Gavin Andresen - 2010-06-25 19:00:17

Copy the wallet.dat file somewhere safe and secure.
To be 100% belt-and-suspenders safe, shut down Bitcoin before doing the copy.

wallet.dat is:
  Linux/unix:  ~/.bitcoin/wallet.dat
  Windows: %APPDATA%\Bitcoin\wallet.dat  (I think; I don't run Windows)
  Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/wallet.dat