetoad Apr 2017 #7

Oh, I hope you are right! CountAllVotes Apr 2017 #8

Disk CountAllVotes Apr 2017 #12