Thanks Deanos I saw that in my travels. I am just worried that an external hard drive has the ability to crash just like the internal one, so now think perhaps sticking things on a memory stick thing would be better or is that just barmy?
Thanks yes I need to do it now whatever it is rather than saying oops.If you are just transferring data once hen a few blank DVDs would be cheaper - I will say though I think you should sort out a backup storage solution right away - if you don't you risk losing everything on your computer in the case of a malfunction