My Documents Backup, Favorites Backup and Desktop Backup

With Handy Backup program you can easily backup Windows Registry, Outlook and Outlook Express data, backup ICQ files and anything you wish.

Backup My Documents, Favorites and Desktop folders to recover should something gets deleted or a hard disk crashes.

Why backup the My Documents, Favorites and Desktop folders?

By running a backup of your special folders, you ensure you will be able to recover their contents should they get deleted, damaged or a hard disk crashes.

Where to backup the My Documents, Favorites and Desktop folders?

You can backup any of the special folders anywhere you like: DVD, CD, FTP server, a network computer or an USB drive. As the Desktop and Favorites folders are small, they can be fit to any backup set. As the size of the My Documents folder varies from user to user, the choice of a backup medium should be considered more thoroughly. Most likely, the best way to backup medium for your My Documents folder is DVD or another hard disk (internal, external or USB).

How to backup the My Documents, Favorites and Desktop folders?

To backup your special folders, you just need to download, install and launch Handy Backup, choose the "Simple Wizard", click on the "Add" button, and select any or all of the folders you want to backup. You can add anything you want to the backup set too. If you want to backup only a certain file extension or two, you should choose the "Advanced Wizard", where you will be able to exclude any file types or backup files of only specified extensions. As a bonus, you can exclude all temporary files from the backup set by pressing the corresponding button. After selecting the folders, you can choose to compress and/or encrypt the files, and specify a backup schedule for the task (a backup task you have just created). You can launch the task immediately by pressing the "Finish" button or later by unchecking the "Run the task immediately" option first.

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