types of drives

[davidandjunie@ya]

Could someone please tell me the difference between a backup drive and a external hard drive.Thankyou

 

[Cromewell]

If someone is using an external hard drive as a backup drive then there is no difference. A backup drive doesn't necessarily have to be external though. Just because some external drive is labeled as a backup drive doesn't mean it has to be used for backups.

 

[oregon]

Backup drives could be any drive used to backup your data so when your main drive dies you still have your data.