Two steps for computer backups.
Let's start with step number one.
What should you backup? This may seem like a silly question? But you must ask yourself what is the most important data on my hard drive? PC environments operating system, installed programs, user settings and data files should be your first choice.
Ok your eyes are rolling now. Let me break it down to an easier step.
Chances are you cannot get everything on a CD or DVD. So let's make a list of what's important.
You may start with last year's taxes and family pictures. How about all your business contacts and receipts from online purchases? This task can be over whelming.
Don’t despair.
You understand how important your files and data are and why you must protect it.
Your next question is which backup solution is best for you?
Don't backup your data to your hard drive. I know some of you are laughing because you realize that if the hard drive crashes, How do you access that information?
You can copy the data to a DVD or CD and put it at your brother-in-laws office which might be a safe place or look at online storage solutions with easy access when you are away from your home computer.
For online backup solutions with easy access with no worries of where is my DVD. Here is one place that uses 448-bit Blowfish AES encryption to ensure your data is protected.
Click here for 2GB Totally Free Online Backup! Compliments of Mozy Backup software now has a click and forget it solution. Just insert your CD or DVD into your drive and at scheduled time it will do all the work for you. Things you will want in your backup software might be the ability to create an image file to restore your windows system as it was. For backup software solutions check out Clone an old hard drive to new one Using hard disk imaging technology More about image software Click Here