Is partitioned D drive safe from crash?

[Stuart Reed]

I have inherited a PC with two hard drives. I have put all my crucial data
(work stuff, family pictures etc) into a My Documents folder in D drive. I
have been assured that in the event of a catastrophe all this data will be
safe and that only the C drive will have to be restored. Is this right?

Reassurance welcomed!

Thanks in advance
Stuart Reed

 

[V.Simkins]

I have inherited a PC with two hard drives. I have put all my crucial data
(work stuff, family pictures etc) into a My Documents folder in D drive. I
have been assured that in the event of a catastrophe all this data will be
safe and that only the C drive will have to be restored. Is this right?

Reassurance welcomed!

Thanks in advance
Stuart Reed

if you put your system files (your operating system, program files, ect) on
your C: drive, and put all your documents on your secondary hard disk (D,
then, certainly, if you need to re-install windows, your data on D: will
remain safe (unless, of course, the disk [D:] fails from usage, or has a
virus on it).

 

[Guest]

If there is a train wreck, does that mean if I'm in the 3rd carriage from the
front that I will be safe?

Of course NOT, but I may not be as 'unsafe' as if I were in the front
carriage.

Always backup your data to a second and/or third medium if it is important.

So if you have 'MY DOCUMENTS' on C Drive, make a copy folder on D Drive
'Copy of C Drive' and copy all your personal stuff there. Also copy your
email [be it .pst with outlook or other file type] and make a subfolder:
D:\'Copy of C Drive\email and place the copy there.

Every now and then burn a CD with the 'Copy of C Drive' folder. Does it
matter if you make one every month, NO, you just have more and more places
where important files can be recovered.

I have inherited a PC with two hard drives. I have put all my crucial data
(work stuff, family pictures etc) into a My Documents folder in D drive. I
have been assured that in the event of a catastrophe all this data will be
safe and that only the C drive will have to be restored. Is this right?

Reassurance welcomed!

Thanks in advance
Stuart Reed

if you put your system files (your operating system, program files, ect) on
your C: drive, and put all your documents on your secondary hard disk (D,
then, certainly, if you need to re-install windows, your data on D: will
remain safe (unless, of course, the disk [D:] fails from usage, or has a
virus on it).

 

[RonK]

Like Bar said - Backup to CD's. I learned a long time ago about thinking my
data was safe on a separate drive. The drive died and so did hundreds of
pictures that I can never replace.

If there is a train wreck, does that mean if I'm in the 3rd carriage from
the
front that I will be safe?

Of course NOT, but I may not be as 'unsafe' as if I were in the front
carriage.

Always backup your data to a second and/or third medium if it is
important.

So if you have 'MY DOCUMENTS' on C Drive, make a copy folder on D Drive
'Copy of C Drive' and copy all your personal stuff there. Also copy your
email [be it .pst with outlook or other file type] and make a subfolder:
D:\'Copy of C Drive\email and place the copy there.

Every now and then burn a CD with the 'Copy of C Drive' folder. Does it
matter if you make one every month, NO, you just have more and more places
where important files can be recovered.

I have inherited a PC with two hard drives. I have put all my crucial
data
(work stuff, family pictures etc) into a My Documents folder in D
drive. I
have been assured that in the event of a catastrophe all this data will
be
safe and that only the C drive will have to be restored. Is this right?

Reassurance welcomed!

Thanks in advance
Stuart Reed

if you put your system files (your operating system, program files, ect)
on
your C: drive, and put all your documents on your secondary hard disk
(D,
then, certainly, if you need to re-install windows, your data on D: will
remain safe (unless, of course, the disk [D:] fails from usage, or has a
virus on it).

 

[Raymond J. Johnson Jr.]

| If there is a train wreck, does that mean if I'm in the 3rd carriage from
the
| front that I will be safe?
|
| Of course NOT, but I may not be as 'unsafe' as if I were in the front
| carriage.
|


If the front carriage is unsafe, why don't they just leave it off?