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Whats a good way to back up my external harddrive ?

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4mica
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so i keep getting this message that tells me to reformat my ext hard drive which sorta scares me ... i'm scared it might crash or i might just randomly loose all my stuff which is like 55 gigs of music which would crush me ...

what should i do ?

i was thinking of possibly just getting all of the stuff i really wanted and putting it in a zip. or a rar. file and maybe putting those files on a thumb drive if they can fit after being compressed ..... please help
Jul 28 2009 10:30AM
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wintersway
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that would work if you can get it on a usb drive. or you could burn the important files on a cd or dvd depending on how much memory is needed
Jul 28 2009 11:51AM
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mike91129
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You might want to transfer them to your computers hard drive(if space allows) then format your external then transfer back. I know i keep all my music/movies on an external just so its portable and keeps my computer free for other things.

Also, you could go to best buy or wahtever, ask about their return policy, im pretty sure its not bad there, buy a new external, transfer all yuor stuff to the new one, format your old one, transfer back to old one, return the new one "un used" sneaky sneaky.
Jul 28 2009 12:04PM
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mike91129
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When you return it just say something like you realized you didnt actually need it.
Jul 28 2009 12:05PM
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horner
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Buy a 120gb usb 2 drive for $60, that's a cheap price to pay to make sure your music is safe.
Jul 28 2009 12:15PM
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DrStrangelove
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yah either get a thumb drive, or for that price you could probably even get a whole new 500 gig external

but dont go compressing all your shit, it might fuck up the quality of all your music

also there are a lot of cheap and maybe even free services online that let you backup your stuff on remote servers
Jul 28 2009 12:18PM
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chimp
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now that just sounds like a dumb idea
Jul 28 2009 12:19PM
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mike91129
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Well its an idea at least, maybe not the best of course. But obviously he is worried about money here otherwise he would just buy a new one. Thats why i said he would need to check the return policy. Just trying to help a guy out dude.
Jul 28 2009 12:24PM
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4mica
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yo thanks for the ideas i'll let you guys know what i end up doing
Jul 28 2009 12:39PM
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Ben.
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online remote storage, or just get a second external. storage is so cheap these days, its worth it.
Jul 28 2009 1:43PM
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honeydip
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I actually thought it was a good idea.
Jul 28 2009 2:00PM
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chimp
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hey good for you
Jul 28 2009 2:20PM
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honeydip
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oh HI thanks
Jul 28 2009 2:25PM
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InitialG
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If your computer can write dual layer dvd's you can burn 9 gig dvd's. It's a little bit of bitch to do but you can back up a bunch of shit pretty cheaply that way.
Jul 28 2009 2:25PM
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chimp
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holler your welcome
Jul 28 2009 2:31PM
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caucasian_chad
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That's the way to go if you reAlly dont wanna lose anything.

Having another HD doesn't help you if they're both plugged in and theres a power surge.  Just be sure to store them in a case out of heat and sunlight, DVDs can go bad too.
Jul 28 2009 2:37PM
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mike91129
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Quality right here. It sucks being afraid of losing all your important stuff.
Jul 28 2009 3:37PM
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4mica
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so for some god for saken reason everytime i try to copy my music folder to another ext hard drive some random error keeps coming up and not working ... fml

if i try to compress a 70G file will it work ? or should i try to split it up or something ?

sorry i'm shitty with technology
Aug 1 2009 10:43AM
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KarmaInitiative
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get a blu ray burner, you can burn 50gb to each disc
Aug 1 2009 11:14AM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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Thats what i was thinking, then burn like 2 or three blu rays and keep them in separate spots.
Aug 1 2009 11:26AM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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scratch that, blu ray burners are expensive, get one of these http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=10995, they're impact and water resistant. I think Dan Carr did a writeup on them and said good things.
Aug 1 2009 11:32AM
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