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Student data is not backed up on the network. When a student's tablet is lost or reimaged, all data on the tablet is lost. In order to prevent loss, students must back up their own data. It is recommended that students back up all folders in their user profile.

There are several things you might wish to back up. The most critical is your profile folders. Others might be:

Backing Up Files

Recommended: Microsoft SyncToy

Copying Folders Manually

If you elect not to use Microsoft SyncToy, you can copy your profile folders manually to a flash drive or other external storage. This is probably faster if you only need to copy files once.

Prepare Your Destination

  1. Open your flash drive or other storage media.
  2. Create a folder within it, name it something descriptive, such as “Tablet Data - Aug 29”.
  3. Open the folder you created.
  4. Place the explorer window with your opened destination folder on the right side of your screen.
    • Tip: You can dock a window to the right side of your screen by holding the Windows key and pressing the right arrow on your keyboard.

Copy Your Profile Folders to Your Destination

  1. Open the Start Orb or press the Windows Key.
  2. Click your name in the Start Menu. This will open your profile folder.
  3. Move this window to the left side of your screen.
    1. Tip: You can dock a window to the left side of your screen by holding the Windows key and pressing the left arrow on your keyboard.
  4. Select all of the items in the folder.
    • Tip: You can quickly do this by holding CTRL and hitting A on the keyboard.
  5. Click on one of the selected folders and drag it over to your destination folder on the right side of the screen. Release the mouse over the destination.
  6. Wait while the files are copied.
  7. Once the copy is complete you may close the Windows and eject your destination media.

Restoring Files

To restore your files, you only need to copy them from your backup location to their original location. If you copied your profile folders earlier, you can take these steps to restore them:

Prepare Your Destination

  1. Open the Start Orb or press the Windows Key.
  2. Click your name in the Start Menu. This will open your profile folder.
  3. Move this window to the right side of your screen.
    1. Tip: You can dock a window to the right side of your screen by holding the Windows key and pressing the right arrow on your keyboard.

Copy Your Profile Folders from Your Flash Drive

  1. Open your flash drive or other storage media.
  2. Move this window to the left side of your screen.
    1. Tip: You can dock a window to the left side of your screen by holding the Windows key and pressing the left arrow on your keyboard.
  3. Select all of your profile folders you'd like to restore.
  4. Click and drag your profile folders from your flash drive on the left to your Windows profile on the right.
  5. When you are prompted if you want to merge the folder, check the box saying to do this for all items, and hit OK.
  6. If you are prompted about conflicting files, go ahead and overwrite them (this should be the top option).
  7. When the file copy is complete, you've successfully restored your files from backup.
students/backing_up_data.1348761766.txt.gz · Last modified: 2012/09/27 12:02 by abrashear