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ST tech help desk...I bought an external drive to use for my backups. I was able to backup to it using the Windows program, but if I try to

Posted by MojaveMeg (aka Mojave) Sep 24 '09, 20:37

use the software that came with the unit the setup page is too big for my screen. I've tried cntrl- and changing font size or screen resolution with no luck. I just cant get to the bottom of the page.

Oh, and I'm running Vista.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

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right-click on the item in the task bar and "maximize?" -- nm - JaxSean Sep 24, 20:39 2
- No, it maximizes fine...too maximum, the bottom part of the page is off the edge of the screen. -- nm - MojaveMeg Sep 24, 20:46 1
  - Maximizing the window typically will size it to fit the screen. -- nm - Fuzzy Sep 24, 20:49
Ignore the software that came with it. Just use Windows Explorer and drag over the folders you want to backup (perhaps your whole Documents folder). -- nm - psilotum Sep 24, 20:39 3
- The backup worked fine - using Windows - but all I can do with that is backup and restore. I want to be able to get to individual files on the - MojaveMeg Sep 24, 20:45 2
  - Can't you right-click on the Start button, Explore, and open the removable drive file/folder? -- nm - JaxSean Sep 24, 20:47 1
    - OK, that worked...thanks. Except that the files are named backup file ! thru 32. But I can get to them if I need to. -- nm - MojaveMeg Sep 24, 21:09

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