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Okay, I just bought an external hard drive. Now what? Do I move all of my files onto it? I'm scared of losing them. HELP!
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211079✽
by
shirlener88
09 Sep 2008
+5✽
Joye, to be save - just copy them over - until you are comfortable to delete them - LOL!
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Do I need to burn a current back-up first? I really don't know what I'm doing. Is this how you store your designs? Thanks.
You actually should use your external hard drive to store your backups.
write me before you do anything and I will explain how to set it all up. hugs, Meg
write me before you do anything and I will explain how to set it all up. hugs, Meg
There you go Joye, Meg will assit you!
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by
stitchship
09 Sep 2008
+5✽
I would not delete them from your computer. Just copy them and paste them to your External Drive. I would also burn DVD's with the designs on them. Even External drives can crash. I store mine in all of the above. Now, there are also online services, that backup the files for you, for a fee, like the link I am enclosing. I hope this helps. :)
1 links:
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http://www.carbonite.com/ads/kim/signup.aspx?cmpid=RA_Kommando_1
www.carbonite.com
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Thank you so much. I will check it out.
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Whatever you do, always keep copies of your files in at least two places - then at least if one drive crashes, you still have copies of your files.
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Thanks for the tip. I need all the help I can get. :o)
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You actually should use your external hard drive to store your backups.
write me before you do anything and I will explain how to set it all up. hugs, Meg
write me before you do anything and I will explain how to set it all up. hugs, Meg
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Thanks Meg.
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by
wendymay60
09 Sep 2008
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DO NOT MOVE your files COPY them. putting them into folders
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This is why I'm nervous. I don't know what I'm doing. I have so much to learn.
Thanks. :o)
Thanks. :o)
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Yes, don't move them over, copy them over. My new drive just burned up. I'm so glad I copied instead of moved! Whew!
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Yeah - I bet. There is so much to learn.
Thanks.
Thanks.
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I have mine in files on hard drive and have copied and pasted them onto a flash stick and also saved them onto DVD
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Good idea. I hate the idea of losing them. Thanks so much.
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I copied and pasted mine then checked to make sure they were there before I deleted them off the computa but please make sure you do do regular backups on cd or dvd as they to can fail.
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Okay, thanks for your help.
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simplyrosie
09 Sep 2008
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I don't keep my files on my machine...they're all on my external (slows the computer down too much to house all of them locally)... HOWEVER, I do back up the content onto DVDs weekly, since external drives have been known to fail. xoxo
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This is what I was thinking. To help speed the computer up.
Thank you.
Thank you.
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My suggestion is 1-Copy all yr embroidery Design into the External Hard Drive.
2-Keep yr existing file intact. So its just a 'Control+A' to select all files and 'Control/CTrl + C" to copy; "Control/Ctrl + V" to paste them into yr external hard drive.
3- Burn yr existing files from yr Hard disk to DVD disc. Make few sets since DVD disc is cheap now.
These are my suggestions. I dont think embroidery designs are that big?
2-Keep yr existing file intact. So its just a 'Control+A' to select all files and 'Control/CTrl + C" to copy; "Control/Ctrl + V" to paste them into yr external hard drive.
3- Burn yr existing files from yr Hard disk to DVD disc. Make few sets since DVD disc is cheap now.
These are my suggestions. I dont think embroidery designs are that big?
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Thanks for your help.
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Thanks for asking, now there is a lot of info!
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Yes, I needed all the help I could get.
145791✽
My external hard dr. I DL all my designs and unplug it after each DL. this way I don't ever worry about losing the designs. All r checked 4 viruses prior to DL so I'm set if Laptop ever crashes. *
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I have been turning off, I thought that was enough. I will start to unplug it.
Thanks so much for your help. I appreciate all the imput I get.
:o)
Thanks so much for your help. I appreciate all the imput I get.
:o)