What would happen if you lost all the data on your computer, would it create problems for you ?
This is the procedure in Windows XP to do a basic backup.
I have just run the above procedure on my own system, backing up 280GB to a 1TB external USB drive, and it is saying it will take about 11 hours to complete.
More information on this is available at:
http://www.microsoft.com/protect/data/backup/about.aspx
and at:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/maintain/backupfiles.mspx
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