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Thread poster: telefpro
telefpro
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Sep 30, 2007

I have just bought an external hard drive of 80 GB. What precautions should I take for good performance?
I have been using a pendrive quite succesfully and it has been a great help. In what way can I benefit from an external drive?

[Edited at 2007-09-30 09:22]
 
Mulyadi Subali
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bigger, less portable Oct 2, 2007

compared to usb flash drive, external hard disk has bigger capacity. but on the other hand, it is less portable than a usb flash drive due to its size.
as for maintenance, as with other drive, it would be defragmenting the drive.
 
Jan Sundström
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Create a backup schedule Oct 2, 2007

Hi telefpro,

You should definitely use the disk to set up a backup schedule!

If there was no backup software bundled with your drive, Windows has a basic scheduler that works with most external drives.
The scheduler is usually not installed during a standard installation, but is available on your Windows CD as an ext... See more
Hi telefpro,

You should definitely use the disk to set up a backup schedule!

If there was no backup software bundled with your drive, Windows has a basic scheduler that works with most external drives.
The scheduler is usually not installed during a standard installation, but is available on your Windows CD as an extra feature.
Read more here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/bott_03july14.mspx

Good luck,

Jan ▲ Collapse
 
Katherine Mérignac
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Not necessarily less portable Oct 2, 2007

Hi Mulyadi,

Not necessarily less portable - I now have a WD Passport (120 Go ... fine for backing up all of my work) programmed for automatic backup every evening and it's about the size of a large business card. Extremely portable. Pleased with it so far.

K
 


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