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+**Set a Schedule—and Stick to It**
+If you're disciplined enough, you can repeat the above steps once each week and perform regular backups when you're ready. If you'd rather not count on remembering to perform this crucial task, however, set up an automatic backup schedule for Windows.
+When you get to the final page of the Backup Wizard (see Figure 3 above), don't click **Finish**. Instead, click the **Advanced** button, and click **Next** to open the **When to Back Up** page. Choose **Later**, and then click **Set Schedule** to open the **Schedule Job** dialog box shown in Figure 4.
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+This example shows the settings for a weekly backup on Friday afternoon—a good way to make sure your week's work is protected. But you can set almost any schedule you want by poking around in the extensive set of options available in this dialog box. After you click OK to save your changes, Windows XP runs the backup automatically. Just remember to leave your computer turned on.
+All in all, you can count on backing up 5 GB of data in as little as 10 minutes. And you don't need to worry about shutting down running programs, either—thanks to a feature called volume shadow copy, the Backup utility can safely create a copy of any file, even if it's currently in use. For more information, see the Microsoft TechNet article, Volume Shadow Copy Technology.
 Enjoy,