Data / Files worthy of backing up?

To all Admins,
My network of win 2k machines are humming and running. As with every
network, a backup solution needs to be put into place. The backup
process can be theoretically easy to draft up, but the reality of it
always draws debatable solutions. What advice can you offer when
backing up data? What unpredictable problems have you encountered?

Here is my list of general questions:

1. What's software have you avoided and approved? (Is ntbackup &
scheduling the best solution?)
2. What's the most practical time to run a backup?
3. Full vs. incremental?
4. How often?
5. What system files are worthy of backing up?

Please contribute to one or all of the above questions. Your trial and
errors would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Doub

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