So pissed..

[Superstarkba]

Originally Posted by Monday

here is a suggestion, buy an external hard drive and copy everything to it.

Then if, heaven forbid, something bad happens and you lose your stuff on the local drive, you can restore it with the external hard drive.

(#1 picture, about the size of a deck of cards)
this is an 80GB external hard drive I have, I like this one, it is small. I am using it now.
http://i23.ebayimg.com/02/i/000/bb/d1/daa0_2.JPG
check ebay of course!

(#2 picture) is a 500GB external Hard drive, I have not hooked it up yet. It looks way big.

(#3 picture) this is a memory stick, it holds 128KB to 2 GB depending which you buy. It is small enough to carry on your key chain.
http://cgi.ebay.com/USB-2-0-FLASH-ME...QQcmdZViewItem

Good Luck!

That was what I was going to do before the guy had me restore it back to factory settings.. so now I don't have anything to store back to my harddrive, its all gone!!!

All the pics of Aub and Kota from when they were babies....


He said something about that I wouldn't be able to store it or something, I don't remember his reasoning... but I did ask him about it.. But when I try to get my money back I will bring it up about me trying to store it on an external hard drive.

Thanks though!

[Superstarkba]

Originally Posted by daisy mae06

Did you post them here? Maybe you can resave from YT .. JAT

Some of them might be on here, Ill have to do some research, but a lot of them I had on my computer and I deleted them off my camera so I would have more room... big mistake.

[daisy mae06]

Originally Posted by Monday

here is a suggestion, buy an external hard drive and copy everything to it.

Then if, heaven forbid, something bad happens and you lose your stuff on the local drive, you can restore it with the external hard drive.

(#1 picture, about the size of a deck of cards)
this is an 80GB external hard drive I have, I like this one, it is small. I am using it now.
http://i23.ebayimg.com/02/i/000/bb/d1/daa0_2.JPG
check ebay of course!

(#2 picture) is a 500GB external Hard drive, I have not hooked it up yet. It looks way big.

(#3 picture) this is a memory stick, it holds 128KB to 2 GB depending which you buy. It is small enough to carry on your key chain.
http://cgi.ebay.com/USB-2-0-FLASH-ME...QQcmdZViewItem

Good Luck!

We have one of those They work GREAT! Hubby backs me up once a week or so...

[Superstarkba]

I have heard that you should do that.. guess I should have listened. O well on my next computer I will!!

[daisy mae06]

Originally Posted by Superstarkba

Some of them might be on here, Ill have to do some research, but a lot of them I had on my computer and I deleted them off my camera so I would have more room... big mistake.

Bummer I really hope you get it worked out I know it can be a Pain.

[Superstarkba]

Originally Posted by daisy mae06

Bummer I really hope you get it worked out I know it can be a Pain.

I know.. but you only learn....

[red98vett]

Originally Posted by Monday

here is a suggestion, buy an external hard drive and copy everything to it.

Then if, heaven forbid, something bad happens and you lose your stuff on the local drive, you can restore it with the external hard drive.

(#1 picture, about the size of a deck of cards)
this is an 80GB external hard drive I have, I like this one, it is small. I am using it now.
http://i23.ebayimg.com/02/i/000/bb/d1/daa0_2.JPG
check ebay of course!

(#2 picture) is a 500GB external Hard drive, I have not hooked it up yet. It looks way big.

(#3 picture) this is a memory stick, it holds 128KB to 2 GB depending which you buy. It is small enough to carry on your key chain.
http://cgi.ebay.com/USB-2-0-FLASH-ME...QQcmdZViewItem

Good Luck!

Thanks for posting these with the sizes - I need to reformat (restore) my computer too - I'm having email problems and can't open anything in PDF format and it glitches up on me

I have ALL my pics ...my card and label orders..... not to mention years of work on my computer so can't afford to do anything till I back it all up - I was going to do it to DVD but holy cow - It would have taken me 4 days

superstar - sorry you lost everything - That guy should have STRESSED that would happen when you did a full factory restore

[Superstarkba]

I know, he should have. Hes going to get getting yelled at after I yell at the hp ppl tomorrow!!! lol

[bdbmamaw]

I've always owned a DELL and never had a problem. Even the company I work for uses DELL as some of the software we use has problems running on HP. One company I worked for went from DELL to HP and it wasn't long before they replaced everything back to DELL. And Walmart and Sam's now sell DELL so you can get some good deals.

We always buy direct from DELL because we get the Shell discount since hubby works there.

I am so sorry about your loss though. I hope you get things worked out soon! Good luck!

[Superstarkba]

Originally Posted by bdbmamaw

I've always owned a DELL and never had a problem. Even the company I work for uses DELL as some of the software we use has problems running on HP. One company I worked for went from DELL to HP and it wasn't long before they replaced everything back to DELL. And Walmart and Sam's now sell DELL so you can get some good deals.

We always buy direct from DELL because we get the Shell discount since hubby works there.

I am so sorry about your loss though. I hope you get things worked out soon! Good luck!

I have also heard good thigns about dell.. The computer idiot and hp told me something like.. if you are having problems with your dell that you can contact them and they can work on your computer over the phone, is that true?

[Monday]

Originally Posted by red98vett

Thanks for posting these with the sizes - I need to reformat (restore) my computer too - I'm having email problems and can't open anything in PDF format and it glitches up on me

I have ALL my pics ...my card and label orders..... not to mention years of work on my computer so can't afford to do anything till I back it all up - I was going to do it to DVD but holy cow - It would have taken me 4 days

You are more than welcome!

You most definitely need to have an external hard drive. From what I understand, you have so many valuable things that it would be disastrous to lose any of it.

An 80GB would be fine for you with the pictures and all, but if you want to play it safe go for the 500GB one and then you really do not have to worry. They also have 320GB. Look for the best price.

Also it is easier to recall them when you plug the USB in and keep the HD as an extension. Shuffling through a CD (and just the arduous task of saving to a CD) can be more difficult.

The external Hard Drive becomes Drive E: in addition to Local Drive C; (which stays there also) on your desktop (probably under MY COMPUTER) .. Drive D: is your disk drive, where the CDs go. You do not lose that either.

all you have to do is right click START , EXPLORE and then either use COPY TO or SEND TO {drive E:}. It may take a while but you do not have to monitor it.

But be careful, the only reason I have 3 is because I bid on so many and then won 3 of them. I did not plan to get 3. But I did not want to back out of any of the contracts.
Good Luck!

[red98vett]

THANK YOU !!! I have 22GB on my C Drive and the smaller size would work perfect - This is so helpful !!

I had talked to a co-worker about my computer and she was going to have me bring mine in so her husband could fix it without restoring it - but if I do it this way I can do it myself -

Are they expensive ? I'm moving in 3 weeks and am really REALLY trying to watch the pennies

EDITED !! I'm such a dork - I went to your links - they're SO cheap - are those prices for real ??

[chattiesmom]

I am so sorry! It is so very frustrating to have computet trouble.

[daisy mae06]

Originally Posted by daisy mae06

We have one of those They work GREAT! Hubby backs me up once a week or so...

I guess what it is that we have is not the external hard drive it is a Home server..