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Backup/Restore

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Possibly the most important concept in computing is that of backup. This is especially true regarding Internet safety.

The idea of backing up is to make a copy of your important data as a precaution against losing the original.

Many home users will make backups of important files to CDs or even DVDs whereas business users will typically have a more robust backup/restore strategy with expensive hardware and software.

Note: Some operating systems have the facility to take a dated snapshot of a fully working system. This snapshot can be used to restore the system back to this snapshot if something goes wrong later. This snapshot is called a restore point.

Click on this link to read more about backup: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backup

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