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Hard drives have been used as backup devices If you have a computer with just one hard drive and a CD-ROM or DVD drive, you may be able to add another hard drive to your PC. Most new hard drives purchased today include software that allow for the drive to be partitioned and formatted for use. Sometimes the software has a function that allows for backup of data from another hard drive. If the new hard drive has enough or more space on it than the old hard drive, you should have no trouble backing up all your files to it. [br][br]Backing up files on a new hard drive is not really that hard to do. You can either use the CD that came with the hard drive and allow that software to control the backup procedure, or you could just go into Windows Explorer, click Edit, click Select All. then click Edit and select Copy. Then you just need to highlight drive D (this will be the new drive letter unless the new drive letter was assigned another letter). Once the drive is selected, choose Edit and click Paste. You could also use your mouse by using the right mouse button to bring up a mini-menu. Choose Paste, and all the files from drive C will be copied to drive D. It is that easy to do. [br][br]Having a second hard drive installed in your computer is a great way to back up your data and files. The only downside to this is that if you do not make the second hard drive bootable, and you lose the first hard drive, you won't have a way to start your computer. [br][br]

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