Backing up your computer is probably one of the simplest things that you can do for both yourself and your computer guru, like myself. It takes relatively no time out of your schedule, unless you happen to be dead in the center of your work day, hopefully reading this and taking care of your backup now will avoid that issue.
Backing up your computer can be a relatively simple task if you have the right software and the right media to back your data up on to. A few years back the suggested media of choice was a DVD, or even a DL-DVD. That was a few years back though, now a days we have much better replacements for it. Replacements such as thumb drives that can hold sometimes up to 32GB of data, or now we have tiny tiny external hard drives that connect to your computer simply with a USB connector. The hard drives can reach a terrabyte or two without a problem. Just check out your local retail store like TigerDirect or Fry’s Electronics.. or even Best Buy.. for a solution that is perfect for you.
A lot of times these type of hard drives come with an automatic built in backup utility, and lot of times these automatic backup utilities work wonderfully. But what if your external hard drive didn’t come with one? Well I have a great solution that I use from time to time on computer’s that I am worried I wont be able to get back to a stable running condition, such as a computer infected by the Virut.ce virus.
Fab’s AutoBackup
Fab’s AutoBackup is, quite simply, easy. It finds the type of files that you have on your computer, it even detects what version of your operating you are running, such as Windows XP or Windows Vista, and then it tells you (pretty much) which files you should backup. You can chose to backup your whole hard drive, your My Documents folder, or just about everything in between. It isn’t free, sadly, but at less than $8 (it’s 4.9EURO), it’s definitely worth the purchase if you are in the market for backup utilities. It get’s the job done and doesn’t take too long to do it.
