Windows Backup A Definite Lifesaver

Jul.15, 2009 in Computers

If you are like me whose life and property, and the security of the 2, depends on the soundness of the Windows system, better have a windows backup installed!

Prepare for Disaster

Ever had the experience when your PC just had too much to handle and crashes? Sweeping away everything it ever stored and rebooting like a clean slate? Gone are all the worksheets and documents that outline each bit of your life. It has happened to me far too often and that is why the windows backup is a definite lifesaver for me.

Not Actually Everything

With a windows backup everything is revived back just the way settings and files are prior to the cardiac arrest of your personal computer. So set the backup points as often as possible. I try and run the backup each time I am finished working on something big. Though, that does not actually help when the crash comes in the middle of something.

Created accounts are also revived provided they were created prior to the backup. If they were made after running windows backup, say good bye to the accounts and hi to making them back. Amazingly though, most info files from the wiped out accounts remain in tact.

Windows backup will have zilch to do for your protection against viruses, worms and such like ; it will definitely protect you from having everything getting wiped off when the crash comes along. Caution though , the backup could also restore the viruses, thus crashing and restoring will just be a vicious cycle in your computer, investing in a good anti-virus is a good follow through.