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====== Backing Up Files ====== | ====== Backing Up Files ====== | ||
- | Backing up your files is a crucial part not only of being a student at La Salle High School, but of being a computer user. There are two types of people in the world: those who have lost data, and those who will. Keeping regular backups of all important data will minimize | + | Backing up your files is a crucial part of being a computer user. There are two types of people in the world: those who have lost data, and those who will. Keeping regular backups of all important data will eliminate |
- | There are several ways of backing up files on your tablet. The two methods | + | There are several ways of backing up files on your tablet. The method |
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- | ===== Google Drive versus File History ===== | + | |
- | **Strengths of Google Drive** | + | |
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- | * When setup properly, automatically synchronizes your files with your Google Drive online. Any changes are immediately uploaded to the Internet when a connection is available. | + | |
- | * Restoring your files to another computer is as easy as logging in to Google Drive on the new computer. | + | |
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- | **Drawbacks of Google Drive** | + | |
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- | * Requires an Internet connection to synchronize files. | + | |
- | * If you have large files, they will take a long time to synchronize with the web. Here at school it may be relatively fast, but at home this will be slower. | + | |
- | * Only the most recent version of your files is saved. If a file becomes corrupted, the corrupt version will immediately be uploaded to the Internet just like any other file. | + | |
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- | **Strengths of File History** | + | |
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- | * Setup is easier than Google Drive. | + | |
- | * Once setup, it will automatically backup your files to a storage device whenever it is available on a regular schedule (such as every hour). | + | |
- | * File History keeps old versions of your files. If a file gets corrupted | + | |
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- | **Drawbacks of File History** | + | |
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- | * Requires an SD card (recommended) or flash drive to save data to. You cannot | + | |
- | * If the device you're saving to becomes full, you will have to delete some of your older backups in order for new backups to occur. | + | |
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- | To make things simple, if you have an SD card, you // | + | |
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- | ===== How to Backup Your Files with Google Drive ===== | + | |
- | See [[: | + | |
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- | If you prefer to use [[https:// | + | |
===== How to Backup Your Files with File History ===== | ===== How to Backup Your Files with File History ===== |
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