What should you back up?
You need
to back up your documents and databases. However, there are a few
other things in your computer that would be extremely annoying to
lose.
Email
Outlook and Outlook Express for Internet Mail Only (IMO) each
use Personal Folders and Address Books. The default location of
these files varies with each operating system. The easiest way
to find the Outlook files is to go to
Start ->Search and type Outlook* or Inbox* in the Search
box. The “*” asterisk, or star key is a wildcard.
It
means, "Give me everything with the name Outlook.”
Internet
If you use the Internet, you may have a list of web sites that
you added to the Favorites list. Each flavor of Windows stores
the Favorites folder in a different place. Use Search to look
for Favorites*
A Better Plan
This manual method
works, but is not very efficient. There is another way to create daily
backups. Please join me in reviewing System Restore in the next
section.
A cold day in Hell, Mi...
a good enough reason to backup the truck.