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Gladiateduke
By Gladiateduke
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Hey, everyone

 

I have been looking for a good software to backup my data. I have a WD 3TB external drive. I tried using the WD software and I didn't like it. It would only let me backup my c drive but not my others. Can you guys recommend a good software that would backup everything on my computer?

 

 

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What version of Windows are you using?(W8, W7, Vista, etc)

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The default backup software may be good enough for you then.

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Do all the drives function properly? And are you running W7 Ultimate by any chance? If so, are any partitions encrypted?

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Good old' drive cloning. Macrium Reflect.

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Does it give you an error code?

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Try this: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-performance/in-windows-7-trying-to-do-backup-getting-error/8f1b9787-3373-4bf8-aa90-7509ad1123a1

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just copy all the files and paste them on the exteernal drive, sure it takes time and it isnt automated, but it works. NOTE: you cannot launch (some) programs off of the drive if you do it this way

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