This article describes how to manually back up your personal files and settings in Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. To help save you lots of time and aggravation, we recommend that you take the precaution of regularly backing up your data and settings. However, a little prevention can go a long way to avoiding this ordeal. And, after you get the computer just the way that you want it, it can take a long time to reconfigure your personal settings on a new computer: desktop background, sounds, screensavers, and wireless network configurations to name just a few You might lose family photos, your music collection, or financial data. Losing data because of a computer problem or a hard disk crash is discouraging, to say the least. Windows 7 Enterprise Windows 7 Home Basic Windows 7 Home Premium Windows 7 Professional Windows 7 Starter Windows 7 Ultimate Windows Vista Business Windows Vista Enterprise Windows Vista Home Basic Windows Vista Home Premium Windows Vista Starter Windows Vista Ultimate Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Microsoft Windows XP Professional More.