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Backing up your operating system and data is very important. There are a lot of things that can harm your computer in such a way, that you will have no other option but to format your hard drive and reinstall your operating system. That could happen unexpectedly, too. And if you don’t have all your settings and data backed up, they will be lost. In this article I’m going to show you how to back up Windows Vista.

Before you backup, I’d recommend you to partition your hard drive, or even better, get a second one. It is best to keep your OS and data on separate partitions – that keeps your files safer and allows various backup methods. Also it can make your computer faster, because this way disk fragmentation is reduced. Separating your data from your OS doesn’t mean that you have to install programs on a separate partition.

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