Re: Maxtor One-Touch external harddrive

Helen, you are little gem. I never thought about dragging my files across
to 
the external drive.
I think my senior moments all happened at once at some stage and left me 
completely blank about doing that - I do that when copying something for
my 
friends onto a CD so it should have logically been the same for the
Maxtor..

Problem solved.

Thank you so much.

Di
Very gratefully dragging and dropping.
"Helen Castle" <helenlcastle@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> If it is an external hard disk drive it should work like an internal
hard 
> disk drive
>
> You store stuff on the internal drives - you can store stuff on the 
> external drives - it doesnt have to be a backup, it can be a copy.
>
> That way you dont have to use backup software just use File, Save As.
and 
> then make sure you revert to your main file before you do more work.
>
> Or just use Windows Explorer to copy from internal drive to external 
> drive.
>
> -- 
> Helen Castle
> Narangba
>
> New preferred email
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> (added a letter 'l' and a ".au")
> have a look at our escapades at
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> "DiMa" <sascar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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>> 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
>>>
>>> New preferred email
>>> helenlcastle@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> (added a letter 'l' and a ".au")
>>> have a look at our escapades at
>>> http://newspapertranscripts.spaces.live.com/
>>>
>>> "DiMa" <sascar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>