Back Up Your Data Before It’s Too Late!
Do you back up your data regularly? If you do, keep up the good work! If not, you really should be. Computers are not perfect. Glitches and crashes happen. So do hardware failures, power outages, lightning strikes, spilled drinks (this is especially deadly to laptops), viruses, and a host of other not 
so nice things that can wipe out your data. To protect yourself, get in the habit of backing up once a week. If you use Vista, there is a automatic back up feature included that makes it super easy. For other operating systems it’s a little more work, but still easy. Just open Windows Explorer and drag and drop what you want to back up to the backup media of your choice. This can be a CD, DVD, USB flash drive or external hard drive. Forget about floppy disks, even if you are one of the few folks who still has a floppy drive. Floppy disks go bad really fast and hold so little that you’d need a handful or more to hold all your data. I use a USB flash drive. It’s a smart idea to make at least two copies so you can store one someplace other than your home, such as a safe deposit box or a friends place. What should you back up? While the answer partially depends on what you find important and what you can live without, here’s a basic list to get you started:
Documents
Photos
Digital Music Files
Address Book/Contact List from your email program
Buddy List from your IM program
Financial Records
Favorites Folder for IE
Don’t worry about backing up your programs as they can almost always be restored via their installation disks. Now get going and back up your data! You’ll be glad you did!
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November 29th, 2007 at 1:32 pm
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