How do I backup my drive?

[Immaculate]

How do I backup My SSD drives contents onto my HDD?
That way if something ever happens to it I can just restore from backup.

 

[HopelessNoob]

How do I backup My SSD drives contents onto my HDD?
That way if something ever happens to it I can just restore from backup.

if it's just data you can just copy paste
but if you want to mirror then you'll need an identical drive

 

[mkaibear]

How do I backup My SSD drives contents onto my HDD?
That way if something ever happens to it I can just restore from backup.

(assuming Windows) Run Windows Backup, select the SSD and System State, and save the backup in a target folder on the HDD.

Then if the SSD ever dies you can get a new SSD, put in a Windows disk and select "repair".

Full info here;

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows7/restore-your-computer-from-a-system-image-backup

 

[Kursun]

How do I backup My SSD drives contents onto my HDD?
That way if something ever happens to it I can just restore from backup.

I assume your ssd is your boot drive. So copy/paste method won't work. It will not transfer system files. You should use a proper backup software. Acronis True Image is probably the most dependable backup software.
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/

 

[Immaculate]

Okay I will try the Windows style tomorrow.
Say I have downloaded a bunch of mods for Skyrim. Do I need all the RAR files in Username/ME/Downloads still? or can I just delete everything there and whatever I used from "Downloads" will stay installed?