When working on your computer, don’t forget to do a backup

Many times we forget one of the most important steps when it comes to PC repair.. backing up our important data. Any type of repair or scan can cause a glitch in our computer and might cause it to lock up or even wipe out the hard drive. Don’t take a chance. When you are trying “fixes” for a slow or poorly operating computer you could be risking a much bigger problem – loosing your recorded info.

Windows provides an easy way for you to do the backup. Just go to Backup Status and Configuration. You can find this from the Programs menu and go to Accessories and then to System Tools. There you can do a one time back and / or set up automatic backups that will be done periodically.

As you can see in the picture above of the Backup Status and Configuration you can set the back up an automatic back up that will be run when you want it to such as at night when you are not using your PC. There is also a way to set up what you want to be backed up such as all your music, documents, etc. without saving all the other information on your computer.

You can also do a one time complete PC backup that will record everything. This is the location that you would do a restoring of old files if you did have your computer crash at some point in the Restore Files area.

Remember, when my computer is slow and you are having any work done on it, backup your important files first.