How to find the iphone backups?

Where does itunes store backups from my iphone?  I want to make an extra copy somewhere else incase my computer should crash.
Im using windows.
I read somewhere that they are stored in c:\users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup
Is that accurate?  All thats there is a couple of folders with ridiculously long names like 5e696f1ad14e411680c85415db7d8e6b8ab348273 and inside there are a bunch of small files with similar garbage names.  Are these the backups?  I thought the backup was a single file like an .ispw file or something?
Can somebody confirm?
If I want to take this backup and make a copy of it and then use it again (say my computer crashes or I get a new one or whatever) how do I go about it?
Thanks.

Your backups are stored here:
iTunes places the backup files in the following places:
Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/
Windows XP: \Documents and Settings\(username)\Application Data\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\
Windows Vista and Windows 7: \Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\
It is an SQLite data base. If you want to copy your iPhone backup, copy the entire folder. Read more here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766

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