- Why You Should Worry About Keeping Your Computer Safe
- Getting to Everything Security Related in Vista
- What Spyware and Malware Are and How Your Computer Gets Them
- Symptoms of Malware on Your Computer
- Getting Rid of and Keeping Malware Off Your Computer
- Windows Defender
- What to Do If You Suspect Malware But Can't Get a Pop-Up to Close
- What Is a Virus and How Is It Different from Spyware?
- Protecting Your Computer from Viruses
- Determining If You Have a Virus
- The Importance of Automatic Updates
- Turning On Automatic Updating
- What Is Windows Firewall?
- Why You Should Back Up Your Computer
- Backing Up the Files on Your Computer
- Backing Up Your Entire Computer
- Where to Store Backups
- Restoring Your Computer from a Backup
- Automatically Backing Up Your Computer
- What Is Service Pack 1 (a.k.a. SP1)?
- How Do I Get SP1?
- How Do I Install SP1?
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This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
Automatically Backing Up Your Computer
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Automatically backing up your computer is actually one of the settings you go through when you’re backing the computer up in the first place. Go into the Backup and Restore Center (Start>Control Panel>Back Up Your Computer) and click the Back Up Files button. Once you choose where to back up to, click Next. Then choose which file types you want to back up. The last screen will prompt you to choose how often you want to create a backup. Choose the settings here (or change them if you’ve already chosen them before) and click Save Settings and Start Backup. I suggest at least a weekly backup schedule. I find Friday nights work well for me, and I’ll choose a time that is in the middle of the night so I’m less likely to be on the computer.