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Saving data to disc
« 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.

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Re: Saving data to disc
« Reply #1 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.

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Re: Saving data to disc
« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2009, 06:08:07 PM »
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?
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    Re: Saving data to disc
    « Reply #3 on: July 23, 2009, 04:37:22 AM »
    Try the free DriveImage XML and/or Syncback (free version)...
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