(October 30, 2021 at 3:26 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: Okay, so I found a solid state external hard drive. Does anyone have any recommendations for software to do the copying? It seems like I can just do that with software that already exists on my computer. Like, I remember doing this years and years ago and not needing software.
Should I do that or get software?
Depends on how far you want to go. At the low end, you could simply manually copy the files you want to an external drive, same as copying any file from any device to another. At the high end, you could spend thousands for software with every bell and whistle possible. And anything in between.
I currently own three external USB drives. All of them came with basic backup software that would be sufficient to most home users needs.
Regarding the graphics card, it needs to be fully connected to get the full benefit.
Regarding the hard drive, is it really grinding, or is some wire or other component touching a fan in the system? It is always worth checking. If it turns out that it really is coming from the HDD, then it is about to fail catastrophically. Motor failure, bearing failure or the heads are resting on the disc surface or similar. In any event I would be making sure to backup my stuff ASAP, because when that baby dies, it will die in spades.
