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External Backup Drive
Posted by Tom on October 9th, 2005


This may be the wrong forum, but I hope somebody may help me.

I recently purchased an external hard drive which connects via my USB port.
I intended to use this drive to backup my essential data in case my C drive
fails. The backup drive is now identified as Drive (G).

I was thinking that by using this drive, in case my C drive fails, I could
recover date. I also assumed that if I deleted a file, I could recover it
from the G drive. However, using My Documents as an example, if I delete a
file, and then go to the G drive to recover it, I find that it too has been
deleted from My Documents. The same happens if I add or subtract a file from
any program,

I thought I could disconnect the G drive, then make a deletion or addition ,
but the same thing happens as soon as I connect the G drive. Are there any
suggestions how I can make the G drive a separate entity that will enter
changes only when I back up some files.

My computer is a Dell XPS and the USB is 2.0

TIA

Tom Gibbons


Posted by RonK on October 9th, 2005


For data you do not want deleted, make a separate folder in your external
drive and call it "backup" or whatever and Copy anything important there.

You can then copy and paste it back to where you want.


"Tom" <tgibbons@dc.rr.com> wrote in message
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> This may be the wrong forum, but I hope somebody may help me.
>
> I recently purchased an external hard drive which connects via my USB
> port.
> I intended to use this drive to backup my essential data in case my C
> drive
> fails. The backup drive is now identified as Drive (G).
>
> I was thinking that by using this drive, in case my C drive fails, I
> could
> recover date. I also assumed that if I deleted a file, I could recover it
> from the G drive. However, using My Documents as an example, if I delete a
> file, and then go to the G drive to recover it, I find that it too has
> been
> deleted from My Documents. The same happens if I add or subtract a file
> from
> any program,
>
> I thought I could disconnect the G drive, then make a deletion or addition
> ,
> but the same thing happens as soon as I connect the G drive. Are there any
> suggestions how I can make the G drive a separate entity that will enter
> changes only when I back up some files.
>
> My computer is a Dell XPS and the USB is 2.0
>
> TIA
>
> Tom Gibbons
>
>



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