- 1). Insert the blank CD into the CD drive of your computer.
- 2). Open the "Start" menu, expand the "Programs" menu, open "Accessories," click on "System Tools," and then open the "Backup" tool. A window called "Microsoft Backup" will appear.
- 3). Click on "Create a new backup job" and then click the "OK" button to move to the next screen.
- 4). Click "Back up My Computer" if you want to back up every file on your computer's hard drive. If you want to backup a select few files or folders, click on the "Back up selected files, folders, and drives." Now click the "Next" button.
- 5). Select the files, folders and drives by putting checks in the boxes next to the files, folders, or drives in the list on the left. When you have selected all the files that you want to backup, click "Next." If you chose the "Back up My Computer" option in step 4, skip this step.
- 6). Select the CD drive in the box under "Where to back up," which will usually be drive (D:) [if you have two hard drives, it might appear as drive (E:)]. Click "Next" when you have selected the CD drive.
- 7). Name your backup file in the next window. You can choose any name for the backup, such as "Joe's Backup." Click "Open" when you have typed in a name.
- 8). Select "Compress the backup data to save space" option and click "Next."
- 9). Type in a name for the backup you've created. This is useful if you want to create another similar backup; instead of clicking "Create a new backup job" in step 3, you would select the "Open an Existing Backup Job," which is a much faster process, as all the files and folders you want to back up are selected, as well as the backup settings. Click "Start" when you finish. The actual backup process will now begin on your computer.
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Insert another disk if the "Insert another disk to continue" pops up. If you are backing up the entire hard drive and you have more than 700MB of data on the HD, you will use more than one CD. - 11
Click "OK" when the backup process has finished. This closes the backup tool.
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