Backup Personal Data
(Click here to view the original thread with full colors/images)Posted by: asmithz
How do you back up everything onto an external that isn't windows install? I am trying to fix someones computer and don't want to erase anything thats personal to them but I don't know where everything might be.
Posted by: Huck
You just have to copy folders by folder where you know these personal data are onto the external HDD. (Ask this person you are helping where these folders are)
If the external HDD is for backup only, it shouldn't have any OS/program install onto it in the first place.
Posted by: Zelucifer
Go into the hd, ctrl+a, then ctrl+click the windows directory, ctrl+c, browse to the external ctrl+v, and voila.
Posted by: corpse
Good option (if there's enought space) is to make new partition for the data. I.e. i have C:\ for Win and appz (10GB), and D:\ for all my personal and not only stuff (rest of hdd). It's really easy with Partition Magic.