My Documents backup

The My Documents folder most likely contains lots of of your important files. Most Windows programs, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, as well as Access save their data in My Documents folder. The My Documents folder may contain subfolders such as My Pictures, My Music and My Downloads which you may wish to backup separately. Those folders usually take up a bunch of space, as well as they are therefore recommended to be taken care separately.

We recommend backing up only those files that cannot be easily re-created. Generally speaking, these would be files which you make and save to your hard drive. Files which you created usually have a name which you assigned to them. Do backup your personal files, such as files created or named through you, files that are difficult to re-create, your financial files, files used frequently, such as your contacts, files special to you, such as your digital pictures. Dont back up operating method files, program files or applications, those with the .exe, .dll, .ocx, .hlp or .chm extensions. Dont back up temporary files with the .tmp and .bak extensions.

Also note which you may have placed some or of the important files on your desktop, the common location for program shortcuts and start icons. Many users tend to do this. My Documents, a standard Windows folder for storing personal documents, is where we are advising you to put all the important documents, pictures, files, as well as other information you do not wish to loose, so that your data can easily be backed up from one central location. The default location of My Documents folder will vary depending on what version of Windows youre running:

C:WindowsPersonal on Windows 95.

C:My Documents on Windows 98, ME.

C:Documents and SettingsUser NameMy Documents on Windows ME, 2000, XP.

These are typical locations, as well as they may vary greatly across unique computer configurations.

Your most important personal files usually have some of the following common file data extensions:

Microsoft Word (.doc, .rtf, .dot) documents.

Microsoft Excel (.xls, .xlt) tables and spreadsheets.

Microsoft PowerPoint (.ppt, .pps, .pot) presentations.

Database (.mdb, .dbf, .csv, .db, .xml) files.

Internet (.html, .txt, .pdf) documents.

Digital photo (.tif, .jpg) pictures.