use an external hard drive for back up

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  Is it possible to use my external hard drive as the source of the photos of the screen saver?

  I'm running El Capitan 10.11.3 and have a Seagate BUP Slim.

  isabelfromsutton

  Just to clarify, this means the iPhoto somehow? Then, in a version?

• You want to buy and a portable external hard drive for back to school for my HP2000 365DX portable

  Hello world

  I want to buy a portable external hard drive for my HP2000 365 DX running on Windows 7.  I don't have USB 3.0.

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  Thank you

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  Woohoo, I learn.

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• Using an external hard drive for backup

  I used Windows backup backup all my files on My Passport external hard drive 500 mgs.  Now my files are all screwed up, and when I try to restore using Windows Vista I get an error message telling me "the disk containing the backup is not accessible.  Make sure that it is turned on and connected to the computer", but it is connected and turned on.   It appears in my computer.  But looked funny, are compressed files and I can't open them. How can I get Windows to recognize the device he used to back up my files?

  Unfortunately, before I had the chance to do it, a Microsoft window pops up telling me he had to download a program to read my external backup hard drive.  Then my files were not only foires on my passport, but also on my laptop.  I was too scared to try anything else on my own at this time there and took it to a computer repair store.  They managed to find all my files and all is well.

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• How can I back up using my external hard drive?

  I just changed SSD hard drive and now it does not recognize my external hard drive for back upward.  The computer asks me to insert a disk.  How ca I exhausted my external hard drive for back to school?

  Hi Mark,

  We are pleased that you have met us. We can certainly help you!

  We understand that you want to use your hard drive as an external storage on your computer. To have a better understanding on your case, we need the following information:

  1. Have you tried to connect the USB cable from the drive to a different USB port on your computer?
  2. Is the hard drive recognized in Device Manager?

  In addition, you can try the steps on this link to solve your problem: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2654149.

  Let us know how it goes. Thank you.

• Do I need a specific external hard drive to back up an iMac or I can use?

  I learn by an advisor to apple support I need to update the software on my mac. Before doing that I have to back up using an external hard drive. Can I use any external hard drive or do I need a specific which is compatible.

  You can use the time Capsule's internal drive or one regular, but will probably have to reformat a disk that is not specifically intended for Macs. Except otherwise stated, Time Machine and other products that require that the backup drive be formatted as Mac OS extended will not be able to go back to a dedicated NAS.

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• Is it necessary to use separate external hard drive or external hard drive new or freshly formatted for backup time machine.

  Is it necessary to use separate external hard drive or external hard drive new or freshly formatted for backup time machine.

  Both fresh and freshly, can use as a Time Machine backup HARD drive, although I personally prefer to use newly formatted disk.

• How to get personal files on a backup external hard drive for windows 7

  How to get files from a backup external hard drive for windows 7 pro. ? I DON'T WANT TO RESTORE WINDOWS 7, JUST MY PHOTOS & DOCUMENTS.    TO THANK THE TAXI 53 DRIVER

  Hello

  Thanks for posting your question on the Microsoft community.

  Thank you for details on the issue.

  You can restore backed up files lost, damaged, or accidentally modified versions. You also to restore files individual, groups of files, or all files that you have saved.

  If you are restoring files from a backup that was made on another computer, the files are restored in a folder under the user name that was used to create the backup. If the user names are different, you must navigate to the folder where the files are restored.

  I suggest you use the steps in this article and check if it helps.
  Reference:
  Restore files from a backup
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/restore-files-backup#1TC=Windows-7

  I hope this information helps.

  Please let us know if you need more help.

  Thank you

• need help syncing replacement of the external hard drive for Lightroom

  Hello Lightroom community.

  I've exhausted my research and am now seeking help. Please direct me to this information in the forum if it exists. Also, I am a novice and while I am learning lightroom quickly with all my time spent in forums and online videos, I am limited in my understanding of how it all works.

  Problem: I store my Lightroom Catalog and backups on my portable MacBook Pro. I use two external hard drives to store all my images and store my time machine backups. My external hard drive (1-hand) and my external hard drive (2-Back-up) were also well synchronized with the catalog and recognized by lightroom when I edited the pictures. I mainly used the DHM 1-hand when I edited, especially when I went. Last month, my main 1 - EHD died and was unrecoverable. I got lucky that my backup drive (DHM 2-back-up) has always had the images and changes.

