Back up Windows vista

martin g

My computer doesnt seem to be seeing the external iomega hdd either. Is there anything i should be doing but plug it in? The manual says it should run straight away when connected, othere usb devices have no problem working

what edition do u have? Starter,Home Basic and Home Premium dont have complete pc backup. Business,Enterprise and Ultimate do

martin g

Home edition

there lies the problem, there is loads of software you can buy to do the job such as

http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/index.html

as i said there is a few so have a look around see which one you fancy

martin g

I have a 1tb iomega hdd but its not showing up in the my computer drive, explorer or any where else...

Nothingbetter2d

martin g wrote: »

I have a 1tb iomega hdd but its not showing up in the my computer drive, explorer or any where else...

is the drive formatted? if its not u may need to go to the management console in control panel then disk management and look for the drive there then create an ntfs partition and format it before it will show up in your my computer section

Odaise Gaelach

Deleted User wrote: »

there lies the problem, there is loads of software you can buy to do the job such as

http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/index.html

as i said there is a few so have a look around see which one you fancy

I think clarification is needed:

All versions of Windows Vista allow you to backup your files. However only Business, Enterprise and Ultimate allow you to make a system image of your computer.

Windows Vista - Methods for backing up your files

D'Agger

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

is the drive formatted? if its not u may need to go to the management console in control panel then disk management and look for the drive there then create an ntfs partition and format it before it will show up in your my computer section

^^^ This basically - if the drive isn't showing up then by going into disk management you should be able to see the drive there.

It will probably show up as Disk 1 at the bottom of the screen - if this is the case you'll probably have to mark the partition as active and then you can format it with ntfs as Nothingbetter2d said

martin g

The external dirve isnt showing up in the disk management and when i plug the usb in, the drive dosent show up anywhere in the c drive, explorer, disk management...

Odaise Gaelach

Try connecting the drive to a different computer. If it does work then you can format it there. If it doesn't try using a different USB cable.

D'Agger

Also try connecting the drive before you switch on the PC - long shot but it's happened people I know before.

martin g

Ive tried to connect it to another computer and had the usb plugged in while i rebooted it but that didnt work either... i dont know what to try now

Odaise Gaelach

Sorry to bug you on this, but have you tried a different USB cable?

martin g

I dont have any other type b usb cables so i cant try it

Odaise Gaelach

Do you have any friends with USB external hard disk drives? They usually all use the same kind of USB cable, if you could borrow one off them and give yours a go with it then you can rule out the USB cable. Even a PC repair shop would probably let you try the drive with one of their cables and computers.

If the USB cable still works, and the drive's still in warranty, I'd send it back to the manufacturer or where you bought it.

martin g

Ill try that thanks guys...