Rutabaga
May 15th, 2010, 05:26:58 PM
Okay, tech people, this question is MUCH simpler than my last one :D.
Today I finally got around to using my Maxtor external hard drive to attempt to back up the new laptop. When it said it had backed up 500MB of data, I knew something was wrong. So I updated the software and tried again. It still stopped after something like 500MB, and while I have a folder on the external hard drive identifying this backup, the folder is empty.
The external hard drive is probably about 3 years old and worked flawlessly on my previous 2 computers (even the hunk o' junk Dell I just got rid of), so I figure it just doesn't like the new laptop, or Windows 7, or something. And since it was so damn cheap and will be equally as cheap to replace, I might as well just get a new one.
So...does anyone have any recommendations of one brand over another? A brand I should avoid at all costs? Stuff like that? Or does anyone recommend using an online service instead? Don't know if that would work for me since my iTunes library alone is something like 17GB. :)
Today I finally got around to using my Maxtor external hard drive to attempt to back up the new laptop. When it said it had backed up 500MB of data, I knew something was wrong. So I updated the software and tried again. It still stopped after something like 500MB, and while I have a folder on the external hard drive identifying this backup, the folder is empty.
The external hard drive is probably about 3 years old and worked flawlessly on my previous 2 computers (even the hunk o' junk Dell I just got rid of), so I figure it just doesn't like the new laptop, or Windows 7, or something. And since it was so damn cheap and will be equally as cheap to replace, I might as well just get a new one.
So...does anyone have any recommendations of one brand over another? A brand I should avoid at all costs? Stuff like that? Or does anyone recommend using an online service instead? Don't know if that would work for me since my iTunes library alone is something like 17GB. :)