You should always regularly back up any important files that you wouldn’t want to lose, in case you experience a virus or system failure

Backups can be made to external hard drives, blank CD/DVDs or online

Personally I would advise backing up any important information to CD's or DVD's rather than to an external hard disk, as these are prone to failure at some point whereas a CD/DVD can be filed away and kept safe for years

Information on how to write to CD/DVD and backup to external hard disk or USB memory stick can be found in my Quick Reference Guides

Other useful utilities and services to aid in backing up are listed below:-