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Member Since: March 2008 Posts: 622 Send Message	Onwe	Report	10 Jun 2008 03:46
Member Since: March 2008 Posts: 622 Send Message	Answer this one? I would like to back up all our data spreadsheets etc so i have been recommended to back up the work in a partition of the hard drive. What if i cannot turn the computer on one morning. I have tried memory sticks and DVDs but not enough room.
Member Since: April 2006 Posts: 5,644 Send Message	KeithInFujairah	Report	10 Jun 2008 03:58
Member Since: April 2006 Posts: 5,644 Send Message	Sparrow, have you thought of an external USB hard drive? They are becoming much cheaper nowadays and can be taken home/away from work and plugged into another computer and accessed.
Member Since: March 2008 Posts: 622 Send Message	Onwe	Report	10 Jun 2008 05:15
Member Since: March 2008 Posts: 622 Send Message	Now theres another story. Yes I bought an external hard drive. 250gb I only needed about 20. I had no instructions apparently it is for syncronising not backing up. Any way the comp guy set it up and its all good.