So I've just started getting warnings that my hard drive is about to fail
, I'm wanting to copy my saved games for DAO and DA2 to my external hard disk, can anyone tell me what files to copy? Bit of a noob when it comes to techie stuff
Thanks
Hard Drive about to fail
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Vethyr
, mars 23 2011 06:17
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Posté 23 mars 2011 - 06:17
Vethyr
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Hey guys
So I've just started getting warnings that my hard drive is about to fail, I'm wanting to copy my saved games for DAO and DA2 to my external hard disk, can anyone tell me what files to copy?
Bit of a noob when it comes to techie stuff
Thanks
So I've just started getting warnings that my hard drive is about to fail
, I'm wanting to copy my saved games for DAO and DA2 to my external hard disk, can anyone tell me what files to copy? Bit of a noob when it comes to techie stuff
Thanks
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Posté 23 mars 2011 - 06:20
JamesX
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documents\\bioware\\dragon age 2\\characters
or you can just copy the entire dragon age 2 folder instead of just the characters folder. Probably safer
or you can just copy the entire dragon age 2 folder instead of just the characters folder. Probably safer
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Posté 23 mars 2011 - 07:45
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Vethyr wrote...
Hey guys
So I've just started getting warnings that my hard drive is about to fail
Bit of a noob when it comes to techie stuff
Thanks
In fact, you may want to copy most of your documents folder in its entirety, since there's probably other stuff in there you don't want to lose
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Posté 23 mars 2011 - 09:20
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Under "C:\\Documents and Settings\\<userID>\\" grab the desktop, favorites, and my documents folders. That should cover most things that aren't programs you'll need to re-install.
For newer windows versions, it's C:\\users\\<userID>\\
If you've got plenty of space on that external disk, you could just copy that whole <userID> folder and then pick and choose what you want to put back later.
For newer windows versions, it's C:\\users\\<userID>\\
If you've got plenty of space on that external disk, you could just copy that whole <userID> folder and then pick and choose what you want to put back later.
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Posté 23 mars 2011 - 10:18
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how exactly can you tell its about to fail
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Posté 24 mars 2011 - 05:36
Withidread
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woloif wrote...
how exactly can you tell its about to fail
In this instance, when the computer starts it gives a message "Imminent hard drive failure detected."
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Posté 24 mars 2011 - 07:17
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Its not part of windows, afaik, some tools can monitor hdds, also some motherboard bioses.woloif wrote...
i have never, ever seen that
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Posté 24 mars 2011 - 08:01
Vethyr
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Thanks guys will copy the whole docs folder and like Withidread says - thats the message i'm getting
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Posté 24 mars 2011 - 12:20
AbsolutGrndZer0
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Yeah, I knew my HD was failing because I had to manually backup files, then i got new HD, and tried to transfer stuff to it, Windows no longer recoginized my old HD, had to use a friend's Linux CD to transfer my files, and sure enough his Linux was like "OMFG this drive is in serious trouble... Back it up a month ago!"
