I'm in need of your expertise on what type or brand of external backup drive to purchase. All I need is the 250G-or-less size. About 3 or 4 weeks ago, QVC was pushing their "No Click" device, which seemed to me to be almost too simple and weak. I mean, if Mary Beth Roe wants to back-up pictures of her puppies to show us later, that would be wonderful! And the No Click would probably do the job.
But I'm looking for something that will backup stock charts, email, many different file extensions. And, being totally ignorant of all things technical, I have some questions:
1) Do backup systems backup the software itself, or just the files created by the software? Or Both?
2) If I backup a computer running on Windows XP, will I be able to put the material on a computer running on a different OS? If my XP computer blows up, and my new computer has Windows 7 on it, will I be able to put my backup-ed material on the new computer?
3) Are there any brands or types of external backup devices to stay away from? Any you might recommend?
Thanks, guys.