Backing up your Computer and Scheduling Regular Backups
Comprehensively backing up your computer onto an external hard drive creates an image of your hard drive or selected file systems, depending on the backup options you choose.
Should you encounter a virus, hard drive failure, or other computer catastrophes that require you to reformat your machine or replace a new hard drive, you will be able to restore the image and return to a recent, stable state of your computer.
The following instructions can help you back up and restore data on your computer:
Windows
- Windows XP - Back up your files (Microsoft Web site)
- Windows Vista - Use Windows to back up your computer (Microsoft Web site)
