How to protect your hard drive from data loss? This is not an idle question, considering that all information created by the owner is stored on the computer's hard drive. The loss of this data will be significant, since it will no longer be possible to recover it if a failure leads to reinstallation of the operating system, or the computer breaks down. Therefore, to preserve all the information available on your computer, you should create a backup copy or a disk image.
Necessary
- - computer;
- - USB stick.
Instructions
Step 1
This can be done using various utilities or programs that create copies of disks. But you can do without them, since the computer operating system provides a program for creating a copy of the hard disk. The hard drive can be backed up to an optional internal hard drive. You can use an external hard drive that connects to your computer via a USB port. Copies are easy to create on a USB stick or DVD.
Step 2
To create a copy, you need to go through several steps, which the system will tell you itself. But first, left-click on the "Start" button. Then select the Control Panel tab from the menu. A window will open in which you need to find and open the "Backup and Restore Center". This program allows you to create exact copies of all data stored on your hard drive in your computer in a few minutes.
Step 3
Left-click on the "File protection and archiving" option. In the window that opens, open the list of ways to save data. Select the one that suits you from the list. For example, drive D or removable media. Click Next. In the new window, select the data you want to save. Clicking "Next" again. In the window that opens, click on "Save parameters and create an archive".
Step 4
And the system will start backing up your computer's hard drive. If you've chosen an external storage device and you run out of space, don't worry. Change the medium and create the archive further. You can also use large USB sticks, for example 500 GB. In the future, you can transfer the entire copy back to your computer when you reinstall the system. Try to make copies on time, as you may have old information stored, and a lot of new information will accumulate during the use of the computer.
