Bram
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
Location: Derby
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Time has come for me to reformat my PC, its getting too slow and generally just pissing me off.
Can I create a partition to back my data up to or do I need an external storage device? I've never done this before and need to keep my music, videos etc.
Been looking at external USB hdd's, are these the safest option?
Windows XP home by the way and prob about 40Gb worth of data to save.
Any help/walk through guides appreciated.
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abdus
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Registered: 23rd Feb 06
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if you've never tried/done this before get an external hdd, they are cheap enough now and safest option for you 
then you can do whatever you want with your internal hdd
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Bram
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
Location: Derby
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Cheers mate,
I've only conpletely wiped or started from scratch!
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Yea, back up onto an external HDD or an Ipod or something. I used my Walkman before it got nicked 
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Walkthrough is:
Back up data
Put in Windows XP CD
Reboot PC
Follow the instructions
Reinstall your drivers from the CD's which will have come with your PC
Put your old data back onto the PC.
Your disk will format during installation 
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