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Software => Computer software => Topic started by: halecd75 on July 20, 2009, 10:00:01 AM

Title: Saving data to disc
Post by: halecd75 on July 20, 2009, 10:00:01 AM

I am currently going to wipe out all data on my hard disc and start from scratch. what is the best way to save mp3, Microsoft Office data and programs that i don't want to loose? Is there a program that i can use to compress this data small enough to fit it on a disc? I'm going to treat this as a starter question b/c I'm not sure what information you need.

thank you for your help. 

Title: Re: Saving data to disc
Post by: kpac on July 20, 2009, 02:53:37 PM

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and programs that i don't want to loose?

Firstly, you can never backup programs properly.

7-Zip should do the job for the rest of the files. Download 7-Zip (http://www.7-zip.org/).

Title: Re: Saving data to disc
Post by: Quantos on July 20, 2009, 06:08:07 PM

Quote from: halecd75 on July 20, 2009, 10:00:01 AM

I am currently going to wipe out all data on my hard disc and start from scratch. what is the best way to save mp3, Microsoft Office data and programs that i don't want to loose? Is there a program that i can use to compress this data small enough to fit it on a disc? I'm going to treat this as a starter question b/c I'm not sure what information you need.

thank you for your help. 

Do you mean a hard disk as in an external drive or alternate drive, or do you mean a CD or DVD?

Title: Re: Saving data to disc
Post by: pcsourcepoint on July 23, 2009, 04:37:22 AM

Try the free DriveImage XML (http://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm) and/or Syncback (http://www.2brightsparks.com/syncback/syncback-hub.html) (free version)...