My Hands Are Burning

[Mike-O]

Yes, every single one of the words in the title has been hit by the Caps Lock Syndrome of the Phoenix Keys of Eternal Fire.

However, it doesn't ease my pain. My laptop is burning up, hot as hell, scrawling the fire, firming the flame, eyeing the ire, withstanding the coal - overall, it's pretty fucking hot nowadays and I feel it could overheat any time now.

Compaq Presario CQ61, bought in Feb 2010.

Never made a single backup file, how do I make a backup file.

I am also a sociopath and will shoot you with a bazooka if you won't reply.

Cheerio.

 

[Dr.Gonzo]

just throw it in the freezer for 3-4 hours, all your problems will be solved

 

[1337]

buy an external hard drive

hook up hard drive to computer

drag your c:\ directory to the harddrive. allow it to copy overnight (it will take a while)

in the morning you'll have a copy of your entire computer

 

[Mike-O]

I have a 500G Lacie, is it really that simple? Drag and drop?

 

[1337]

yes, although i suggest just dragging your important folders (Documents, desktop, downloads, photos, movies, etc)

there is a lot of system garbage that'd just take up space if you dragged the entire c:\ directory.

Oh, copy and paste, don't literally drag. sometimes that moves the folder, sometimes copies. not sure on windows

 

[NotGhood]

 

[Sneaky_Aziz]

so this is what's in now