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<blockquote data-quote="sfjohnson" data-source="post: 798635" data-attributes="member: 85292"><p><strong>Backing up data from My Book/Using Time Machine</strong></p><p></p><p>I posted this somewhere else and I apologize for posting a duplicate.</p><p>Like Becky, I am perplexed on how to save data from an external HD. I recently installed Leopard from Tiger and want to use Time Machine. I have a Western Digital My Book and all of my data is backed up there. Before I can begin using Time Machine, I read that I must reformat My Book and in doing so, it will erase all my files. </p><p>Do I have to purchase ANOTHER My Book to save my files to? This seems a little crazy and expensive. I have so many files that it would take me a very long time to burn to CD and DVD so that really isn't an option.</p><p>I even contacted Western Digital support and asked them what to do. Their response was: "Back up your data prior to reformatting your external hard drive". That response was of no help to me. I KNOW I have to do that I just don't know WHERE to back up the data prior to reformatting!!!</p><p>Just when I thought I was pretty computer savvy......</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sfjohnson, post: 798635, member: 85292"] [b]Backing up data from My Book/Using Time Machine[/b] I posted this somewhere else and I apologize for posting a duplicate. Like Becky, I am perplexed on how to save data from an external HD. I recently installed Leopard from Tiger and want to use Time Machine. I have a Western Digital My Book and all of my data is backed up there. Before I can begin using Time Machine, I read that I must reformat My Book and in doing so, it will erase all my files. Do I have to purchase ANOTHER My Book to save my files to? This seems a little crazy and expensive. I have so many files that it would take me a very long time to burn to CD and DVD so that really isn't an option. I even contacted Western Digital support and asked them what to do. Their response was: "Back up your data prior to reformatting your external hard drive". That response was of no help to me. I KNOW I have to do that I just don't know WHERE to back up the data prior to reformatting!!! Just when I thought I was pretty computer savvy...... [/QUOTE]
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