Once again the backup features that Windows has to offer are supplied courtesy of Seagate Software. The interface and commands are instantly recognisable, but there are a collection of new options. You can use Backup to create backup copies on your hard disk, floppy disk, a tape drive, or another computer on your network. If any of your files become damaged, or lost, you can then replace them easily. To create a Backup you select New from the Job menu. It is then simply a case of placing check marks in the Explorer-type window against the files and folders that you want to make a copy of. It then just remains to select a destination for these files. From the Job/Options command you are presented with a variety of configurable options via a tabbed dialog box. These include General, Password, Type, Exclude, Report and Advanced. The Advanced tab lets you decide whether to backup the Windows Registry, or not. Once you have selected your options choose Save from the Job menu and click Start. There are three groups of tools available, which are Media, Report and Preference. The Media tools will not be available until you have at least one backup device installed. The tools are Identify, Format, Initialise, Erase, Retension and Rename. The Format Erase and Initialise commands destroy all data on the target media, so be warned! If you have multiple backup devices attached to your system, each one, along with its own set of tools will be listed separately. The Report options are straightforward, in that you can choose to either View, or Print a report file. The Preferences dialog enables you to specify, by placing a check mark into the boxes provided the following: whether to show the startup dialog when Backup is started; whether to back up or restore the registry when backing up or restoring the Windows directory; and whether to show the number and size of files before backing up, restoring and comparing data.