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Mom2Dogs
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External hard drive question.

‎10-29-2019 05:11 PM

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!

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I am still oxox
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Re: External hard drive question.

‎10-29-2019 05:16 PM

Initalizing it will wipe all the info

Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and start being positive what could go right.
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Re: External hard drive question.

‎10-29-2019 05:19 PM

@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.

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Re: External hard drive question.

‎10-29-2019 07:15 PM

Multiple backups is the key. 

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Re: External hard drive question.

‎10-29-2019 07:19 PM

@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.

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