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Title: Windows Backup and Boot
Post by: Dave on February 20, 2022, 07:41:27 PM

I want to back up my computer on a  2 tb USB. I also want to include my ext hard drive on the back-up. How can I do this?  Also, can I use this back-up to reboot my pc should it go down?
Thanks

Title: Re: Windows Backup and Boot
Post by: ngc2392 on March 08, 2022, 01:06:21 PM

You mean complete backup like image backup? I would suggest many free software as easeus, cobian, aomei (https://www.lifewire.com/free-backup-software-tools-2617964)
why would you backup external drive? it's allready on "backup" location. Next step is cloud based backup. And, yes, with most of previosly mentioned programs you can restore "image" of your system. Which you can daily backup in incremental backups.
I recommend that you backup only important things like pictures, documents etc. Anything else is mostly waste of time on external drive. But, it's your choice, of course

Title: Re: Windows Backup and Boot
Post by: patio on March 08, 2022, 04:54:08 PM

The partitions should be seperate images...