Lost data

[MrYum]

Originally Posted by Braindead

Now MrYum,
That would be nice, can I get an external drive that copies everything I save to my internal drive. Be gentle, don't forget I didn't know what html was seven months ago.
Kitty Kate, I am sure you are correct, but I haven't a clue what you're taking about; a new drive has been installed and if I start poking around I can only make matters worse.
Thanks' for give my problem your thoughts though.
Yours
braindead.

Yes, you can get an external drive that runs on a usb port. I use Norton Ghost to save an image of my working drives to that external drive twice daily.

The other option that gets a lot more complicated is mirroring drives. I have 2 mirrored arrays in my machine, but I seriously doubt that's something you want to jump into. Saving an image to an external drive is a pretty seemless backup system

Added: Forgot to mention, there's a program called Spinrite that gets rave reviews for returning failed drives to usable from, so data can be salvaged and moved to a new drive.

I haven't had a need to use it, so no idea how hard it would be for someone non-geeky to use.