You're here because you want to learn how to make a backup copy of your important data! This site discusses what a backup is, and what it is not. It also will show you how to get started with a few different backup solutions.

Wouldn't you make a duplicate copy of your house, car, kids, or pets to store somewhere safe, if you could? If something happened to your house, you'd just go get the extra one out of storage and be back up and running. What's that? Timmy fell down the well at the old Johnson place? Don't worry about it, Lassie, just go get the copy of Timmy we made this morning from the shelf in the hall.

These examples may sound absurd, but the principle is exactly the same as making a data backup. When you consider that professional data recovery services can cost over $1000, a small investment of time now could pay off in the long run.