<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by robb:
So, I guess I still haven't read the answer to my question. How should I get started if I want to start backing things up? Also, what should I back up and how do I manage it?
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The answer is this simple,
Robb, for me anyway:
1. purchase an external USB 2.0 or Firewire big hairy hard drive. I like the Maxtor series, at least 100GB, or the 250GB.
2. Plug it in to your computer and let it install itself as it usually will. Get it installed so it becomes recognized as an additional drive.
3. Periodically, like every few days, create a folder on the external drive called "my backup 8-18-03". Open up a window on your computer showing your folders. Drag your folders including your mail, and anything that changes frequently like your work folders, into the new folder on the external drive.
4. That's it! Congratulations! You are WAY AHEAD of where you were before. If your computer crashes or gets carried away by aliens from Mars, you will have your precious work and email files to restore on a new machine.
Everything else is probably nice but icing on the cake as far as I am concerned. The important thing is to START BACKING UP WHAT YOU CANNOT EVER REPLACE, NOW.