If you have ever lost everything on your computer hard drive in the past, you are likely going to do backups on a regular basis. I just use the Microsoft Back Up on Windows 7 that is set to back up every week, and also use an HP USB hard drive that backs up data every 5 minutes, and when the computer finishes a boot, the HP drive does an immediate back up on things that have changed since it was last backed up. Both the full back ups and interim back ups are automatic and I don't have to take any action to complete them. Large back up hard drives are relatively cheap today, and there is no reason to avoid doing things like this. Both of these programs require some set up, but after that you can leave them along and they will take care of things.
I can still remember having to do back ups to tapes, and that could be an exercise in futility.
Why haven't you backed up your data?
-- I have nothing important to back up.
-- I don't know how to. (Visit our forums or do a Google search on the subject.)
-- I'm lazy. (I hope we don't see you in the forums when failure does happen.)
-- I don't have the time. (How much time do you think it will take to
recover your important data?)
-- I've been meaning to, but haven't gotten around to it. (Have you
heard of Murphy's Law?)
-- I like living on the edge. (I hope we don't see you in the forums
when failure does happen.)
-- I used to, but I'm so far behind, I gave up. (It's never too late.)
-- Other excuses (What's your reason?)
-- I do backup already.

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