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[QUOTE=Fiona]Um....what size should I get? I do not know what the capacity thing represents. I think I do not use about 2/3 of the capacity I have on this, but I do not know what that is[/QUOTE]

Go into 'My Computer'. Right-click on the C:\ drive (the HD). Click properties. It will tell you how big your HD is and how much space you've used.

Ok it says I have 55.8 gb and I have used about a third of that. Does that sound right?. Should I get one the same size as that? All the ones on Rav's site seem much bigger?

[QUOTE=Fiona]Ok it says I have 55.8 gb and I have used about a third of that. Does that sound right?. Should I get one the same size as that? All the ones on Rav's site seem much bigger?[/QUOTE]

20GB? How much of that would you be backing up?

The one I bought is 80GB, you could get one around that size...even if it is bigger, that might help in the future if you do need more space.

@ Greg. All of it, I suppose? I don't know what any of it is really

@ Rav. That makes sense I suppose. But they all seem to be much bigger than that? Or am I reading it wrong?

Edit. If I do this how hard is it to transfer stuff. Can I just press a button? Because I thought I had saved files to cd and I hadn't.Could the same thing happen? how would I know it was working?

These are the 100GB and less drives..
Hard Drives - USB - 7,200 RPM - External - Capacity

It's as easy as copying things over from one folder to another. I find it a lot easier than burning CDs/DVDs.

Thank you everybody.

One last question. Which one should I buy from that list? Will they all go with all computers or do I need to be careful? Are they all equally good?

Some are a little faster than others and there's obviously the difference in capacity too. Other than that, they should all work for you.

Thank you all again. I am sorry I hijacked this thread for so long, but I am definitely going to get one of these things so it has been very helpful for me.

When I get it I will hijack it again for help in making it work. That is me giving you fair warning

*shrugs* It's not really a hijack...nothing else was really happening on here anyways.

Fiona,

Glad everyone was so helpful during my absence. It looks like you have everything you need. Just two more comments for ya:

1. When you get the drive, you'll plug it into a USB port on your computer and it should automatically show up as another drive. So let's say you currently have A:\ for a floppy, C:\ for your main harddrive, D:\ for a CD drive. This would show up as E:\ and probably be named "Removable Disk" or be named based on the brand/model of whatever you buy. From there all you have to do is drag and drop to copy files or entire directories to your new drive. Then to make sure the files are there, just click on the E:\ drive and it should show you all the files it has.

2. For what to backup, you don't need to backup your entire harddrive. Most of the space currently in use is probably things like Windows installed files, all the installation files from any games or programs you have. What you want to backup are any directories that you save your files to (Word documents, spreadsheets, since I don't know what you use your computer for I don't know what all to tell you). Also think about saving your bookmarks, saved game files, My Documents (or wherever you save files to), any pictures you have on your computer, if you have a local email program you want to save your email file, any movies you have, walkthroughs for games, all of that kind of thing.

Once you get closer to doing it, if there's something specific you want to grab but don't know where to look just let us know and we can point you in the right direction.

[QUOTE=Fiona]Thank you all again. I am sorry I hijacked this thread for so long, but I am definitely going to get one of these things so it has been very helpful for me. [/QUOTE]
How can you hijack a pure spam thread? Any topic, by definition is on-topic.

And thanks also for that, Dar. I will certainly come whingeing cos I just know it is not going to be simple

Wow, I kind of started a whole techie conversation, didn't i? Amazing what the fear of losing a hard drive does to people; it is really traumatizing somethings, though, this I know. But at least I got to miss most of Fiona's alleged hijacking. Was looking for something to read and grabbing lunch. Now, I'm just waiting for the thunderstorm, which is about to start any time now... Welcome to Florida.

*peeks in*

Is the party still going??
:laugh:

The party is always going..... sometimes just a little slower than other times.

I wouldn't have had the patience to explain all that to someone.

I usually create 2 partitions for my HD, one for windows and one for all the other stuff. Makes it a lot easier to clean windows every once in a while.

It's also safer to split it up like that....if one partition goes wrong there there is at least a chance of the others staying operational.

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