Whatever the precautions taken, do not run any more the risk to lose your personal data because of an accident or an act of ill will.
Choose a setting with the effective and durable shelter.
It is absolutely necessary to regularly safeguard your most important files by using the tools of safeguard and protection which offers Windows or other software.
The ideal is to make safeguards before all installations of software or hardware.

Partition the hard disk.
First of all, to be serene, partition the hard disk in two partitions, to see more. Thus, on the local disc C will be installed all information of Windows and the software. On the other local disc, you will be able to put all your personal data at it, the software which is not yet on a free support etc... Like that, in the event of problem, all your files will be well insulated. If you are a fan of plays, create a partition moreover for this purpose.
With this intention, there is on the market of very good partitionneurs who do not require many knowledge, like PartitionMagic de PowerQuest or Partition Manageur to Ranish.

Create a diskette of starting.
The diskette of starting is essential if Windows refuses to start. Go in the Control panel and click on add/delete of programs, go in the Diskette mitre of starting and follow the procedure.

Safeguard the base of register.
The base of register is very important for the system. I advise you to safeguard it rather regularly in order to avoid not badly surprises. You can, if you safeguarded it dice the installation of Windows, find all with the original, setting besides all the software and files create after.
To safeguard the base of register, it is necessary to go in start, Execute and to type regedit. In the bar of menu go in Registre, click on Export a file of the Register. and notch the all box after having shown the way as well as the name of the safeguard.

For Windows XP, safeguard the files of activation.
To be able to reinstall Windows XP without passing by the telephone or Internet, it is necessary to keep the files of activation. Using research, type the file wpa.dbl which you will copy from a diskette. If you want to reactivate Windows, to start in mode without failure, seek the file which you will replace by that of the diskette.

Create points of restoration.
To badly avoid not problems at the time of installation of software, to see appearances of viruses which could erase your files, it would be necessary to review restoration and to make safeguards of the base of Register.
For the safeguard of the base of Register I refer to you in the paragraph Sauvegarder the base of register, higher. To found a point of restoration, it is necessary to go in start/Accessory and Restoration of the system. In the new window, click on on create a point of restoration and let guide itself.
I would advise you not to use the software of Microsoft which is already installed on the PC but to choose another software of restoration. And if by bad luck you have a super virus which does much damage on the system or a large pip which occurs following a bug of Windows, there are strong chances that you cannot restore a point of restoration. There is enough program on the Net, but GoBack is well to carry out the safeguards of the system.

Use the utility of maintenance of Windows.
Go in start/Programmes/Accessory/tools System and Assistant Maintenance. That makes it possible to optimize Windows as well as possible.

Use the Backup software of Windows.
To find it go in start/Programmes/Accessoires/Outils System and click on Backup or Safeguard. This application records the files by memorizing the site where they were stored. Thus, to recover your data, it is enough for you to go to seek them on their site of origin.

Not the safe one safeguard on the PC.
Do not make safeguard on the hard disk, even on a partition bus if your computer falls really broken down, you will not be able to find your documents any more. Use external mediums.

Use ScanDisk.
You must, at least once by week, to carry out the ScanDisk software on the hard disk. That makes it possible to detect errors of the reader and to repair them. It is not necessary to carry out a complete scan, except if you l’ did not make for a long time.

Update of the antivirus.
It will never be said to you enough : make updates of your antivirus. If you receive a blasted virus which rots you the life whereas you have not made of update for one month, it is of your fault.
I hope that you have a fire wall, if not you are unforgivable....

Camouflage the reader of safeguard.
It is to better camouflage it if you are not sure of the personnel which surrounds you. It is enough to use the TweakUI software and to strip the reader concerned in the mitre Working station, thus, nobody will find it.

