I've had two recent calls from friends asking about how to backup and restore data on their computers, specifically laptops in different stages of disrepair. Your best bet is to get an external hard drive that connects to your computer via USB. Most of these now come with auto-backup software included, so you just plug it in and set the drive to copy every 24hrs. If you have a laptop that travels, you can plug it into the hard drive periodically, but this will leave your most recent files unprotected.
Better options for a laptop that travels are a USB flash drive or "thumb drive" that you can use to manually backup your My Docs folder by doing a simple copy-paste, or you can use an online service that encrypts your files and copies them to an online server that you can access anywhere at anytime if you have a hard drive failure (this service usually requires a monthly fee).
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