Originally Posted by altis

Create several partitions on your hard drive(s). Nominate one to store all your work - and nothing else.

Change the location of your 'My Documents' folder to it. Right click on 'My Documents' and select properties and then move it where you like.

Unfortunately, this doesn't move the location of your address book and email. To do this you need to edit the registry. I can't remember the key off the top of my head but, if you know where your data is held currently, then it's easy to search for it.

Now back up the whole partition every time. I use DVD-RAM which works fine (if a little slow). Also, if Windows gets in a pickle and you have to reformat your drive, simple leave your work alone and it will still be there afterwards