Scheduling backups according to a backup strategy can help you perform backups on a regular basis and protect your data. Typically, late at night or on the weekends, when nobody is around, is a good time to perform backups. Backup makes it easy to schedule backups any time you want to perform them. You can schedule a backup to run once, every day, every week, or every month. If you have a back up scheduled for a certain time and you need to cancel it, you can turn off automatic back ups and then turn it back on later. And if your computer is turned off at the time the backup is scheduled to occur, the backup process will begin when you next turn on your computer.
Schedule a Backup
Click the Start button, and then click the Control Panel.
Double-click the Backup and Restore Center icon in Classic view.
Click Change settings under the Back up files button.
The Backup Status and Configuration dialog box opens.