Windows Backups

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If you use Windows Vista, it comes with a straightforward way to backup your files (not the OS) regularly to the HDA.

To use it, go to the Backup and restore Center (Start -> Control Panel -> Backup & Restore):

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In it, you can configure settings (in "Change settings) to make Vista do backups to your HDA daily, weekly or monthly.

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All you have to specify is that you want to backup to the network, e.g. to

       \\hda\files\backups\[machine]

Where [machine] is your machine name.

The first time it runs it will back up all your files. Subsequent backups are incremental: only what changed since last backup is saved.

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It saves your files in the form of zip files, to they are easy to recover, even without using the vista "Restore Files" program.