-=PCTechTalk=- Re: External Drive (Storage) (Used to be Firefox vs IE)
- From: "Sandi Beach" <sandib2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 14:05:11 -0600
Nuts!! I thought I knew how to do this and it would be a piece of
cake---NOT. First I thought I had to get My Documents into the right pane
and then locate Backups in the external storage drive and simply right click
and drag it and copy it.
When I click on My Documents in the left pane it shows all the components in
the right pane. I thought of selecting the top one, shift, select the
bottom one and then right click and drag to the left pane and drop into
backups. But, that did not seem right as it would surely copy all the
contents and they would not be within the My Documents folder.
I decided maybe this drag and drop could go either way so I clicked on the
Storage Drive and it displayed the Back up folder in the right pane. I
selected My Documents in the left pane , right clicked and dragged it into
the the right pane and hovered over Backups, let go and it gave me the
option of creating a shortcut or cancel. I backed out of that and now I am
wondering just what I am doing wrong!!
Help! Sandi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gman" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 4:37 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: External Drive (Storage) (Used to be Firefox vs
IE)
> Awesome questions, Kiddo!
>
> Yes, you can (and should) copy your entire MyDocs folder to your backup
> drive. I would imagine that there's very little in there that you'd want
> to
> lose, so it doesn't make much sense to just copy subfolders separately.
> And
> they absolutely must be Copied rather than Moved. The MyDocs folder is
> one
> of several special folders that are constantly monitored by Windows. If
> you
> Move it, the registry will treat the new location as the default MyDocs
> location and the old location will be abandoned. In other words, anything
> you later save to that area will only be saved in the new location and the
> system will look to the new location for all of your multimedia stuff (My
> Pictures, My Music, etc.).
>
> The vast majority of system files are tucked away in or under the Windows
> folder. However, there are others that are "outside the castle gates".
> It
> would take a hefty chapter's worth of typing to point all of them out to
> you, so I'm going to save my fingers by avoiding that. the next time we
> connect remotely, I'll show you what to look for to help you identify them
> through your travels around Explorer. There's no problem if you Copy one
> of
> these system files along with your regular backups. If they are currently
> in use, you may get an error stating that the file cannot be copied, but
> the
> attempt won't cause them any damage. You just need to completely avoid
> deleting or moving any of these.
>
> Peace,
> Gman
> http://www.bornagainamerican.org
>
> "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sandi Beach" <sandib2@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "pctechtalk" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 4:34 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- External Drive (Storage) (Used to be Firefox vs
> IE)
>
>
>> Now that I have Windows Explorer set up so that it is easy to copy or
>> move
>> files to Storage, I want to practice!
>> Can I copy my entire My Documents folder to the external harddrive? Or
>> should I select folders within My Docs that I really want to keep safe
>> such
>> as My Downloads folder, My Pictures, Data backups, etc. And do I assume
>> correctly that these should be copied and not moved? Is there a sure
>> fire
>> way of knowing what to copy and what to move?
>> You mentioned a couple of times to stay away from system files. And to
>> stay
>> away from C/WINDOWS. Are system files found throughout or are they
>> mostly
>> in the C/WINDOWS folder?
>> Sandi
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