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