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What is difference between external hard drive and external backup drive?
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∙ 9y ago
An external drive is the same as an internal drive just not installed inside the case. Meaning you can use it in exactly the same way as an internal drive.
A backup drive is usually a zip drive designed to back up you hard drive and isn't used as a hard drive itself. It is usually in the form simalar to a floppy disk that the backup information is copied to. You can then use the backup disk and drive to reinstall all of your information from your original hard drive back to the hard drive in case of a virus or manually removing something that was needed for the system to run.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 16y agousually just capacity. Most flash (or jump or thumb or...) drives are just a couple of gigabytes - whereas external hard drives can be up to (and eventually larger than) a terabyte.
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∙ 9y agoAn external hard drive is an actual hard drive that connects to the computer through and USB port. And external backup drive can be a storage unit as to where files are uploaded.
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Is there any difference between saving your photos on an external drive as opposed to a USB flash drive?
A USB flash drive is a type of external drive. If you meant external drive as an external hard drive, then no, there won't be any difference in the pictures. However, if you're archiving, I'd suggest an external hard drive, because they work best for archiving.
I want to back up my files What is the Difference between an external hard drive and portable hard drive?
The main difference is size and speed, and do not forget prize. In addition, the fact that external disks are connected to the computer at all time may cause the disk to be infected. Therefore, I would recommend you to use a portable disk, and do a backup once a week or month.
What is the process called that makes copies of your files to an external drive?
backup
What is a good data backup solution for the home?
Purchasing an external hard drive would be the best and the most inexpensive way to backup your home data. You can purchase an external hard drive for around $70
What is a good storage and backup drive for a laptop?
If one is looking for a good storage backup drive for a laptop, there are many very good external drives that will provide this. Some of the higher rated ones are the Seagate Backup Plus and the Buffalo Ministation Thunderbolt.
What is job cannot run because of invalid destination mean?
Do you have backup software installed that is mapped to an external hard drive? The software might be automatically trying to backup your files, but the external hard drive is not plugged in.
I did a system backup on to my external hard drive can retrieve Microsoft Office off of it?
No.
Whats the best thing to use to backup software?
I use and recommend Handy Backup, it's easy and reliable backup software for home use.
Why is it important to not store a backup of drive C on another partition on the same hard drive?
If you store your backup of your C:\ drive (which is usually where all your files, photos, etc are stored) on another (logical) partition on the same physical drive (C:\) and this is where you store your backup, if the drive should fail you would lose both the original files AND the backup as well. This is because they both reside on the SAME physical drive. Buy an inexpensive thumb drive or external hard drive and store your backups there. This way is the C:\ drive fails, you still have your backup files (on the external or flash (thumb) drive).
What is the easiest way to perform a system backup?
One can perform a system backup several different ways. One can backup their system to an online service. You can also do a backup to an external hard drive.
How is an external hardrive used as backup computer storage?
You can copy data to an external hard drive to create a backup of files on your computer. The simplest option is to drag and drop from your computer to the external drive so that you have a copy. Backup software such as Apple's Time Machine does that automatically and can also keep track of different versions of a file so that you can undo accidental changes.
How much does back up software cost?
Backup software is not recommended since if your hard drive fails, your backup fails. It is best to get an external hard drive or to back up your computer in the cloud.
