Also if anyone knows of or can recommend a good web based system I can save backups of my files on, I would appreciate it.
In a Word document, click Tools
Options
click the Save tab
clear the box in fron of "always create backup copy."
Remember the X files -- "trust no one"
I keep two backups of important files on two separate flashdrives.
There are failures other than a hard disk crash that can befall you, many of which don't damage the hard disk at all.
For instance:
Accidentally deleting the file.
Accidentally deleting all the text in the file, then saving back into the file.
Having the file mysteriously corrupted (many cases of this here on Yahoo! Answers).
Saving the file in a single bad spot on the disk.
I recommend you leave the backup file alone. It's cheap insurance.
Hope that helps.
If you're talking about the autosave feature, that's not for when your entire computer crashes, it's for when the program crashes in the middle of working. Autosave is one of the most incredibly helpful features for any program and should NEVER be turned off.
And unless your autosave is sucking up valuable resources (you'd have to have a pretty old/not-so-powerful computer to be in this situation nowadays, especially with Word), there's no good reason to turn off a feature like that, even if you don't use it.
Major rule of computing: Don't turn it off/delete/unplug just because you don't KNOW it's purpose. And the same goes for turning something on/running something/plugging something in. I've heard horror stories coming from both of these mistakes.
That being said, if it's still bothering you that much, there is more than likely some kind of feature in some preferences window. Look for Word's general preferences and you could, perhaps, turn the frequency of autosaves to 0, or what-have-you.
But again, I don't advise it.
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