When is the last time you backed up your PC?

United States
December 1, 2006 9:33am CST
My laptop just rebooted itself unexpectedly so I did a quick backup of my data to CD. I try not to keep too many important files on my hard drive without backing them up regularly. Unfortunately I have been burned in the past. How about you - when is the last time you backed up your data? If it's been awhile, you definitely should!
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@raj0019 (2623)
• Argentina
1 Dec 06
I backed up my pc about a week ago, i dont need it actually, coz there is not much important data stored. I have all the software cd's avilable even if i have to format my pc someday.
• United States
1 Dec 06
Good for you for backing up recently and for not keeping much on your hard drive. More people should do this, me included.
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@kgwat70 (13387)
• United States
1 Dec 06
I agree as well that it is good that you have backed up your pc and did it recently. I have had to format my computer before and was glad that I had things stored on a cd.
@mayakup (1303)
• United States
1 Dec 06
i should do it more - i do it once a month
• United States
1 Dec 06
Once a month is still better than most people. Good job!
@weemam (13372)
27 Jan 07
I never do I just leave it to my son as he has the qualifications to do it . Makes life a lot easier fo me . xx
@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
1 Dec 06
I do it quite regular I have all my back ups
• United States
1 Dec 06
That's great that you back up and keep them. It's a great habit to have.
@Sonikk (40)
• Norway
26 Jan 07
I back it up every day at 16:00.. My Norton Ghost do it for me :D I save the backup on an external hard disk!
• United States
24 Aug 08
We just had this kill us a couple months ago... and up until then we had not backuped anything. WE now back up every couple weeks just so we dont have to go through that agian...
@amitavroy (4819)
• India
2 Jan 07
well i back up my important docs and my clients folder every sunday and also after that i clean my compter. yes this is my every weekend rioutine
@vhansen (2029)
• United States
11 Jan 07
The ones at work are backed up monthly on zip files.My personal pcs are another matter.I make a back up when I first run them and then that's it.I know that's horrible but I really don't have anything important on them.Or nothing not replaceable anyway.
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
2 Jan 07
you are absolutely right and the backup thing a really must thing for users. i take backup of my important files everday , since my system has all patients's data and those get updated every single day! (i work in a hospital). i take backup in a a removal pendrive and use it at home aswell when required. every month i burn some inert data to CDs and delete them from computer. i have be alert everytime my computer reboots, i keep my fingers crossed for u never know!!
• India
17 Jan 07
Well, I never back up my system. But I follow a different method of backing up data. I never put any important sensitive data on the drive where my operating system resides. Infact I have got a secondary hard disk drive just for storing information. In that way I feel that my data is safe from system crashes. The Operating system drive is volatile in my case, just because I format it every month, and I can't assure myself whether I have all the files backed up or not. So I have nothing in my C: drive, except the OS, few program files. I also keep a backup(setup) for every program which needs to be installed after formating my system. Other things I keep is an image of my OS drive using GHOST. With this it's just like copying files back into my OS drive instead of the awesomely long procedure of windows installation.
@tibbler (229)
• United States
26 Jan 07
I just backedup today. I try & do it two or three times a month so that I don't lose any thing.
• Hong Kong
26 Jan 07
It was just few weeks ago.Because my mac was breakdown.And just few days after my backup.So it is lucky for me to do backup before the computer breaks down.All my school files and document are save! I am a bit lucky!I did those backup and recorded in dvds and also cd.One of the easiest way to do backup.And also portable hard drive, ANOTHER GOOD choice.
@Mafia101 (40)
• Estonia
11 Jan 07
oh.. in summer i think. That was half year ago :P
@flikkenni (537)
• Indonesia
18 Jan 07
I always backup my data in a CD or DVD. Because backing up a data is very needed cause you don't know what might happen to your computer. If you didn't back up a data in a CD or another drive, maybe if sometimes suddenly your computer crashes you might have lost all your data.
@cpamanda (693)
• United States
28 Dec 06
I am bad about this. I do some side work and I always back up these files regularly. And my company files, I back them up. But when it comes to my personal files on the computer, I am embarassed to say I cannot remember the last time I did this. Now that you reminded me, I might do it today. Thanks
• United States
28 Dec 06
We did a backup about 3 days ago, we have a separate harddrive where we keep everything and actually there is not much in the pc. :)
@gopal_85 (509)
• India
25 Dec 06
i just backed it up three days ago
@irisheyes (4370)
• United States
28 Dec 06
I've never backed up my computer and I've been working from it for about eight years now. Guess I've been lucky. (I'm good about erasing files & defragging so maybe that helps)
• India
25 Dec 06
never!!!
@aneer72 (179)
• India
2 Jan 07
Yesterday. (mostly on the start of the week every week). I use a CD to back up. Will have to look for larger back up means when the back matter gets bigger