When my wife asked me about backing up her contacts and messages, I foolishly thought it would be trivial.  It appears not.  All I want to do is take the contacts and messages, and whatever else would be needed if her phone is destroyed, and back it up to an ordinary PC running Windows 10 or 11.

My search in here found LOTS of topics about Smart Switch, but they were all (so far) about what DOESN'T work.  And how NOT to do it.  I haven't found the topic that explains in a simple, -proof way how to do a backup/restore from phone to and from PC.

I don't want it in a cloud, or on another phone, or anything crazy, just take her stuff and copy it to a PC.

I figured Smart Switch would do this, but so far, NO.

First, I can't find anything in the Microsoft Store for Samsung Smart Switch.  I found Samsung Book Smart Switch, but that doesn't APPEAR to be the right thing.

On the phone, I found and installed Samsung Smart Switch, and connected the phone to the PC with a normal cable.  And it just sits there.

SO, HOW do I do a SIMPLE backup of data she wants from her phone to the PC.  And HOW do I get the data back ONTO the phone FROM the PC should it be needed?