I have a DELL INSPIRION 5100 that's about 6 years old. It's been a faithful machine, but has been having a lot of issues as of late. Namely, the computer will begin to freeze up after 15 minutes of use. I let McAffe expire and got lazy about updating other protection stuff, so I'm sure that has something to do with it.
At any rate, I just want to make sure I can transfer all the pictures and word docs that are on the HD before the DELL goes tits up. I'm going to buy a new laptop, so I don't care about "fixing" the Dell. But, maybe, I do need to see what's going on with the machine, so it doesn't blow up before I can save all the data that I want. Hmm.
So, what's the best way to do this? I was thinking of buying an external HD to transfer all the data I want, so I can transfer it to the new machine when I get it. Whaddya think?