How do you backup a HD and what does that mean?

[tpolcha]

I understand it is a way of keeping record of the files and status of your PC.  I don't know anything else, like how to go about it.  Where is the backup stored, what steps to perform the task and how often are just a few of my initial questions I have trying to understand the process.  

[fffreak]

Well there are numerous ways in doing so. You can copy all of your important files onto a flash drive(depending on size of memory taken on harddrive), you can burn them to a dvd, you can get an external harddrive, or you can simply get another internal harddrive and back them up on it. I would recommend an external harddrive only because of the storage that most of them support now and how fast the process can be done. Here is a place to get you started since USB external harddrives would probably be the easiest and fastest way...

[GX1_Man]

First we much teach you how to Google. Click on this:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=how+to+backup+hard+drive