In today’s digital world, almost everything we do, we do in front of the screen. So, there’s no such thing too many backups. If you can make a backup of your backup, do it. Fortunately, operating systems today provide easy ways to make a backup. Below are steps on how you can do a backup if you’re using a Mac or a Windows PC. (Note that for both systems, you’ll need a dedicated external hard drive to perform the task.)
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For Macs:
1. Open Time Machine preferences from the Time Machine menu in the menu bar. Or choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Time Machine.
2. Click Select Backup Disk, Select Disk, or Add or Remove Backup Disk.
3. Select a backup disk from the list, then click Use Disk.
4. For additional backup security and convenience, you can repeat these steps to add another backup disk. For example, you might use one backup disk while at home, and another backup disk while at work.
Time Machine will start to back up your whole machine and will do regular backups for the past hour, 24 hours and month.
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For Windows:
1. Right-click the Start button and launch Control Panel.
2. Click File History.
3. While in File History, click the System Image Backup link in the bottom-left corner of the screen.
4. Connect an external USB hard drive with enough free space.
5. In the backup wizard, you'll be prompted to choose from one of the three options to save the backup. For this example, we are going select the hard drive you just connected. However, keep in mind that you can backup to DVD blanks and a network share, but these options will slow down the backup process.
6. Click Next.
7. Confirm and begin the process by clicking Start backup.
The backup could take anywhere from 10 minutes to a couple of hours, depending on the amount of data and your computer’s processing power.
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