Hello Everyone:
I located the following tutorial on youtube about how to backup your Database locally to your computer, which you should also do in addition to backing up your site. I use FILEZILLA which is free and simple to use to backup my site. Then I back up the DB according to this tutorial. Click the link to view.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifPJzlqq1rQ
Thanks to Phototristan "Tristan" for sharing this with the world!
http://www.youtube.com/user/phototristan
Jeff
