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style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><a class="lb_lazy" href="http://cdn.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/settings1.png"><img alt="zzBv" data-original="http://cdn.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/settings1.png" src="http://cdn.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/settings1.png" style="display: block;" /></a></span></span><br /> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Select the files and folder to include in the backup.  Also notice you can select the option to create an image of your local drive.</span></span><br /> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><a class="lb_lazy" href="http://cdn.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/choose.png"><img alt="zzBv" data-original="http://cdn.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/choose.png" src="http://cdn.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/choose.png" style="display: block;" /></a></span></span><br /> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Now review the backup job and make sure everything looks correct. </span></span><br /> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><a class="lb_lazy" href="http://cdn.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/review.png"><img alt="zzBv" data-original="http://cdn.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/review.png" src="http://cdn.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/review.png" style="display: block;" /></a></span></span><br /> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Here you can also schedule the days and times the backup occurs.</span></span><br /> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><a class="lb_lazy" href="http://cdn.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/schedule.png"><img alt="zzBv" data-original="http://cdn.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/schedule.png" src="http://cdn.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/schedule.png" style="display: block;" /></a></span></span><br /> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Save the backup settings and kick off your first backup and while it runs you can monitor the progress.</span></span><br /> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><a class="lb_lazy" href="http://cdn.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/inprogress.png"><img alt="zzBv" data-original="http://cdn.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/inprogress.png" src="http://cdn.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/inprogress.png" style="display: block;" /></a> </span></span><br /> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Click the View Details button to see exactly what is being backup during the process.</span></span><br /> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><a class="lb_lazy" href="http://cdn.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/details.png"><img alt="zzBv" 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size of the backups folder.</span></span><br /> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><a class="lb_lazy" href="http://cdn.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/managemenu.png"><img alt="zzBv" data-original="http://cdn.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/managemenu.png" src="http://cdn.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/managemenu.png" style="display: block;" /></a></span></span><br /> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><b>Restore Files from Backup</b></span></span><br /> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">If you need to go back and restore a file from a backup click on Restore my files in the Backup and Restore Center.</span></span><br /> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><a class="lb_lazy" href="http://cdn.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/rest.png"><img alt="zzBv" data-original="http://cdn.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/rest.png" 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href="http://cdn.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/location.png"><img alt="zzBv" data-original="http://cdn.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/location.png" src="http://cdn.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/location.png" style="display: block;" /></a></span></span><br /> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Progress of the restoration will vary depending on the size of the data and location it’s restoring from.</span></span><br /> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><a class="lb_lazy" href="http://cdn.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/prog.png"><img alt="zzBv" data-original="http://cdn.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/prog.png" src="http://cdn.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/prog.png" style="display: block;" /></a> </span></span><br /> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><b>Manage Backup Size</b></span></span><br /> <span style="color: #333333;"><span 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data-original="http://cdn.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/mgspace.png" src="http://cdn.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/mgspace.png" style="display: block;" /></a> </span></span><br /> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Click on the View backups button to check the different dated backups where you can delete older ones if needed.</span></span><br /> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><a class="lb_lazy" href="http://cdn.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/sshot2.png"><img alt="zzBv" data-original="http://cdn.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/sshot2.png" src="http://cdn.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/sshot2.png" style="display: block;" /></a></span></span><br /> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">You can also change how windows retains older system images.</span></span><br /> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><a class="lb_lazy" href="http://cdn.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/mgsettinggs.png"><img alt="zzBv" data-original="http://cdn.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/mgsettinggs.png" src="http://cdn.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/mgsettinggs.png" style="display: block;" /></a></span></span><br /> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Backing up data is one of the most important but overlooked tasks for a computer user.  If you have another backup app you might not consider letting Windows do it, but overall, the new backup and restore utility in Windows 7 is much better than previous versions.</span></span></div>

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