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Schedule an Automatic Backup
Hard disks die, and computers get stolen. You need to backup your computer regularly. Most people backup weekly, but I do it nightly, because who can stand to lose a week’s worth of work?
First, buy yourself an external USB hard disk to hold your backup. You can’t backup to your C:\ drive, because you won’t be able to get to your backup if it dies. Here are some well-reviewed drives in different capacities: 250 GB, 500 GB, and 750 GB. I have the 750 gigger. Be sure to get one big enough to hold all your files.
Then, follow these steps to schedule a backup (you’ll need administrative privileges):
1. Connect and turn on your external hard disk.
2. Click Start, type Backup, and then click Backup and Restore Center.
3. Click Back up files.
4. On the Where Do You Want To Save The Backup page, click On a hard disk, CD, or DVD, and then select your disk. Click Next.
5. If the Which Disks Do You Want To Include In The Backup page appears, select the disks where you store important files, and then click Next.
6. On the Which File Types Do You Want To Back Up page, select any file types you don’t want to lose. Then, click Next.
7. On the Back Up Files page, schedule how often you want your files backed up. I suggest changing this to Daily. If you don’t mind losing a whole week of work if your computer has a problem, you can leave it at Weekly. Then, schedule a time when your computer will be turned on and connected to the external hard disk, and click Save settings and start backup.
Windows Vista will immediately start a backup. It’ll also run a backup at the time and interval you specified.
This automatic backup will save your most important files. You should also do a Complete PC backup at least once (it’s better to do it every six months). You can’t easily schedule that,
