Quote Originally Posted by Xstr8guy View Post
I only backup 'my documents' folders. And unless the virus is residing there (which is not likely), it shouldn't be a problem. But I may be wrong about that. I don't really see a need to backup system files. If I lost my main drive, then I would just reformat and reinstall everything.
You may be missing out on some essential files, programs such as outlook by default save their data files in fucked-up places which are not My Documents, its a hangover from pre-win95 days. Plus some programs also use the registry to store info (cuteFTP I think uses the registry to store your FTP userid/passwords).