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Doing a regular system backup onto a Memory stick??

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I am running Windows XP. I have been backing up my data on to a memory stick, mainly pictures and Word Docs. I have not done it for a month or so. I could not remember how to have it do it automatically. What I mean is I know it will go through the files and just copy the "new" stuff. Just make the current file in the memory stick update to what the desk top has . I can't remember how to make this work.

I know I did it this way the last time and it took a while for it to complete but it did all of it without me having to pick the folders.
 
You must have some sort of aftermarket backup program installed somewhere. AFAIK Windows doesn't do that itself.

Probably in your START menu. A product with "backup" in the name. Maybe part of your antivirus program?
 
I would not use a standard memory stick as your primary backup. Since it is not a magnetic media eventually the sectors of the memory go bad and you may loose some or all of your data. A solid state drive eventually may have the same problem but I think they have a higher read/write count than most memory sticks.
 
I prefer to keep it simple. Use a couple of folders on the computer for things you'll want to back up, then every so often write those folders to a DVD. Price is negligible and you have multiple copies just in case (and least one copy should be stored in a different building from the others in case of fire).
 
Memory sticks can and will go bad. I back up my
stuff to dvd's and an external hard drive, plus a
dvd backup in a different location. I have had
memory sticks to go bad with all the stuff they had
on them. any media type can go bad but with several
backups the chances of losing your data from
several types at one time is pretty low.

frank
 
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