As a rule I keep EVERYTHING I do on my computer stored on an external hard drive. Even the application installers are all stored on there so if anything happens to my PC, I don't have to recover anything since everything is housed on the external. When you have programs that you create files with, make sure there is a folder on the external that you save it to all the time instead of on the C drive. The same with Word files and iTunes. Your iTunes library is stored by default in your Shared Music folder. I manually changed it to be stored on my external HDD and I occasionally back up my XML library file as well as other adjuncts to iTunes from the aforementioned Music folder. I also make sure to every once and awhile copy my iPhone backups to the external as well as the Mobile Applications downloaded from the App Store.
Last edited by Watcher; 08-30-2010 at 09:48 AM.
08-30-2010 09:46 AM