Re: Backing up My Documents to myFflash Drive?...

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Thank you so much Dave! I think I'm now confident enough that I will try
it. Thanks also for saying it's ok that the system says copying X to X.
Strange...but Windows is strange to begin with isn't it? LOL! I don't
think I have any partition, but I'll back it up to my flash drive. Also I'm
the only user in this computer, so everythign seems ok now. Thanks again!
:o) Adela

"Dave Cohen" <user@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Adela wrote:
Hello, would someone kindly tell me what is the best way to back up My
Documents into my
4GB flash drive? I have WinXP. Tried dragging but not sure if it was
right. Was told to drag one or a few at a time but with so many files
and folders it would take forever. I prefer not to use a software as my
computer is old (still kicking) and it can't take more memory.

Is this the right way?:

Opened Windows Explorer. On 1st column I highlighted "My Documents", and
under "My Computer" I found my flash drive. On the 2nd column I
highlighted all of My Documents and dragged them to the drive... Also,
while transferring the files it would say: WYX to WYX...as if it were
copying the same folder... (?)

Thanks so very much! :o) Adela




That sounds good. The only caution is winxp lets you relocate the 'My
Documents' directory so in general I would tend to drag using the right
mouse button down then select copy. It would seem this is not necessary
when using an external device.
A system with multiple users will have multiple 'My Documents' folders,
each pointing to user's stuff in documents and settings. I relocated to my
data 'D' partition, but I used tweakui to change location.
It's normal to see messages like copying x to x.
Dave Cohen


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