Backing up data from My Book/Using Time Machine
Yes, you will need a separate hard drive to back up your data.
I recently upgraded to Leopard from Tiger. I was already using My Book for backing up my data so before I installed Leopard I of course made sure that all of my data was indeed in My Book. Now I want to start using Time Machine and the instructions tell me that before I do, I must reformat My Book. I understand that I must do that and after reading the My Book manual, I'm not quite sure I understand how. The manual tells me to make sure that the data from My Book is backed up so I don't lose it.
Where am I supposed to put the data from My Book so I can reformat it?
Back into my computer?
The My Book icon is on my desk top and of course when I open it, all of my files are there. This tells me that my data is in my computer.
If I reformat My Book to accommodate Time Machine and the data in My Book is erased, will I be able to retrieve my data that is in my computer?
All of this probably sounds crazy to you and no one has yet to give me the answers I need. I even contacted Western Digital tech support. All they told me is that I need to back up my data before reformatting My Book. Yeah. No kidding. Tell me something I DON'T know!
I don't want to purchase yet another My Book and I can't possibly sit here and burn all of my files to CD and DVD.
Does anyone have any idea where my files get backed up to prior to reformatting My Book and erasing all the data?
Thank you in advance.