It is customary to store all important information in several copies. You can lose the desired file stored on your computer through viruses or a hard disk breakdown. Although modern hard drives are quite reliable, no one is immune from their breakdown. The necessary information should be saved on separate media. For example, on a USB flash drive. And the best solution for storing information would be to create an archive copy. This will help save space on the flash drive. Also zipped files are more secure.
Necessary
Computer, Internet access, WinRAR archiver
Instructions
Step 1
Before creating an archive copy, first download the appropriate program. Today the most widespread and easy-to-use archiver is WinRAR. Download WinRAR. Install the program on your computer.
Step 2
Select the file you want to back up. If the file name is written in Cyrillic, it is better to rename it using Latin characters. In case of problems, archive files with Latin symbols are much easier to recover. Click on the selected file with the right mouse button. The context menu of the file will appear, in which the commands for working with the archiver will also be available. Click on the "add to archive" command. You will be taken to the archiver operation menu. Now in more detail about the possibilities of creating archive lint.
Step 3
If you want a simple backup copy of the file, you don't need to select any additional commands. Just after getting into the menu of the archiver, click "OK" and an archive copy of the file will be saved.
Step 4
If you want to increase the compression ratio of the file, select “maximum” in the “compression method” menu. Also, other compression methods are available in this menu "high speed", "good". Select the compression method you want.
Step 5
If you need to restrict access to the archive copy for security purposes, you can set a password. In the archiver operation menu, click on the "advanced" tab. Then click on the "set password" tab. Two lines of password entry will appear. First enter your desired password on the top line. Then repeat the same password on the bottom line. Passwords must match exactly.
Step 6
If you are going to create an archive copy of a larger file, keep in mind that the archiver will work much slower and the compression percentage will be very low. In the "advanced" tab, you can select the parameters "shutdown the computer after the end of archiving", "background program operation", etc.
