PERIODIC BACKUPS OF data on your PC are crucial if you don’t want to run the risk of losing all your data. A lot of people use third-party utilities because they are not aware that Windows includes it own backup program. The backup utility built in with Windows XP and Vista is free, handy and reliable. In fact the whole process can take as ten minutes a week and you can let Windows do that for you.

The backup utility will be ready-to-use on an installation of Windows XP Professional edition. In the Home edition, the program has to be installed from the Control Panel’s ‘Add/Remove Windows Components’ applet (keep a Window XP CD ready, for files to be installed from it).Follow the steps below to configure automatic backup in Windows XP: Read more…