We have become so dependent on the information contained in our machines that loosing it is simply not an option anymore.

There is only one thing that is certain about hard drives, and that is that they will fail. Nobody knows when, but when they do, a lot is lost.

Backup solutions exist that can be used to transform all the data in a folder or in a drive to an archived external location in case of failure.

But what if you don't want to invest in a backup device or if you wanted to use your existing solution for a smaller periodic backup task?

In this article I will show you how to backup a folder and all its contents to another location on your computer. In my case, I have an internal 80 Gb. IDE drive that is the backup location.