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.

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