hi,what files should i be backing up?? is there any other way of doing it but not using a lot of discs and what discs are best?(dvd-r,dvd-rw,ram etc etc)
Yes, buy a large external hard drive. =) For backing stuff up, I would just use DVD-R's because they're cheaper than RW's, unless you're backing up small files every single day, then just keep adding them to the same DVD-RW disc. You should backup any files that are critical to you. For instance, I backup all my school work on a weekly basis, along with all my other documents, and web design files. I do a full backup of mp3's, applications, games, photos, about every month.
thats ok,but if your doing that every month or so do you not have a lot of disc expense?? and should i back up operating system files??
Should I backup operating system files? I don't think you should, unless there's settings or saved features you want to keep. (like log files for chats for example) Do you have a lot of disc expense? I do my backups to a external usb 2.0 hard disk, and then back it up on another hard drive on my server. I only actually do complete backups to DVD-R's about twice a year.
