Posted by MistarellaFL on 1/10/08 2:56pm
Msg #230031

Techie question from techie-momo

I would like to know how to backup my C & D drives to a memory stick, if that's possible.
I would also like to know how much time/energy a backup battery yields, for my inverter took a dive and I am curious as to if my backup battery would print a set of docs on the road.
TIA

Reply by Philip Johnson on 1/10/08 2:59pm
Msg #230032

When you say C drive, I assume you mean

your hard drive. If so I would also think that your hard drive is fairly large and it most likely will not fit on a thumb drive. What you might look into is a usb stand alone drive that you can use to back up both drives.

Reply by Dawn/PA on 1/10/08 3:32pm
Msg #230045

Re: When you say C drive, I assume you mean

I recently bought an external USB drive for $99 from Staples (my book) with 320 GB of memory - plug and go - it works great. And when my laptop crashed (as I thought it was about to do) restoring was easy.

Reply by Ndwa on 1/10/08 3:31pm
Msg #230044

Memory stick is only suitable for backing/saving small files/folders. Use and external drive or dvd for back up.

Backup battery is used as emergency power to prevent your computer from suffering a surge in the event of a power outage. It provides enough power (time) for you to property shut down the computer. You can not print on the road without an inverter.

Reply by Rachel/ORWA on 1/10/08 3:46pm
Msg #230049

Hi Andy! n/m

Reply by Dennis Larson on 1/10/08 3:50pm
Msg #230050

Which brings up another question that maybe Andy can answer. Sine wave inverters are not cheap. Square wave inverters are relatively inexpensive in comparsion. So, if ya power up a UPS with a square wave inverter, would the UPS then provide a wave form that would make a laser printer happy? Just wondered!

Reply by Art_MD on 1/10/08 5:47pm
Msg #230063

Your UPS is basically a battery (batteries) with an inverter. The chances are unless you have a high quality (read high dollar) UPS, you would probably get a square wave output. So, you would have: battery- square wave inverter (12V to 120V) - batteries - square wave inverter.

Nice try though...

Art