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Re: Icons not working on desktop [Re: Terri824] #988905
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Yes Drac, same computer, Vista Home Premium.
However now that you mention it I have never seen the Win 8.1 do a backup, should I have?


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Re: Icons not working on desktop [Re: Terri824] #988909
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Originally Posted By: Terri824
Yes Drac, same computer, Vista Home Premium.
However now that you mention it I have never seen the Win 8.1 do a backup, should I have?

You can schedule one if you want to.
I don't think it does one automatically because you would have to tell it where to put the backup, and you would see if it were prompting you where to put the backup.

If your Windows 8.1 is working well, you may want to do a backup.
You may also want to get a separate ESD for it instead of using the same one you're using for the Vista computer.

Here is a tutorial on using Windows 8.1's backup (aka File History)
http://www.7tutorials.com/introducing-windows-8-how-backup-data-file-history

Re: Icons not working on desktop [Re: Terri824] #988941
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Thanks Jenny, I've turned it on and it is going into my WD external storage.

Looks like I lied, I got a message that I didn't have enough room on my EHD that has very little on it. So I just closed it out and did something else. I must say, all of these computer problems are not helping my self esteem.
Other than the fact that I am a pro at making the problems but not so good at fixing them.
Tomorrow's anothers day.
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Re: Icons not working on desktop [Re: Terri824] #989123
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Originally Posted By: Terri824
I got a message that I didn't have enough room on my EHD that has very little on it.

I wonder if it really has "very little on it" or if it actually has a good deal on it that is simply not accessible. Or maybe it only has a few files on it but they are huge.

I'd recommend getting a new external hard drive to be used solely for the Windows 8.1 computer backups.

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Jenny, that is a fairly new EHD. I bought it for the Win 8.1. It has 854 GB free of 931GB. It does have more on it than I remember putting on it.


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Re: Icons not working on desktop [Re: Terri824] #989143
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Hi Terri,
Did the message actually say that the EHD had no room or just that there was no room, the reason I ask is many people have the same problem with EHD when booting up with it and that it is not recognized in the Windows Explorer, therefore, when doing a Backup it will simply search for space on your Hard Drive, some people have to Unplug the USB cable from the EHD and (wait at least 5 seconds) and then replug the USB cable to the EHD for it to be recognized.

Anyway, I wish you all the luck to solve your agonizing problem.

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Hi. I don't actually remember what it said, will have to try it again to see. My local disk (C:) has 738GB free of 931GB. Whoa, it says the last time the files were backed up was on 11/18/2014, and it was put in WD (E:) Gee that's great, one less thing for me to whine about. Check that off my list.
Thank you so much Starcom for your help and concern, you're very kind!
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