Most of our work is important enough that we should protect – or “back up” – documents and files in several places. We recommend that you save your work on your computer hard drive AND in these places!
Google Drive
1. Go to drive.google.com.
2. On the left, click New.
3. Select File upload.
4. Select the file you want to upload.
External Hard Drive
1. At least once a week, connect your external hard drive to your computer to begin the automatic backup. Check progress under Devices in the left column.
We have unlimited space in our Google educational accounts for Heartland AEA work files (not personal) and Google backs up our accounts for us! Backing up our most important information keeps it safe and is one of our core technology skills. So use Google and your external hard drive regularly to make sure your important agency files are backed up!
BONUS TIP: Your external hard drive should be stored in a separate location from your computer. If, for example, you put them in the same bag and you lose that bag, you’ve lost two of your most common places to store and back up files.
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