I purchased a Western Digital 2 TB external hard drive. It only has 2 plugs. One for Power and one for USB (included).
I plugged in the electrical cord and then plugged in the usb cord. My windows xp ackowledged the new hardware and did nothing else. OK. moving on...
I clicked "Start", "All Programs" , "Accessories", "System Tools" , "Backup"
The Backup program opened, it was easy to navigate. It then asked me where to save my backup. I pressed "Browse" and selected the little blue icon from Western Digital, then clicked OPEN which placed me inside of the WD external hard drive. Then I named the backup after todays date and clicked SAVE. Once the backup started, the Western Digital external hard drive just blinked it's light on and off in sporadic patterns. I took that as a good sign , because there was no other sign. No smiley face, no confirmation message pop up. Nothing.
It took a little over an hour to complete the backup. Once it finished it told me I had to insert a floppy disc to complete the save. I cancelled that request and closed everything. Good news is that it did save the backup to my external hard drive. I do not know why it asked for a floppy disc, so do not worry when / if it does that for you. If you chose Western Digital to save your backup to, then it's there.
I feel much better knowing that I have a backup of my PC in case of some sort of failure. I can plug this external hard drive into a new PC and it will upload my info... giving my new PC that old desktop feeling with all of my files and folders in place.
Now I am thinking about upgrading my PC. I had held off buying a new one because I did not want to lose important info from my old PC... now, it doesn't matter. I have it in an easy to use external hardrive.
I suggest you save your PC weekly, and when it's time for a new PC, Bada Bing, Bada boom. No sweat.
Have a nice weekend,
~Ray
I plugged in the electrical cord and then plugged in the usb cord. My windows xp ackowledged the new hardware and did nothing else. OK. moving on...
I clicked "Start", "All Programs" , "Accessories", "System Tools" , "Backup"
The Backup program opened, it was easy to navigate. It then asked me where to save my backup. I pressed "Browse" and selected the little blue icon from Western Digital, then clicked OPEN which placed me inside of the WD external hard drive. Then I named the backup after todays date and clicked SAVE. Once the backup started, the Western Digital external hard drive just blinked it's light on and off in sporadic patterns. I took that as a good sign , because there was no other sign. No smiley face, no confirmation message pop up. Nothing.
It took a little over an hour to complete the backup. Once it finished it told me I had to insert a floppy disc to complete the save. I cancelled that request and closed everything. Good news is that it did save the backup to my external hard drive. I do not know why it asked for a floppy disc, so do not worry when / if it does that for you. If you chose Western Digital to save your backup to, then it's there.
I feel much better knowing that I have a backup of my PC in case of some sort of failure. I can plug this external hard drive into a new PC and it will upload my info... giving my new PC that old desktop feeling with all of my files and folders in place.
Now I am thinking about upgrading my PC. I had held off buying a new one because I did not want to lose important info from my old PC... now, it doesn't matter. I have it in an easy to use external hardrive.
I suggest you save your PC weekly, and when it's time for a new PC, Bada Bing, Bada boom. No sweat.
Have a nice weekend,
~Ray
Easy peazy
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