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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: N. Phoenix AZ USA
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I network the old and new computer together, then transfer everything over from the old to the new. If you do not have a network at home, its not difficult and really fairly cheap these days.
Then I leave them networked and use the old computer as a backup for the new version. Every Friday or so I start copying all the data to the old computer and just let it run for however long it takes. This way if the hard drive dies on one of them, your data is fairly current on the other drive.
Then if you want to be really anal about it, buy a 200 gig USB external drive and plug it into either one of the computers. Back up everything between the three units and there is no way that you would lose three units at one time (unless hit by lightning) and your data is safe. Unplug the external drive and put it somewhere safe at home and you are covering all your bases!
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Last edited by Joeaksa; 10-01-2007 at 05:39 PM..
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