What is the best way to back up my PC?

What is the best software and the process to back up my data files and email (Outlook and Outlook Express) on an external drive?

Friday, November 26, 2010, 03:24:28 + 0000, Gary.R wrote:
 
> What is the best software and the process to back up my data files and email (Outlook and Outlook Express) on an external drive?
 
 
The answer, in my view, depends on how much you have to save:
 
1. If you want to make an image of the entire drive, with Windows,
installed programs. etc, I recommend Acronis image.
 
2. If you just want to back up data and e-mail and is not too
much to save, you don't really need any special software. You could
Just copy what you want to backup on the external drive.
 
You can read this article on the backup that I wrote:
 
 

Ken Blake (MS-MVP)

Tags: Windows

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