Question about my WD external HDD and W7 backup

garysgold · 06 Feb 2010

Yes, they are for when nothing else works, but if you don't have the majority of your data files on the C drive, you can reinstall windows without much data lose. I also have an external backup in case my hard drive dies or a virus I can't remove causes havoc to more than just windows. This is a way to 1). Keep your files a little safer. 2). Be much less of a burden if you need to re-install windows as you won't have to copy all that stuff back to your harddrive. The way you've done it works and if you don't want to bother, that's fine.

ThumperSD · 06 Feb 2010

I have my program and video files all on my external HDD instead of my C drive. Most of my pictures and music, however, is on my C drive. Judging from the information I gave you, can you confirm at EVERYTHING in my C:/Users/David is included in my backup? Thank you for all your help.

Phone Man · 06 Feb 2010

I have my HD set up with 3 partitions:
C: System and Programs
D: pagefile
E: data

I wanted to use the Win 7 System Image for the C: only and other backup system for E:. I found that if I use Win 7 to do a system image for the C: partition only, when you restore it will erase the ENTIRE disk and then restore C: partition. I now use Macrium which will let me just restore the C: partition and leave the E: intact and it is free.

I have a WD Passport external drive to hold the image file and it came with a Sync program (WDSync) which I use to backup any files or directories I chose. If I make any changes it will Sync the backup files. What I like is I can setup a profile for my desktop and it stores the backup in a data base and I can make another profile for my laptop and it keeps it in a separate database. I can open a database and see all the files and can copy any or all anywhere I want including a new hard drive or computer.

Jim

garysgold · 07 Feb 2010

ThumperSD said:

I have my program and video files all on my external HDD instead of my C drive. Most of my pictures and music, however, is on my C drive. Judging from the information I gave you, can you confirm at EVERYTHING in my C:/Users/David is included in my backup? Thank you for all your help.

Everything should be in there based on backup + system image.