How to take backup of your computer?

Unfortunate and unlikely things happen in this world and you never know when they are going to happen. A computer hard disk failure is also one of those unfortunate things which can happen at any moment. These days our important documents, pictures, audios and videos, almost everything are stored in our PCs and Laptops.  At times due to hard disk failure we lose very important data and which cannot be recovered. But Microsoft has done one very fortunate thing in Windows 7 by creating built-in backup feature. We just have to follow few steps to take the backup of our computer. The below step-by-step tutorial will guide you to take the data backup of your computer.

STEP 1: Click on the Start menu and go to Control Panel


STEP 2: Under the heading "System and Security", click on "Back up your computer"

STEP 3: Inside "Backup and Restore Control Panel" there are many options.  Click on "Set up backup", as we are going to take backup of our computer.

STEP 4: Windows will now set-up your backup software


STEP 5: Now, select a data storage destination where your backup will be stored. In this step all the locations where the backup data can be stored will be listed (including your DVD drive, external storage devices like external hard disk, pen drive etc.) We are using D: drive to store the backup so we have chosen D: drive. Once the destination is selected, click "Next".



STEP 6: In this step, either select the files manually or let the Windows select the most common files. Here, it also creates a backup schedule.
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STEP 7: Click "Save settings" & then "backup now" to finish the process.


STEP 8: The data backup is in process now. No matter data lose !

Hope you liked this tutorial for backup of your computer data.


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