How do you back up your PC hard drive?

When i back up my data rather than doing the whole C drive i just copy the data in my documents/music/picture folders, my bookmarks or favourites, any taxes or quickbooks information and any emails i want to keep. If theres things ive downloaded to install i also copy those. The rest can be reinstalled from the disks that i got with my hardware when i built it.

I use nero back it up tool to back up my windows installation. I created a boot disk with the BACK ITUP tool and created a complete backup of c drive. The whole back up was around 2.5gb. i disabled the system restore, virtual memory before creating backup, so that the backup size is smaller.

I subscribe to a web-based backup service. It is expensive, but cheaper than losing all my stuff.

I use nero back it up tool to back up my windows installation. I created a boot disk with the BACK ITUP tool and created a complete backup of c drive. The whole back up was around 2.5gb. i disabled the system restore, virtual memory before creating backup, so that the backup size is smaller.

Normally I only back up file that I downloaded from the internet like anime, diggnation video, and my save games. I burned them to DVD or my external hard drive. But I never back up my operating system or installed program.

I back up my 750GB hard drive using a 250GB external drive which I hold my pictures, music and other personal files. Games are on DVD and CD discs so I don't need to back those up. For smaller files, I back up using my 4GB pen drive.

I just put the pictures i have of the kids on a dvd. . that's the only important thing that can't be replaced on my hard drives. I have two. . what are you trying to backup ?

I used to keep all my files on zip disk where I have a zip drive as a removable hardware. I also kept most of my important files on a jump drive, which is also removable. When I had my old computer, I used to switch the old hard drive from my computer case to a new slender one. Since I do not have my old computer anymore, I had taken a computer networking class that consist of changing hard drives from usable computer cases to make other computer systems work well.

you don't need to copy your entire c: drive because it has unnecessary files like the Program Files folder, the WINDOWS folder, and parts of the Documents and Settings folder. You should only need to backup your important documents/photos/music/videos because even if you do backup the unnecessary folders, you can't import them back, you would still need to reinstall the operating system. Use a synchronization program like Syncback (theres a freeware version available) and set up a syncing profile where your important folders are the source and the destination is an external hard drive/ftp server/etc.