A Head Crash

Backup, in the general sense, can mean two things: You can back up your files (saving folders of photos, music, videos, documents and emails), or you can back up your entire computer (creating a full bit-for-bit image of your hard drive frozen in time at the point of backup). For Windows Vista and Windows 7, both backup options are available in the Backup and Restore menu within the Control Panel. Some backup systems, such as Iomega's QuikProtect, simply create and manage one-to-one file-level backups of your data. …