❎ Knowing how to back up your computer is critical to avoiding data loss but can seem complicated. I'll give a suggestion for typical users. ❎ How to back up Backing up means making additional copies of your data or system, and keeping those copies in other locations. You can copy data files or use imaging software to back up entire hard disks. You can keep your backups on external drives or back up a subset of your data to the cloud. What’s most important is that you set up a backup system that works for you, and works with little effort, so that when, not if, something happens, you’ll be prepared. Updates, related links, and more discussion: 🔔 Subscribe to the Ask Leo! YouTube channel for more tech videos & answers: ✅ Watch next ▶ How to Back Up Encrypted Data ▶ Chapters 0:00 Back Up My Computer 0:20 What is backing up? 1:15 Types of backups 1:20 Copying data 1:40 Imaging your system. 2:40 Backup locations 5:10 Backing up in 3, 2, 1… 5:30 My recommendation ❤️ My best articles: ❤️ My Most Important Article: More Ask Leo! ☑️ to get your questions answered ☑️ to subscribe to the Confident Computing newsletter. ☑️ to help support Ask Leo! ☑️ for even more! #askleo #backup #computer