| I could tell you 10 different ways on how you
can loose data, however I am sure everyone has experienced one or two of them.
Your hard drive can crash, there may be a power surge, or someone could simply
spill a drink on the computer. This is why backup is so important! Often when I go to restore
my computer or transfer my data to another system, I have more than likely
forgotten to backup at least one important file. Sometimes it is a password or a
setting, and sometimes an entire folder. By making simple mistakes, I have lost
a lot of important information over the years.
However now I have vowed to
religiously backup my data at least once a week. This is easy enough to perform
as long as I can remember all of the files and folders I need to backup. My
memory isn't that good so I devised a list of the most important files to backup
from my computer hard drive.
Here is my backup list
- My Documents (Which includes everything in it like My
pictures, My music etc) Read my
article on how to organize
your computer. Simply copy the entire folder.
- Email Address Book.
How to
backup your address book
- Email Folder System (Inbox, Sent items etc)
Here's How
to backup your email folders
- Email Account settings like your password and username.
How to
Backup email account settings.
- Email Message rules.
What are
message rules?
How to
backup message rules
- Favorites for Internet Explorer. Located in
C:\Documents and Settings\Your username\Favorites Simply copy the
folder.
- Drivers for my computer (Video, Sound, Lan, Chipset, etc)
About Device Drivers
My husband always says "Tell
her a joke on Monday and she will get it by Friday". There's my problem right
there. I am so busy trying to get his jokes, that I need a list for everything
else I do.
How to Create Backups Using windows XP
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