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Common File Locations for both Mac and Windows 7/Vista Users

This is a list of the locations and file paths for the most common places you would find personal information. It is recommended that you back up your personal information on a regular basis. How to Backup Data

Determining Your Device

Its important to ensure that you have enough space to determine the right device to put your files on. To do so, you must know how much information is to be saved.

Windows 7/Vista:

General User Data/ Personal Data

General user data is anything that you have put on the computer. Desktop icons, pictures, downloads, documents, music, movies, etc. This is commonly referred to as personal data.

Windows 7/Vista: Right click on the User folder in the location below. Select Properties and it will then populate to tell you the file size

Office Documents

Windows 7/Vista: Files such as

Mac:

 

Application Data

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 specifically for their default save locations.

 

 

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