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Back up Back up files while doing memory diagnostic test?

#1 Fish'n'Chip

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Posted 05 January 2009 - 07:27 PM

I got a Windows Vista - Home Premium notebook. I have been running into problems of Bluescreen error. I have been advised to do a memory diagnostic test. Do not know if I got to back up files before doing the memory test. Please advise.

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#2 DJBPace07

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Posted 05 January 2009 - 07:38 PM

Backing up your files is a good idea, but it is not necessary to do so before running a memory diagnostic. The diagnostic scans the RAM not the files on the hard drive, so your data should be unaffected.

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#3 hellojoey

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Posted 05 January 2009 - 07:39 PM

a memory diagnostic test is going to check your memory but it cant damage your files (as DJBPace07 has now informed me :huh:

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but knowing you are having computer problems already, it wouldnt be a bad idea to back up :huh:

then you wont have to have any worries

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Posted 06 January 2009 - 09:23 AM

This depends on how valuable your data is to you. Worst case is that your system won't boot and you'll have to pay a pro a lot of money to recover your data. Back it up now - while you can - and before you've gotta pay to have it done!

FWIW - I lost 3 years of work to a bad hard drive a couple of years ago - this included my wedding photo's!!!
The only reason I'm still alive (the wife would've killed me) is that I forgot to delete the wedding photos from the camera! :huh: