The Dragon Slayer Posted September 4, 2004 Report Share Posted September 4, 2004 After I've backed up data to the same HD, if I have to reformat and reinstall OS, will it wipe clean of the HD? Then, what is the point of doing the back up? Just wonder because I'm doing the backup now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tenmm Posted September 4, 2004 Report Share Posted September 4, 2004 Can you backup to CD's?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Dragon Slayer Posted September 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2004 Do you mean to burn the backup to a CD? Or back up directly to the CD? I have a CD burner but seldom use it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tenmm Posted September 4, 2004 Report Share Posted September 4, 2004 Save all the files and folders to a cd.Then when you are ready you can reinstall them where ever you want.Take care and scan all the files and stuff with a AV to make sure there is no bugs in them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CurlingSteve Posted September 4, 2004 Report Share Posted September 4, 2004 If you backup to a separate partition on the same drive, you can reformat and reinstall to the original partition without erasing your backup.That said, it's a bad idea to rely on this style backup.If the drive itself fails, you've lost everything.You need to backup to separate media, like CD-R(W) or another hard drive.My favorite is using an external hard drive.They're a bit pricey but they're fast, and I can store it in the safe between backups.(I burn CDs every so often as well).The bottom line is you want a backup set that you can store in a different location, so you have your data in case of disaster.------------------------------And don't forget to test whether you can get your data back from the backups.I've had one bad experience with unreadable backup sets and that's a hard lesson to learn. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Dragon Slayer Posted September 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2004 Thanks guys. I'll burn data to CD with my seldom used burner. Just like my 13 years old van, there is only 125000km on it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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