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Being a more advanced user, I simply copy the files that I wish to backup and then paste them into an external device such as a CD-Rs, USB Flash Drives, or even an External Hard Drive.
I actually just got through helping my church book keeper back up all of the church's financial statements. I bought her a External Hard Drive and set up and configured a backup application called Memeo Auto Backup. She is technically challenged and gets overwhelmed with computer tasks that require multiple steps. Memeo will backup all of the files, then when you update or add something new, it will automatically back that up, too. And it won't run while you're working which will use up system resources. Instead, it will backup when the system is idle.
Another service I recommend for backing up extremely critical data is an online service called Carbonite. The nice thing about your files being backed up online is that you are protected against fire, theft, hard drive failures, etc.
These programs are used for backing up only your files, such as movies, word documents, song files, etc. If you would like to back up your entire hard drive with applications and everything, then you will need a program such as Acronis or Norton Ghost which will "image" your hard drive.
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