Back up your computer
Buy an external hard drive. What is an external hard drive? It is a device that connects to your computer by USB or firewire that has enough storage capacity for copies of all of the files that exist on your computer. In the event of a computer problem you can always recover your files from backup. You can buy an external hard drive from Target, Walmart or any computer store. You can also do a search at Amazon.com for external hard drive to find a large selection of possible devices. Pictured is a USB drive available from Iomega.

Procedures for Backing Up
Back up a Mac using Time Machine
Back up a Windows XP
Back up on Vista
Why Back Up?
Read this article: "Commentary: Protect your computer files and your practice.
Article from MD Consult: "Commentary: Protect your computer files and your practice."
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