External Hard Drives
External hards drives come in all different shapes and sizes. They behave just like your C: drive on your computer.
You can put data on them, you can put your digital camera images or your Microsoft Office files, and you can have
more than one external hard drive.
Eternal hard drives are connected to your computer through a USB connector. It is plug and play--all you have to do
is plug it in and use it. You do not need any software to use it. You can drag and drop, copy and paste, and easily
move information on and off the external hard drive.
Keep all of your files on an external hard drive and keep your computer C: drive for software downloads.
A common costly mistake
Do not keep all of your files on one external hard drive and hope that the hard drive never gives up. If for some
reason it stops working you will lose all of your data.
How to use an external hard drive:
Transferring files from your c: drive to an external hard drive
Take all of the files off of your computer's c: drive and transfer them to your external hard drive. If you have a lot of
digital camera files you will see your c: drive filing up quickly. Computers act up when they get close to capacity so I
recommend you not let this happen. If you have a lot of files on your c: drive back up your files on a memory stick, CD-
ROM, or DVD so that if something happens to your files when you transfer them over you have a backup.
External Hard Drive sizes
I recommend a hard drive of at least 300-500 gigabyte. This can cost you anywhere from $90 to $150.
External hards drives come in all different shapes and sizes. They behave just like your C: drive on your computer.
You can put data on them, you can put your digital camera images or your Microsoft Office files, and you can have
more than one external hard drive.
Eternal hard drives are connected to your computer through a USB connector. It is plug and play--all you have to do
is plug it in and use it. You do not need any software to use it. You can drag and drop, copy and paste, and easily
move information on and off the external hard drive.
Keep all of your files on an external hard drive and keep your computer C: drive for software downloads.
A common costly mistake
Do not keep all of your files on one external hard drive and hope that the hard drive never gives up. If for some
reason it stops working you will lose all of your data.
How to use an external hard drive:
- Manage all of your files on one external hard drive and periodically back up your files on a second external
hard drive. - Manage all of your files on one external hard drive and back up your files on CD-ROM or DVDs.
Transferring files from your c: drive to an external hard drive
Take all of the files off of your computer's c: drive and transfer them to your external hard drive. If you have a lot of
digital camera files you will see your c: drive filing up quickly. Computers act up when they get close to capacity so I
recommend you not let this happen. If you have a lot of files on your c: drive back up your files on a memory stick, CD-
ROM, or DVD so that if something happens to your files when you transfer them over you have a backup.
External Hard Drive sizes
I recommend a hard drive of at least 300-500 gigabyte. This can cost you anywhere from $90 to $150.
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