Windows 10: CANNOT CONFIGURE BACKUP TO EXTERNAL DRIVE IN WINDOWS 10

Hi everybody.

I am close to illiterate in computers. I connected an old WD My Passport Ultra it dates back to 2014 to my brand new HP laptop. This is what happens: the external drive can be seen on My PC. You can even copy manually files from the laptop to the drive, but until now I have not managed to get that drive recognized by the computer for automatic backup purposes. A friend told me that the reason could be that the external drive may have been formatted in the past I don't recall to have ever done that, but since I use it since 2014 it could have happened. Anyway, can anybody give me any clue?

Many thanks in advance. Martin

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Hard Drive / External Drive + Backups Configuration?

Drive configuration is really a personal choice. I prefer RAID-0 for OS & Games, another drive for media, another drive for personal stuff (Docs, pr0n, etc.) and an external for backup.

IMO, Windows 7 has a great backup utility.

 

Hard Drive / External Drive + Backups Configuration?

Well, I think one of my goals here is to separate my OS/Programs/Files from my Video and from Photo files to obtain faster seek times.
Unless you think it speed will be faster in RAID 0?
I've never messed with raid... how does it work?

Hmmm, thats a good thought. I kinda like that idea. *Smile

RAID-0 with how many drives, what size? *Smile

Forgot about that! I'll look into it *Big Grin

 

Hard Drive / External Drive + Backups Configuration?

Hey all,

So I'm thinking of changing around my hard drive configuration on my main comp.

At the moment I've got:
1 Internal 500GB (OS, programs, file storage)
2 External 500GB (not really doing much)
1 External 320GB (for my Lightroom photo library)

What I'd like to do, is ditch the 320gb photo drive (its a 2.5").
I'd use one external 500GB for Video files, the other 500GB for Photo files.
Then I'd want two more to backup those files, and have them backed up on our NAS Server.

I'd also have an external 1-2TB drive for OS hard drive backups and such, but thats not part of what I'm going to ask.

So my question for you guys is this:
Should my 500GB Video and 500GB Photo drives be internal? Or External?
If I put them inside the computer, will I get faster speeds?
If they're external, is eSATA/USB 2.0 going to be sufficient for Video editing? (Using full HD video files, editing in Adobe Premiere Pro)

Either way I will have two backup drives (one for video, one for photo) and they'll both be backed up on the server.

So, to have 4 External drives or to have 2 internal and 2 external? That is the question.
What are the benefits of having them internal? What about having them external?

For me, being able to bring my Photo or Video drive with me isn't really a big deal, I probably will never do it. If I would need to though, I could just take one of the external backups.

Also, second question. What kind of backup software do you recommend that would basically make a complete clone of my HD's?

Does any of this make sense?
Any help is appreciated. *Big Grin
~Smee