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10. Thanks for the ideas

Reply to Egnever (Reply #9)

Fri Apr 14, 2017, 08:39 PM

Apr 2017

I'll look into these other types of external drives.

That WD My Passport I had was a nightmare! I got my $ back for it luckily. *whew*

Will look into some other types of external drives that you mention.

As for the cloud thing -- not sure what that is all about nor how to access it I will admit so another

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Your machine probably has a DVD burner. lpbk2713 Apr 2017 #1

I assume this is part of the initial configuration FBaggins Apr 2017 #2

Yes, it does have a DVD drive CountAllVotes Apr 2017 #4

It did ask me to create a system recovery disk CountAllVotes Apr 2017 #5

Just get an external hard drive. Dr Hobbitstein Apr 2017 #3

I guess I need to get another one CountAllVotes Apr 2017 #6

Western digital passbook drives install drivers Egnever Apr 2017 #9

Thanks for the ideas CountAllVotes Apr 2017 #10

All of the things I mentioned Egnever Apr 2017 #11

I reckon a 16 gig flash drive canetoad Apr 2017 #7

Oh, I hope you are right! CountAllVotes Apr 2017 #8

Disk CountAllVotes Apr 2017 #12