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You have several backup location options. In chosing the right option, you'll have to take into account the type of data you have, and how secure it needs to be, the size of your files, and what you have available. Faculty and staff must be careful to only store Category I & II data in approved locations.
Your options for places to back up include:
Location | Size | Safe for Category I & II Data? |
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1 GB |
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Yes | |
H |
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: Drive | 5 GB for faculty, 2 GB for staff |
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Yes | |
External |
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Harddrive | varies, usually 100+ GB |
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Yes, if kept locked in your office | ||
CD | approx 200 MB | Yes, if kept locked in your office |
DVD | approx 4.7 GB or 8.54 GB, depending on type |
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Yes, if kept locked in your office | |
USB Drive |
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varies |
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No |
Security
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You
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You should not back up Category I or Category II data to a USB drive (they're too easy to steal or lose), a personal computer, or any online file storage space that is not UT's Web Space.
If you are not sure if your data is Category I or Category II data, then go ahead and treat it like it is.
Backing up to USB drives or your H: drive
- Open * Computer or My Computer* and navigate to the drive where you are going to back up.
- Open another Windows Explorer window to My Computer.
- Navigate to where you save your files.
- Right-click and drag any file you want to back up from the 2nd window to the 1st window.
- When you drop the file, select Copy Here.
- Continue until you have backed up all your files.
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- Place a blank CD in your CD drive.
- Open * Computer or My Computer* and navigate to the CD Drive (usually D
) . - Open another Windows Explorer window to My Computer.
- Navigate to where you save your files.
- Right-click and drag any file you want to back up from the 2nd window to the 1st window.
- When you drop the file, select Copy Here.
- When done dragging files to the CD drive, click Write these files to CD on the left.
- Follow the instructions to burn your CD.
- When the CD is done burning, eject it and then put it back into your computer.
- Check to make sure you can open files from your CD - you want to make sure the burn worked properly!
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