Re: Maxtor One-Touch external harddrive

Thank you Helen, I wish I was a bit more knowledgeable.

"Helen Castle" <helenlcastle@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> Does you computer recognise that there is a drive attached when you plug

> it in?
>
> If it does press F1 when at the desktop, do a search on backup and read 
> how to use Windows backup to backup to the drive
>
> But frankly I have never backed anything up in 19 years of using 
> computers - I keep a copy of everything im****tant in the native format 
> that it was created in and then in an ex****ted format of some sort plus
a 
> lot of my im****tant stuff is on websites - so that if I have to I can 
> recreate my files all over again very easily - backups only work while
you 
> have the program that you used to backup.
>
> I generally have a major rebuild every 2 years, with minor reformats in 
> between and I have never lost anything im****tant - sometimes I forget 
> minor stuff that doesnt matter but I have had some files since Windows
3.1 
> and they are still readable. If the had been backed up files I wouldnt
be 
> able to access them by now.
>
> If you copy stuff you can compress into a zip file - right click, sent
to 
> zip (compressed) file. copy to Maxtor.
>
> Or use Windows Explorer to copy and paste to the Maxtor drive.
>
> -- 
> Helen Castle
> Narangba
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> "DiMa" <sascar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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>> Thank you to all the guys who have responded to my post.
>>
>> I don't know what other software to install on the drive - where do I
get 
>> it from?
>> I am not technically minded but not stupid either so be gentle with me 
>> please.
>>
>> Di
>> "DiMa" <sascar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Does anyone know if there is a sup****t group for the above.
>>>
>>> I have not been able to master it as yet and need some help. Senior 
>>> moments are always getting in the way and I end up getting the backup 
>>> fail notice.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Di
>>>
>>
>>