Do you make backups?

[Smith6612]

I make backups of a few of our PCs on a routine basis, however my own PCs don't have anything important on them that need backing up. It's all games or programs that can be re-downloaded from the Internet. They are not mission critical.

[cybrax]

3 - 2 - 1 Backup Statergy

THREE copies of data
TWO types of media (and verify your DVD/CD's after burning! )
ONE stored offsite

Memory sticks/ thumb drives are ideal for this sort of thing as well and there's a great little free package called "B-Cup" with some nice features. Able to update a mirror copy or create sequential snapshots of designated folders at startup/shutdown and timed intervals. External HDD's are also useful being highly portable in case of emergency and small enough to fit in a modest size firesafe for overnight safety.

[supanut200042]

It doesn't matter how stable your operating system is if your hard drive fails. And RAID is not backup, by the way -- there's no way to recover from an unintentional bad write (or a delete, if you're using a high-security deletion/overwrite method).

I agree. I had experienced hard drive failure in the fast where a black-out occurs, and it broke the hard drive, causing me to lose many stuffs. But now I have UPS I don't have to worry. But the most important thing that I have to make backup is my Firefox profile. It's very easy to backup, unlike that of IE. All of my downloads are also important, but I only back them up if necessary.