One choice you have for protecting your important data is to save everything to an external backup such as CD-ROM or zip drive. All you have to do then is recover the proper files from the backup source. The problem you face with this is that you need to be able to get at the removable media.
This does mean that you have to do the backup on a regularly. You can set an automatic backup to save important files to tape or disk. This form of backup is simple to perform and inexpensive. You only pay for the addition tapes or disks.
The benefit of using removable media for storing your backups is that you can store the media in a different location than your computer. If you have a problem, such as a fire or break-in, at your normal place of work and have taken the precaution of storing your backups elsewhere, you will not have lost all of your valuable data.
