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<blockquote data-quote="green6767" data-source="post: 359105" data-attributes="member: 19341">So after my hardrive on my MBP went out and I lost everything, I had never backed anything up before, I decided to check into it.&nbsp; I have this External Hardrive that I just acquired from a friend, its brand new in the box.&nbsp; Its a Maxtor Basics Personal Storage 3200 160 GB.&nbsp; It is mac compatible, and I followed the instructions to format it to my MBP.&nbsp; All seems well, I just have a couple questions.&nbsp; Can I backup Applications or am I limited to things like my user file, movies, music, etc?&nbsp; What are partitions?&nbsp; I saw an option for partions when formatting.&nbsp; So to back things up now, I need to plug in the external HD via USB and then drag my files I want backed up onto the external HD?&nbsp; Each time?&nbsp; What is the purpose of an application like Super Duper?&nbsp; Is there another external HD I should be using?&nbsp; TRUST ME.&nbsp; I will do whatever necessary to prevent this from happening again.&nbsp; I lost everything on my computer.&nbsp; It was like I opened it up from the box again.&nbsp; As a full time college student, I lived on my computer, so it was very bad for me.&nbsp; My overall question:&nbsp; WHAT DO I NEED TO DO TO BACKUP MY COMPUTER SO THAT IF MY HD GOES OUT AGAIN, I WILL BE SAVED?&nbsp; Thanks a TON people.&nbsp; This forum has been great on answering questions!!!Dallas</blockquote>

[QUOTE="green6767, post: 359105, member: 19341"] So after my hardrive on my MBP went out and I lost everything, I had never backed anything up before, I decided to check into it. I have this External Hardrive that I just acquired from a friend, its brand new in the box. Its a Maxtor Basics Personal Storage 3200 160 GB. It is mac compatible, and I followed the instructions to format it to my MBP. All seems well, I just have a couple questions. Can I backup Applications or am I limited to things like my user file, movies, music, etc? What are partitions? I saw an option for partions when formatting. So to back things up now, I need to plug in the external HD via USB and then drag my files I want backed up onto the external HD? Each time? What is the purpose of an application like Super Duper? Is there another external HD I should be using? TRUST ME. I will do whatever necessary to prevent this from happening again. I lost everything on my computer. It was like I opened it up from the box again. As a full time college student, I lived on my computer, so it was very bad for me. My overall question: WHAT DO I NEED TO DO TO BACKUP MY COMPUTER SO THAT IF MY HD GOES OUT AGAIN, I WILL BE SAVED? Thanks a TON people. This forum has been great on answering questions!!! Dallas [/QUOTE]

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