How many DVDs required for Windows 8 backup?
I've been going computer nuts over the past several weeks. First, an iPad and now a new Toshiba laptop with windows 8 OS. I want to back up the Toshiba while still new and would like to ask if any of ...
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Get yourself a 2TB usb hard drive (around a $100 or less now) and back up your computer properly. Don't mess with DVDs that you have to sit and watch and change as the backup progresses. Use software like Acronis True Image and do an initial backup to the USB drive of the "clean" computer. Then as you install software do another complete (not add on) backup of the computer to a different directory on the drive. Backup at least once every month - better twice a month. With Acronis if you need to reinstall a drive after a crash you don't need to reinstall Windows first. Just create one boot disk that the Acronis lets you create and this will run any and all backups that you have made on your backup drive to the computer if disaster strikes and you are good to go as of the date of your last backup. You can make this all automatic. If backing up is a PITA it doesn't get done.
