how do I back up everything on my computer?

Question

have a pc, windows XP operating system, and want to make sure in the event of a virus, or pc crash, all my pictures, documents are saved. How do I do this? Easy lingo please!

Answer 1

If you want to make *absolutely sure* you have every little danged thing then buy an external drive (like Maxstor) that has about the same capacity as your computer's hard drive. It'll have software to load to your computer to "replicate" your hard drive. That is, it'll make a full "mirror image". Do it, often. Then, you'll have every danged thing.

If yer *really* paranoid, then, you could do that once a week, then fetch yourself a thumb drive or two and, copy to the thumb drive anything you change, daily. (or just, anything important, to your heart and soul, you change, daily).

Answer 2

Burn them to DVD/CD and store them in another physical location. If you have a fire, everything is gone.
For local backups, get a decent capacity external drive. I use Norton Ghost to capture EVERYTHING, and if the hard drive fails or corrupts (and it has over the years) I simply replace the drive and restore from the image. You can usually find Ghost free after rebate, and if you install it it will keep the image on the external updated as you add/modify items.

Answer 3

The BEST way to back everything on your computer is to use Acronis True Image.
True Image Home can backup your Outlook e-mails, contacts, calendar, tasks, notes, signatures, news folders, e-mail rules, user settings,pictures,music.Try it and enjoy.
If you want to learn more go here:
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/

Answer 4

Copy all your personal files to a CD, DVD or external hard drive.

Simply Drag & Drop.

Answer 5

Burn all important documents onto a CD-r or use an external hard drive.


mike
http://mmendoonline.com

Answer 6

Try these cheap and reliable solutions:

http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/external/freeagent_desktop_data_movers/