[AT] slightly off topic, computer related

[Cecil Bearden]

I bought a 3TB external drive for about $125 from Best buy with backup 
software.  I also suscribed to Carbonite for less than $100 /yr to back 
everything up to the cloud.  I am hoping it works in case I have to go 
thru any catastrophes again.

Cecil in OKla


On 2/13/2017 4:45 PM, charlie hill wrote:
> I don't want to loose all of my tractor information and
> years worth of ATIS e-mails, etc.  My computer is getting long
> in the tooth and will soon need to be replaced but the main problem
> with it right now is there is just too much stuff stored on it.
>
> I have a 1.5 TB external drive that I'm currently only using for backup.
> I'd like to partition that drive so that I can still back up to it but also
> create a file location for photos and archived e-mails, etc.  I'd also
> like to set the computer up to dual boot from either drive.  I'm trying to
> prepare for the certainty that this machine is going to crash relatively
> soon.
>
> If I can get all of that done I can accomplish a couple of things.
> 1, I can then clean up the drive on the computer and see if that helps the
> problem.
> 2, I won't have to worry about loosing data when it crashes.
>
> The problem is that ever since about windows XL I haven't known how to do
> any of this stuff.
> This machine is running Windows 10 and it's really ill prepared for it.
>
> Does anyone know of a utility, preferably free, that will help me do all
> this stuff?
> I have literally 20 years worth of book marks carefully sorted into files by
> subject and I would
> surely hate to loose all of that not to mention the pictures that can never
> be replaced.
>
> I'm not sure I am willing to slog through the process myself without the
> help of some sort of
> utility.  Even if I knew how.
>
> Thanks
>
> Charlie
>
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