topic Re: External hard drive question. in Electronics

External hard drive question.

Mom2Dogs — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 21:11:20 GMT

I have an external back up device with several years of information stored. All of a sudden it will not back up...if I initialize it (which is the message appearing on the screen) does that mean all my infomation will be deleted when I initialize?

It is connected to my Imac...the machine is old and has never been connected to the internet...I am concerned about losing what is stored on the external back up...any advice?

thanks!

Re: External hard drive question.

I am still oxox — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 21:16:04 GMT

Initalizing it will wipe all the info

Re: External hard drive question.

Mom2Dogs — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 21:19:40 GMT

@I am still oxox , thanks! That was my worry. Most things I did burn to a cd for safe keeping. It lived a good long life I guess I will need to get another one.

Re: External hard drive question.

glb613 — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 23:15:43 GMT

Multiple backups is the key.

Re: External hard drive question.

Mom2Dogs — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 23:19:01 GMT

@glb613 ....the external had been acting odd as I had to prompt it to back up on occasion...then all of a sudden it needed to be initialized...I didn't put two and two together until I wanted to search for a file...ugh....

I am glad that most of what I need is on a cd.