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Discus and support Win10 - Backup & Restore to Ext HDD,etc in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; Hi,can anyone tell me the quickest/best way to backup my files from my desktop Win10 computer to my ext hdd?.... :) Approx 360gb's worth. And h-o-w... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by tiredchrisNEWBIE, Jul 13, 2019.

  1. TIREDCHRISNEWBIE
    tiredchrisNEWBIE Win User

    Win10 - Backup & Restore to Ext HDD,etc


    Hi,can anyone tell me the quickest/best way to backup my files from my desktop Win10 computer to my ext hdd?.... Win10 - Backup & Restore to Ext HDD,etc :) Approx 360gb's worth. And h-o-w to find out the size of the RAM on my computer as well? Plus h-o-w to find out wether I've got Win10 'home' Or 'professional,as well?

    - I have 'severe mental impairment',so please bear with me & be patient If nescessary.... Win10 - Backup & Restore to Ext HDD,etc :)

    :)
     
    tiredchrisNEWBIE, Jul 13, 2019
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  2. CAMERAMAN32
    cameraman32 Win User

    computer stops recognizing 2 ext HDD

    I use a 7 year old HP Pavillion desk top and so far it has worked well. I have USB connected 2 ext HDD. One is basic storage and the other is my ext backup HDD. If I try to open a file in either of them, my computer stops recognizing both the ext HDDs causing
    a major problem creating backups. The only way to bring back recognition of the drives is to reboot. I plugged the two HDDs into another computer and they were fine there. How do I fix this?
     
    cameraman32, Jul 13, 2019
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  3. GARYWERE
    GaryWere Win User
    Printers, ext HDD not recognised

    Upgraded to Windows 10, initially, printers & ext HDD for backup all worked OK. Few days later, all stopped working, nothing visible in Devices window. Subsequently downloaded updates KB3081449, KB3081452 on 28 Aug followed by KB3081448 on 29 Aug. Full
    functionality returned. Backed up on 30 Aug, used printer on 01 Sep; no problems. Today, printers visible in Devices, but marked as offline even thought they are switched on. Ext HDD not visible at all. What's going on and how can I fix it?
     
    GaryWere, Jul 13, 2019
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  4. SUMASAGE
    sumasage Win User

    Win10 - Backup & Restore to Ext HDD,etc

    Free hard drive backup/restore program?

    I am looking for a free (freeware) program that will back up and restore a hard drive. I'm looking to clone a few external hard drives. If the program will backup the used space instead of the whole drive this will be awesome! Thanks for any suggestions.
     
    sumasage, Jul 13, 2019
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