How to back up your Windows 7 computer We brush our teeth, we pay our bills, but far too many of us fail to back up our data regularly. Don't let your first hard drive failure be your wake-up call.

Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson shows you how to back up your Windows computer to protect your files in case of a bad update, or if you spill coffee on your laptop.

Culture How to back up your Windows computer to a network hard drive The Windows 7 Backup utility is great--unless you want to use a networked hard drive for storage.

If you're in the market for an external hard drive to use for backing up your Windows 7 computer, you might be asking how much space you need. Microsoft recommends a hard drive with at least 200 ...