Learn Vista - Backing Up and Restoring Backed-Up Files

You may lose your datas (files) because you accidentally delete them or your harddisk gets damaged. Therefore, in order to protect them, you should back up them routinely so that when they lose, you can restore them back.

To Back Up Your Files:

- You must log on using administrator account. Then, if you want to store your backup files into external storage device such as flash disk or external harddisk, you must connect it to your computer first.

- Open Control Panel. (Click Start menu, and then click Control Panel).

- In the System and Maintenance section, click Back up your computer.

- Click Back up files button to start the backup wizard.

- On the next window, choose where you want to store your backup files. Then click Next button.

- On the next window, select which drives you want to include in the backup. Then click Next button.

- On the next window, select which file types you want to back up. Then click Next button.

- On the next window, click Save settings and start backup button to start the backup process.

If it's the first time you run the backup process, then Windows will create the complete backup called shadow copy. The next time you perform backup, it only store the files that have been changed.


To Restore Files From a Backup:

- Open Control Panel. (Click Start menu, and then click Control Panel).

- In the System and Maintenance section, click Back up your computer.

- Click Restore files button to start the restore wizard and then just follow all instructions until it finishes.