Manually Backing up DATA
When backing up your data, you must have some offline storage device such as:
- USB Jump/smart drive
- External drive.
Items to back up
You should remember when doing a backup that there are several items/folders that you should back up. They include:
- Files and folders in My Documents
- My favorites
- Possibly your desktop (Some people save their files on their desktop)
Note: These instructions do not include backing up program files. Program files should be installed from the original application CD/Download/USB.
To access your storage folder, you must be logged onto the network with your PC/Network username and password. Faculty and staff have storage on their M: drive.
Regardless of what version of Windows you use, you can manually make a backup copy of any file or folder by following these steps:
Most user data is in the user folder and subfolders in the path C:\Users\username\Documents
1. Right-click on Start and select File Explorer
2.
At the top menu click Select all
3. In the top menu locate Copy
4. Or on the right side right-click on Documents folder then left-click on copy from the menu
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5. Now locate your username$ on ‘snsufs05’ [M:] or USB/jump/smart drive or external hard drive where you want to store the backup copy, and then right-click and select Paste from the menu or at the top of the Explore menu click Paste.
Note: Faculty and Staff M: drive storage is limited
To find out how much storage you have left on the M: drive
a. Right-Click on the M: drive or USB Jumpdrive select properties
This will show you how much space you have used and how much free
space you have left.
b. Click OK to close the window
