The importance of backing up your files seems obvious, but choosing how gets complicated fast. The built-in Windows backup option is painfully basic, while decent backup software costs serious money.

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ifstream file; file.open("myfile.txt", ios::binary); if(file.good()) cout<<"yay\n"; else cout<<"boo\n"; Everything works great if the file is not marked as read-only ...