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Its important to ensure that you have enough space to determine the right on your backup device to put your files onhold all of your information. To do so, you must know how much information is to be saved.
Example: You are backing up your entire user account on a windows computer that you have found to be computer – your information is 10gb in size. If you only had an 8gb pen drive8gb of free space on your backup device, you would not be able to save all of you information on that device.
Windows 7/Vista: Right-click on the desired file or folder and select "Properties". The amount of information will be displayed under "Size".
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General user data is anything that you have put on the computer. Desktop , including desktop icons, pictures, downloads, documents, music, movies, etc. This is commonly referred to as personal data and if . If you back up this the file locations below, you will take with it the previously listed itemsbackup your personal data. Note that university-owned computers generally redirect user data to central servers rather than load it on individual computers).
Windows 7/Vista: Open "Computer". Double click on your C: Drive. Here there will be folder entitled "Users". You can save all the users as a whole. Or Open , open this folder to find each individual user on the computer.
Mac OS X: Click on your desktop in any open space to ensure and verify that you have see "Finder" to the right of your top left Apple symbol. You then click on the "Go" drop down and select "Computer". Here there will be folder entitled "Users". You can save all the users as a whole. Or Open , ppen this folder to find each individual user on the computer.
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Windows 7/Vista: Follow the General User Data instructions above. Once there, click on your desired user and then click "Documents".
Mac OS X: Click on your desktop in any open space to ensure and verify that you have see "Finder" to the right of your top left Apple symbol. You then click on the "Go" drop down and select "Documents". If NOTE: if you are saving documents from another a user other than the one that you are logged in as, follow the instructions under General User Data above and select the "Documents" folder once you have selected the User folder you would like to back up from.
Itunes Library
Windows 7/Vista: Follow the General User Data instructions above. Under the desired user folder, click on "Music." . There should be a folder entitled "Itunes Library".
Mac OS X: Follow the General User Data instructions above. Under the desired user folder, click on "Music." . You will be backing up the folder "iTunes".
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Windows 7/Vista and Mac OS X: Follow microsoft specific instructions Microsoft has instructions on how to back up your Outlook contacts: Outlook Contacts Backup
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Applications such as mail clients and purchased third party software commonly do not save their files in your user accounts. It is important to reference these programs' specific guides for their default save locations. |
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A common reason to back up information is to keep free up much needed space on your hard drive for other applications and programs. If this is the case, ensure that you have properly backed up the information and right click and "Delete" these locations. Ensure that you go to your recycle bin and select "Empty Recycle Bin". Keep in mind that if you do not empty this bin, all of that data will still be utilizing space on your hard drive. |