Computer backup?
Posted on March 6th, 2010 by Nick Kurentz
My computer’s internet has been really weird lately (im on my parents computer right now) & so i decided to run the recovery disk but… I have about 17GB of stuff that needs backed up somehow. I don’t wanna use 5 DVDs or lk 25 Cds or anything like that. Is there any other way to do it. Idk how the Windows XP backup utility works. How many DVDs would it take to backup 17GB? Well any help would be appriciated. Thanks
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If you have a DVD burner that will take 11 GIG templates, then less than 2. But if it is 8 gig, then 3 Discs, if it has a 4 GIG limit, 6 etc
Dual Layer discs hold 8.5 GB so you could put it on 2 or 3 of those. I got an external hard drive to back up my 60GB mp3 collection.
i would suggest using an external hard drive. buy one if you dont already own one.
then, boot up using a “live” cd like BartPE or Knoppix if you know any linux stuff
1)go to http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/
on any windows machine, doesnt have to be your own,’
follow the directions there, which will include burning a CD
2) boot up from that CD
3) connect external hard drive (via usb/firewire)
4) navigate to the files in question, and copy/paste them to the new external hard drive
5) repeate if necessary
Edit: when you first buy the external hard drive, it will have to be formated to NTFS or FAT 16/32 before you can use it. consult the drive’s instructions
however, if your machine is bootable,
you can skip the live cd instructions, boot up normally, and use the external drive as described
after you recover all your data, i would suggest re-installing windows, and reformating your hard-drive,
this usally fixes all software bugs, including the ones you described.
Sounds like 4 single sided DVD-+Rs would manage it. Less if you use True Image
As you can buy DVD-R blanks for about 20 Cents a piece, that is a cheap way to go. Be sure you verify the copies!!!
Use Nero backup, it will allow you to compress data on Cd’s. If you don’t have Nero you can download a trial version that you can use to back up.
http://www.nero.com/nero7/eng/nero7-demo.php
4 single layer DVD5 discs or two dual layer DVD9 discs, and if you had a portable USB hard drive over 17GB you could just use that instead.
I recommend you to use Acronis True Image for that. It will make an image of your data and store it on DVDs. True Image will allow you to restore your data anytime you want. Learn more about True Image here: http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/