How to backup your computer quickly and cheaply

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In this video from my computer repair blog on www.1201.com, I explain how to use the free Cobian backup to setup nightly computer backups to an external hard drive and protect your precious data.

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#1 written by ricardorn06 1 year ago

can you backup the entire os with this method??

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#2 written by markyboy23zx 1 year ago

can it be like removable disk???

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#3 written by eros14521 1 year ago

can i do it with a 8gig removable disk, usb stick we it called

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#4 written by 1201justin 1 year ago

You can if you only have 8gigs worth of data on your hard drive! That’s pretty unlikely though. You’ll probably need at least a 40 or 80gig drive for most installs.

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#5 written by tstokemb 1 year ago

well can i backup just my windows cuz the rest are just music and stuff… that i can just put somewhere else lol.

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#6 written by telenaav 1 year ago

Thank you 1201Justin for the info.

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#7 written by invasion4 1 year ago

how do you restore after backing up

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#8 written by mushmush09 1 year ago

Dude you could just back all your shit for on external HD from control panel.

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#9 written by ThorAxeTheThunder 1 year ago

Hey man. You made a mistake. Dont use Differential. It saves the differences between your first version of your backup so it saves it again and again. I use the one above the “no backup” option. So it just make new files if it changes from the last backup you just made

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#10 written by MattyBoy7777 1 year ago

Very helpful, good job!

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#11 written by writerjmd 1 year ago

I got the Toucan program, and found the interface hard to figure out. Looks like what you are doing here is exactly what I want to do. I’m going to get the program and try it. Thanks!

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#12 written by DSAEY 1 year ago

Well i backup all my Programs in my backup Microsoft i dont need that its the same and faster so What your doing is another thing or what cuz i know theres already something you can backup files what is that your doing tell me Dos it backup
More Or faster

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#13 written by TheMoirae09 1 year ago

Thanks Justin, U R very clear and concise. More like this please.

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#14 written by madjimmy3 1 year ago

Yes , same question how u restore ur stuff after backuped… ? :)

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#15 written by jrodgers1961 1 year ago

I have about 250g worth of stuff, do I need an external hard drive of that size and more?
I thought back up was something like taking an image which would be less space, otherwise a back up is just like copying all the files, can you clarify for me?
Good tutorial by the way, the voice over is clear and precise, well done.

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#16 written by Arjun007ize 1 year ago

Nice vedio.

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#17 written by ItsLukeTime 1 year ago

PLEASE HELP I backup my computer, and now my computer is slowy, and my used space was like 15GB, and now it is 21GB, please help!

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