This tutorial will show you how to perform a full backup of your web host files.

Note: The example used in this tutorials is based on HostMonster's and BlueHost's cpanel web host interface. Your particular web host may vary. 

1. Login to your cpanel (more about logging into cpanel)
2. Click the "Backups" icon
3. Then click the button that says "Generate or Download a Full Backup".
4. And then follow the instructions.

Or you can use the "Backup Wizard" by... 

1. Login to your cpanel
2. Click the "Backup Wizard" icon
3. And then you can do a full backup.

   The full backup file often is compressed using tar and gzip. For example, if you backup file name has the following file extension such as filename.tar.gz, that mean you have to first un-gzip it and the un-tar it in order to get at its content. I recommend the 7-zip compression utility to preform both un-compression. 7-zip is a free compression utility for Windows.