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guikrazy · #1 (**permalink**) 09-15-2005

Ok, so I am a Mac person, which = totally CLUELESS on a PC! It just occured to me that I have not been backing up my pc. How do you do a complete mirror backup of your internal hard drive to an external one on a PC? Can it be done? I would like to have a bootable backup if possible.

Thanks for any help!

bkempf · #2 (**permalink**) 09-15-2005

ok, I'm waiting for an answer to this question too! lol

Colleen7699 · #3 (**permalink**) 09-21-2005

If you go to Start-all Programs-Accessories-System Tools-Back Up, a wizard will pop up to help you set the conditions for the back up. You need to have a external drive that is as large as the material you are backing up. Just be sure to check the box to back up PROGRAMS and files. There should also be a scheduler available so this can be done automatically each day. If you want to do it manually you can just drag you
C-drive onto the external drive. If that won't work, let me know and I bet you can create a folder under the C-Drive call it "Everything" and just drag and drop everything into that folder. Then drag that folder to the external drive using Explorer.

Hope that all makes sense...

laurieg · #4 (**permalink**) 09-21-2005

Thank you so much for this Colleen!!!!
I've been wanting to do this on a daily basis and just never took the time to look into it.

I just set it up for 4:45 every morning.

Colleen7699 · #5 (**permalink**) 09-21-2005

Anybody else who has not done this take my word for it-you need to back up. My external drive just crashed and I lost all my pictures, kits, downloaded kits, scrapbook pages, business records, etc! Estimate to recover the information $4900-$7900, if they recover it and $200 just to try! This happened two days ago and I am still sick to my stomach and have cried my eyes out!