Safeguard in real time.
That makes one hour, less or more, that you work on a file and patatrac a bug says to you that it is necessary to start again the PC and of course the not safeguarded data will not be taken into account ..... Horror!!!
Think of safeguarding your document of time to other to avoid this fate. All the programs has a function of safeguard. Try to press at the same time on the Ctrl+S keys to make instantaneous safeguards during your work or will see small Fichier of your program to know the short cut keyboard, it is more practical.

Make autosavings.
The majority of the current programs have a function of autosaving. It is enough for you to go in the options of the software to notch the allways box to create a backup copy.

Preserve your address book of Outlook as well as the messages.
To safeguard the address book as well as the e-mails, you have two possibilities.
First is to even do it you. In Outlook, go in small files and respectively select Exporter then Message and Address book. Choose finally the way of the safeguard. You can just as easily print the list of the e-mails. It is enough to make the same thing, once click on a file (and not an e-mail) and instead of choosing Exporter, choose Imprimer. Either you can use software which is conceived for this effect. Me I recommend E-BackUp: E-BackUp is a software of safeguard for Outlook Express and your personal data. With this software you can safeguard, restore and transfer your data of Outlook Express, address book and Favourites Internet To explore but also your file containing your current documents. Employ to create a compressed copy of help of your data of Outlook Express and your file My documents and to store it on a CD-RW by making simple copy/stick backup file towards your engraver. To restore your data, it is enough for you just to launch the program and to restore the safeguard. Moreover, you can make an automatic programming of the safeguards and their compressions are compatible with winzip.

Preserve the models and parameters of Office.
To safeguard the parameters and the models of Office, it is necessary to make a research handbook to find the various files.
Seek the files with the extension *.* dic for the custom dictionaries.
Seek the files with the extension *.* dowry for the Word documents.
Seek the files with the extension *.* xla for the macros of Excel.
Seek the files with the extension *.* pot for Power Point.
Seek the files with the extension *.* wpt for the Works documents.
Put these files in place on, either on diskette, or on CD-RW.

Safeguard favourites Internet To explore.
You have a good list of sites which you want to keep in order to avoid you remaking the same ones research and to waste time? Go in small Fichiers and choose Import/Export. In the assistant, choose Export the favourites which you will leave in format htm. To import them, you will make the same step but it will be necessary to ask Import favourites.

Keep the topics of Windows.
For those which personalized the office of Windows with the Plus utility! you will be able to safeguard the topic.
Go in Programmes Files/Plus! /Thème. Your files are there. For the music like for the images, they will have to be sought separately to safeguard them.

Safeguard plays.
It is very interesting to safeguard the parts in the course of the plays instead of all to start again once the play to reinstall. To seek the parts, in general they are always put in repertories dedicated for this purpose. It is enough to copy them, to give them, replace them in their respective files.

Resumption of the information engraved on the CD-R or other.
Will know that when you recopy the files which you safeguarded on supports CD-R, for example..., they will be placed on the system in reading alone and could not be used correctly. It is enough to make a right click on the file and to strip the Lecture box alone in small Property and notch Archive to be able to exploit it.

It is necessary to pay attention to those which want to read CD-R of a PC towards Mac or conversely. The format of engraving ISO 9660 is a universal format which is accepted by Linux and Unix and even by Macintosh. APPLE for a long time tries to reduce the problems of compatibility between the two systems whereas Microsoft ignores some. Thus to be able to read CD-R of a PC towards Mac, there are not major problems. It is not the case if you want to read a CD-R of Mac towards the PC. On Mac, you can use the last version of MacCD and choose for the engraving of CDs the standard ISO 9660 with the Joliet extensions. It is one of rare to be able stage all the problems of data transmissions towards other systems.

To avoid other problems, think of crypter your data. I propose to you to go to see the Cryptage chapter.

Think of locking the PC so that nobody can touch or deteriorate the files. Also, I propose to you to go to see the Paranoia chapter.

Lastly, if you use the PC within a professional framework, check your contract of insurance. Many insurance policies cover the trading losses for cause beyond control but exclude all the data-processing risks.

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