Your computer is running fine right now and you want to keep it that way.
if you're unlucky enough that it breaks , you know its a hassle just to figure it all out, fix it, then reinstall Windows and all softwares, configure it all like it was before.
Don't even mention loosing all your documents, files and all that. Want to restart from scratch ? Hours of frustration and maybe days to get back up and running.
Nah, save yourself the headaches, do a backup.
All you need is:
1) External hard drive usb enclosure (20-30$, enclosure must match type of backup drive, ide or sata)
2) a free Hard drive, lets call it your backup drive (70-100$ , buy it same size or double the size of your OS drive)
3) Norton ghost or Acronis true image software and boot cd
4) use a calendar, email, google calendar, as a reminder for monthly backups.
i just did mine on the 1st, it took just 30mins for my 80gig OS drive to
get backed up + compressed down to 30gigs on my external drive.
if you need to restore it : boot with CD or usb key, restore from external drive to OS drive.
20mins, you're back online, no muss no fuss.
Best $$ ever spent on software.
Note: backups must be done regularly, 1st of the month or more often. An old backup won't be much use if its from 6months ago.
Think about all the changes you've made since your backup. if its important: back it up!
Settings and documents you've created, updated, changed since then, etc.
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