I am a newbie here,you could say I am a self taught silver surfer. My problem is this, About six months ago a chap reinstalled my XP Prof. and some data was lost as I had not backed it all up. He said to save it in future he would form a partition on "C" drive, and put about 50 gig on a new "D" drive. now how do I transfer all my photo's etc on to this "D" drive ? I tried copy and paste but when I went to check how it had copied all it was ,was files.not like the photo programme. Is it possible to put the whole photo programe on D in its entirity,ie exactly as it is now on C ?...........If I am ever sucesful in doing this,do I then just delete it on C to free up space.?
The software you use to manage your photos can be reinstalled easily, but your photos cannot. The separate partition was set up so you can put your data like videos, photos, music there. Any software isn't essential, so you can leave that installed on C:.
It's up to you, you can just use explorer and copy the files as you would copy any other file. Or you could use your photo software to copy it if it has that feature.
If you are unfamiliar with the terms cut/copy/paste give this a read, should set you right How to Copy, Cut, and Paste in Windows Best of luck
Thanks Ferg, I know all about copy and paste thanks ,so I open "C" drive ,copy and then open "D"drive and paste do I,? then go back to "C" and delete what I have transfered ? is that the best and correct procedure, Thanks for the help.
Confusion here, as I read this: If you are backing-up files (of photos) then any partition is just as likely to fail as the original drive. Ideally burn a CD/DVD, or use an external HDD with folders that are no larger than 600MB ( for CD) and then when you get a CD burner ( eg USB-connected), you can copy the folders directly......I do something similar, include a copy of the Index and each folder is given the date-name, thus when you "arrange icons by name order" they are in some chronogical order. If you are happy to copy to your D-partition, then why are you erasing the original copy on C - you still have only one copy. I'm not convinced your (photo) files are any safer, using this partition...did I understand that? The best way to secure files is to copy them to as many different media as possible and keep then in separate places. Separate drives in the same pc is not secure if the PSU blows, or if the whole thing is stolen. CD's have the advantage that any virus ( at some time in the future)...will remain safe, whereas a HDD could be infected any time it's read. Hope that helps.
Yes I understand that ,and you are right,I shall copy on an external hard drive the only reason I was thinking the other way was that A friend re-insalled windows for me and lost a lot of data,having a partition helps a bit if we did it again.