  In order to quickly save my 'JEP 2-back-up"to a new 'Hand' work external hard drive replacement, I dragged and dropped the backup disk images to the new"Main"drive so that I can sleep at night. This gave me the peace of mind that all of my images and backups time machine were now on two disks again. (Note: the new ' hand ' disk has a different name. ") Is this important?)

  How can I get Lightroom to recognize and sync with my new drive and photos? Is there a simple way to do this or do I have to restart the process from the beginning? If so, where should I start? I'm afraid to attempt without some advice/suggestions from the experts.

  Thank you for any information, you can pass it along! Please let me know what I can provide additional information.

  Side note: when I looked to import the images of the new 'Hand' DHM - although this would make duplicates-Lightroom recognized that there are duplicates. So, where is the missing link?

  If you can rename the new primary drive to match exactly the name of the previous main drive, that should correct the problem.

  If this is not the case, then you want to open your Lightroom Catalog and then reconnect the top-level folder that contains your pictures by right-clicking on this top-level folder and then to find Missing folder pointing Lightroom on the equivalent top level on your new drive main folder. The details are described here (see Figure 4): Adobe Lightroom - find folders and files moved or missing

  Side note: re-import never corrects this problem, it only makes it worse. Never use to reimport into solution in Lightroom.

• Use an external hard drive

  I recently bought a new mac with a new operating system. Can I use the same external hard drive to back up with time machine, I used with my old mac, or should I remove the old files and reformat?

  Yes, you can, but you can reformat to free up space.

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• I can't use my external hard drive from toshiba on computer in the window, but I can use it on apple.

  I can't use my external hard drive from toshiba on computer in the window, but I can use it on apple. Is there someone who can help me solve it I will be grateful for it :)

  When it is connected to the PC, it is visible in disk management?

  Was this a drive that has been formatted using your Mac with the mac file system? If so it will not turn on the PC, without the use of third party software

• Use LR5. Because of volume and the size of the photos, I use an external hard drive. When opening LR5 it references only the local hard disk. How can I change the refernce to read the external drive. Thank you

  Use LR5, due to volume and the size of the photos, I use an external hard drive. LR refers only the Local Drive C not outside. Where do I change this by LR read the external drive. Grateful for the help.

  Thank you

  LR is not a file Explorer. He knows only the disks that you imported photos of.

  If you have previously imported these photos, then later moved into the external hard drive, go to the library files and "update location" Panel on the files that you moved.

  If you have never imported these images on the external hard drive, perform an import by using the option 'Add' (not ' copy') to keep the images on the external hard drive during import.

• External hard drive for source files

  Windows 7. Body CC x 2014

  I would like to set up a or external hard drives for source files so that I can change my laptop on the location of a specific project (that is to say, I can't use my office)

  What is the best solution?

  * USB 3 SSD

  * USB 3 at 7200 RPM hard drive

  Can I use two external USB 3 drives?

  Can I quote the external drive so that I have no file linking issues?  IE the volume name remains the same whenever I have to reconnect to it?

  * I ask here first of all because I have to buy the appropriate disks until I can test anything.

  Thanx.

  USB3 for SSD is the fastest solution. Set both computers to use the same drive letter of the volume on the port USB3, for example of letter P for portable in disk management. For a second port USB3, you can use a different volume drive letter.

  Simple steps:

  1. Format the drive and give a volume name.
  2. In disk management, assign a drive letter, for example P.
  3. Connect the drive to another computer and repeat step 2 here.

  The volume name remains unchanged and the drive letter remains the same on both computers.

• You can use an external hard drive with the Mac Mini?

  I've seen videos that say that we cannot increase the ram on a min of Mac, but I'm curious if this works like an ordinary computer, if we can attach an external hard drive to store some of the memory to free up space. Sorry if this is something stupid just need to know what I can do with it.

  You can use an external hard drive to boot and run with any Mac. Its not going to improve or replace your ram. If you use a mechanical hard drive in any Mac then help and boot from an external drive, especially if it's a SSD will be significantly faster.

• I am looking for external hard drive for my MacBook Pro mid-2010

  Hi all

  I am looking for external hard drive for my MacBook Pro Mid 2010.

  What is the best option for me? I heard of NAS hard drives and other things.

  My HARD drive is not sufficient and complete fast when I visited files.

  Thank you

  What connections you have on your computer? USB3? Anything else?

  What type of media you work?