From: dragonsclaw@NOTmindspring.com   
      
   On Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:51:56 +0100, Tim W  wrote:   
      
   >I used a free 'easeus' backup frogram for years to make data and system   
   >backups to an external hard drive I bought for the purpose. Last week I   
   >discovered I had inadvertently deleted some files so I went to try to   
   >recover them from my extensive backups. Easeus would not open even one   
   >of the backup files it had made. It seems I was wasting my time - and   
   >those backups were really slow too.   
   >   
   >I turned to MS Backup in System tools and it won't write a file big   
   >enough to be useful - is it a 4Gb limit? I could backup onto 20 DVDRs   
   >with that if I wanted to but I don't. I want a nice simple way of   
   >backing up all my data before the Hard drive fails on the old machine   
   >and if it helps me recover from system failure then that's good too but   
   >the data is really important. If I have to set it running and go to bed   
   >that is fine, as long as it actually works.   
   >   
   >At the moment I have no backup of anything. I don't want to spend the   
   >time going through the whole drive copying individual folders all day.   
   >How do I back up my data from XP? How can it be so difficult?   
   >   
   >Tim W   
   Multi-Terabyte drives are now under $70 and come with a (limited:usully checks   
   for the BRAND drive is installed...somewhere in the system) copy of Acronis or   
   alternate. Why mess with slow DVD writes for that little cost?   
      
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