melev

If it has been a while since you backed up your computer, do so now before you forget again. Protecting all your data is important as once it is lost, you rarely can recover it. I have an external harddrive that I use only for backups, and hook it up occasionally to do a full back up. Last night, I backed up 82gigs of images, videos, and website content that I've amassed over the past 10 years. Having a fresh back up is best.

I don't use programs like Ghost as I don't want my files compressed or altered to a specific program's format. I just want to have a duplicate that I can pull off the external drive if need be.

I never back up the C drive since it is only programs that can be reinstalled from scratch. The data (docs, spreadsheets, power point, pictures, video, music, etc) is what I don't want to lose.