-=PCTechTalk=- Re: External Drive (Storage) (Used to be Firefox vs IE)
- From: "HNCantor" <odysseus99@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 20:13:21 -0700
Try Karenware's backup program - very simple to use.
Herb
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[mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sandi Beach
Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 7:48 PM
To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: External Drive (Storage) (Used to be Firefox vs
IE)
G, this seems like a good time for me to pause and study your
tutorial--Manual Backups (Revisited). As I skimmed the first and second
page a lot of things are making sense that didn't before.
Next I plan to highlight Backups in my external storage file and make
another new folder in the right pane and name it My Documents (in
preparation for copying to it) Or is that necessary? Should I just drop the
My Docs into the Backups folder and choose copy here? Maybe all of these
questions are answered in your tutorial. If so, I apologize for getting
ahead of the "game". I will go study now!
Sandi
P.S. And whenever you want to do a CrossLoop just let me know.
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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"
>
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