“back-up Can I use a Flash Drive to back up my computer?”

Asked by Anonymous 15 years ago

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The HP 16GB USB Flash Drive (P-FD16GHP125-EF) can be used to back files from your PC. It probably will not back up your entire PC unless you have 16GB or less of data on your hard drive.
Answered by HP Team 15 years ago
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You can certainly back up up to 16GB of data to one ... But not a complete backup of your system. Ideally, everyone should have an external backup drive that has a system bootable backup on it. That way, if your main drive fails (and it will ... either this evening, or in 6 years - it will fail) you have that bootable backup ready to boot from. ALSO - have the critical docs and photos in a THIRD location - in the cloud is ideal. Tax returns, precious photos, important docs ... having THREE COPIES (local drive, external drive, cloud) is essential. That way, if your computer gets blown away by an AC surge - or stolen - you can reciver those essential files from any computer in the planet that has 'Net access.
I would recommend:
- Seagate - Backup Plus 1TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Black
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- WD - My Passport 1TB External USB 3.0/2.0 Portable Hard Drive - Black
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Answered by k6lcs 12 years ago
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