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Kinsz
Being in the computer field for some years, I have seen many of us being scared to save data on their PCs. Folks are so paranoid, but don't truly know what to do unless they are prepared to spend a short time to study the box with a cup holder built into it (CD ROM tray) =0).
Whenever I build a PC or reinstall Windows on somebody's computer, I usually partition the hard drive into C: and D:. Partitioning is the method in which is installing one hard drive and making your personal computer see itself as having 2 hard drives. The C drive is always going to be the First Partition and the D and any other drive letter is always going to be a Logical Partition. He can use the FDISK utility in a Windows Boot up disk (XP already has the use in the install cd and will ask if you want to form partitions) to form two partitions in one hard drive.
This is good practice because when something goes pear-shaped with Windows, all of the info that's saved in the D drive is in tact since Windows is installed in the C drive (remember, your personal computer is thinking that it has 2 hard drives instead of one).
Another good practice is to buy an external drive, Zip, or a tape drive dependent on how huge your info is, to have extra backup just in case, which is rare but does happen, the partition gets corrupted and the Logical drive is not there.
I tell my clients to save data that is vital to be on an external drive and to turn it off or at a minimum take the link out from the computer after every backup session, so that in case there's a total system crash, or a hacker getting into the system, the information isn't there to be damaged or tampered with.
Whenever I build a PC or reinstall Windows on somebody's computer, I usually partition the hard drive into C: and D:. Partitioning is the method in which is installing one hard drive and making your personal computer see itself as having 2 hard drives. The C drive is always going to be the First Partition and the D and any other drive letter is always going to be a Logical Partition. He can use the FDISK utility in a Windows Boot up disk (XP already has the use in the install cd and will ask if you want to form partitions) to form two partitions in one hard drive.
This is good practice because when something goes pear-shaped with Windows, all of the info that's saved in the D drive is in tact since Windows is installed in the C drive (remember, your personal computer is thinking that it has 2 hard drives instead of one).
Another good practice is to buy an external drive, Zip, or a tape drive dependent on how huge your info is, to have extra backup just in case, which is rare but does happen, the partition gets corrupted and the Logical drive is not there.
I tell my clients to save data that is vital to be on an external drive and to turn it off or at a minimum take the link out from the computer after every backup session, so that in case there's a total system crash, or a hacker getting into the system, the information isn't there to be damaged or tampered with.
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