Back up files on your laptop

Equipment-

• A laptop.
• Either a USB drive/flash drive or
  a CD and DVD burning program or an external storage/hard drive device or a cloud storage platform or just a computer system.

Methods-

• USB drive/flash drive- Insert your USB drive/flash drive into your laptops USB port and then copy and paste or drag your important files onto your USB drive/flash drive's folder and then remove it when it is finished transferring the files.
• CD- Insert a blank CD into your CD player in your laptop and then open up your DVD burning program and select Data DVD in Disc Type and then drag all your important files onto the DVD burning program and give your CD a name and then click burn on the program and then remove the CD and close the program when it is finished transferring the files.
• External storage/hard drive device- Insert the external storage/hard drive device via the USB port in your laptop and then copy and paste or drag your important files onto your external storage/hard drive device and then remove it when it is finished transferring the files.
• Cloud storage platform- Using an internet or app based cloud storage such as Microsoft SkyDrive, you can download, install or use via the internet a cloud storage folder on your laptop which should automatically back up all of your files on your laptop every day and every time you save something new into your files and folders or you can manually copy and paste or drag your important files onto your cloud storage folder or sometimes the cloud storage folder will let you create new things on the actual folder, e.g. word documents on a Google Drive and storing it on Google Drive or Google Cloud Storage, and then close the window/tab when it is finished transferring the files. 
• Computer- On your laptop open the start menu and then click control panel and then click back up and restore, next click the back up now button and then close the window/tab when it is finished backing up and transferring all the files.

Tips-

• This is a guide for backing up files on a Windows 7, Dell laptop and certain features may differ on other laptops.
• It is safest to back up using a USB drive/flash drive, a CD or an External storage/hard drive device, or cloud storage but it doesn't hurt to complete a Computer back up as well, so that you can restore and recover files if needed.
• Remember to complete both back ups, mention in tip number two, regularly.
• Be careful and only choose trusted brands and companies when using cloud storage, to make sure their servers, etc. are reliable (e.g. Google, Microsoft, Amazon, etc.).