From Vista's Help and Support:
"External hard disks. If your computer has a USB port, you can attach an
external hard disk to it and then back up files to the external disk. Be sure to
buy an external hard disk that has plenty of space for your backups (200 GB is a
good choice). For maximum protection, keep your external hard disk in a
fireproof location separate from the computer."
Search Help and Support for "Backup".
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"Ian Betts" <igb123@talktalk.net> wrote in message
news:4FA25B87-A1A9-4A33-80CF-8EE5CA1970E6@microsoft.com...
>I have vista and its help says you cannot and when you try to read any drive it
>will only show your RW drive. So unless you use another program explain to me
>exactly how you do it please.
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> Ian
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> "Cal Bear '66" <xxx@xxx.org> wrote in message
> news:BFD4572C-5DBC-433A-982F-8C97D26B978B@microsoft.com...
>> Where does Microsoft say this?
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>> I and many others backup/image to USB hard drives (and DVDs) with no problems
>> whatsoever.
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>> I Bleed Blue and Gold
>> GO BEARS!
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>> "Ian Betts" <igb123@talktalk.net> wrote in message
>> news:14072D9F-90AE-401C-9196-12FC92606175@microsoft.com...
>>> Strange when Microsoft say you cannot do so.
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>>> Ian
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>>> "Richardxxx" <Richardxxx.2tvvfk@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in
>>> message news:Richardxxx.2tvvfk@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com...
>>>>
>>>> Thank you Ian - but until a 6 weeks ago Vista was happily backing up to
>>>> the USB Hard Drive - now I get the errors as indicated and I can't even
>>>> change the parameters - I get the error message as indicated in my
>>>> post.
>>>>
>>>> Any and all help gratefully received
>>>>
>>>> Richard
>>>>
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