Windows 10: External Hard Drive Capacity?

Discus and support External Hard Drive Capacity? in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; Given my new PC has 2TB then should I have a 2TB external hard drive for backup? I'm considering nothing other than equipped capacities. Truthfully, I... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by lpatrick, Nov 8, 2016.

  1. LPATRICK
    lpatrick Win User

    External Hard Drive Capacity?


    Given my new PC has 2TB then should I have a 2TB external hard drive for backup? I'm considering nothing other than equipped capacities. Truthfully, I currently have no idea how much of that 2TB will be used. I just want to be on the safe side.

    Thanks

    :)
     
    lpatrick, Nov 8, 2016
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  2. TERRILLSHANKS
    TerrillShanks Win User

    How can I restore an external hard drive backup to a new external hard drive?

    Original Title: Terrill Shanks

    How can I restore an external hard drive backup to a new external hard drive?

    I have all my photos on an external hard drive. Every month I hook up the external hard drive before my automatic back up and the external hard drive becomes part of the weekly back up.

    My Photo external hard drive is acting up and I need to install (copy) the last back up to a new external hard drive.

    All the back up file folders are Zip files. My C:\ drive is backed up first then the H:\ drive which is my external hard drive. Zip file # 15 contains the last part of the C:\ Drive files and starts the H:\ drive back up.

    Can I just copy the Zip file folders that contain the H:\ drive to the new external hard drive and unzip them? If not, can I use the computer restore program to copy the files I want to the new external hard drive?

    Thanks for any information you can provide regarding this problem.

    Terrill -- my e-mail address is *** Email address is removed for privacy ***
     
    TerrillShanks, Nov 8, 2016
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  3. PA BEAR - MS MVP
    PA Bear - MS MVP Win User
    whn I insert my external hard drive and play a movie there is a message on screen from windows script host saying cannot find script file F:\.Trashes\872\lktfm.jse

    how old is the "external hard drive" (flash drive)?

    does the "external hard drive" belong to you or...?
     
    PA Bear - MS MVP, Nov 8, 2016
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  4. COUNTMIKE
    CountMike New Member

    External Hard Drive Capacity?

    Yeah, sure, more the merrier.
    There are few scenarios for backup.
    1 on 1, where you copy everything (or let some program do it for you) to backup disk.
    Use a backup program to do incremental backup of just some type of files.
    Use a backup program that has archiving to use less space (Macrium Reflect for instance).
    Manually copy files/folders to it.
    I may not be an average user but I have more space taken up by backups on various external disks than on disks mounted in the computer because I keep most important stuff on external disks all doubled up.
     
    CountMike, Nov 8, 2016
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