Backing Up your System 101: Know your System Information
To make sure that your files are protected from potential data loss due to a system crash, establishing a back up system for your files is absolutely necessary. It’s an imperative to have a back up files to save your self from the hassle of restoring your data during a system failure. Now, before getting into the activity, here are few things you need to know before you start backing up your system:
What’s contained in a full system backup?
• Your current operating system.
• Your applications.
• Your personal files.
• Your computer’s settings
Before you begin…
In order for your system backup to be successful, you need to know how big your complete system is and if your backup drives has enough capacity to store all your files.
In the following steps, you will determine how big each drive on your system is. This is important information to have to not only to back up your system, but also in case you ever need to restore your system. We encourage you to write down this information and keep it in a safe place, just in case.
Windows System Information
1. Open your My Computer icon.
When this window opens, you will be able to see each of the drives in your system.
2. Go to the View menu and select Details.
You should now be able to see the Total Size (or capacity) of each drive. Write down the Total Size number for each drive on your system and keep the information in a safe place.
3. Add up the Total Size numbers for each drive.
This is how much total space is needed to backup your complete system if it were full.
4. Use this number as a guide to figure out how much space you will need on your backup drive to store your complete system.
Macintosh System Information
1. Starting from the desktop, you should be able to see each drive’s icon.
You will view information on each drive individually and then add them up.
2. Select a drive’s icon.
3. In OS X: Go to the File menu and select Get Info (OS X 10.2) or Show Info IOSX 10.1).
In OS 9: Go to the File menu and select Get Info, then information.
4. The Info window will open.
In this window you will be able to see the Capacity of the drive, as well as the amount of space Used on the drive. Make note of the Capacity number and close the window.
5. Repeat steps 1 – 4 for each drive on your Macintosh.
6. Add up the Capacity numbers for all of your drives.
This is how much total space is needed to backup your complete system if it were full.
Related Websites -
A Backup of a Backup Photo by Mocodragon Backup my hard drive? How do I put it in reverse? - unknown One of my coworkers had a near-meltdown last week when her computer wouldn't recognize her thumbdrive. The thumbdrive contained all of her important files, and was her only copy. Now, I could have...... -
Backup Database Wordpress How to Backup your Wordpress Database The easy and secure way, using phpMyAdmin. Backup of your database should be done regularly, especially before installing a Plugin or Upgrading Wordpress. Then, when and if trouble arises, you have an entire copy of your data including users, pages, posts, comments, plugin variables,...... -
How to optimize the database for WordPress With the increase in the number of posts and comments on a blog, which are stored in the database can grow to considerable size, and if not organized optimally can result in slow performance of WordPress. For this you need to make an occasional optimization procedure in the database....... -
1 simple tweak to double PC performance So I've made a pretty big promise with that headline but believe me I plan to deliver with this one but first a bit of theory. Stay with me! It isn't difficult, you might even learn something and once you see the performance increase of this little tweak for your self...... -
GPS Golf Guru 4 Precise GPS/PDA Golf Rangefinder with Multi-application capabilities User Reviews Send this to a friend GPS Golf Guru 4 Precise GPS/PDA Golf Rangefinder with Multi-application capabilities Manufacturer: GPS Golf Guru Customer Rating: List Price: $399.95 Sale Price: $349.95 Availibility: Usually ships in 24 hours Free Shipping Available Buy Now Product Description As the first multi-functional device in......
Tags: Backup Drive, Backup Drives, Case Windows, Complete System, Computer Icon, Hassle, Imperative, Important Information, Macintosh, Macintosh System, operating system, Os X, Personal Computer, Personal Files, Safe Place, System Backup, System Crash, System Failure, System Information, Windows System
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
Leave a Reply