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Summary
This article provides a checklist of the required and optional tasks involved in backing up personal and school-related files saved on the Windows-based HP EliteBook provided through the E-Warrior Digital Life and Learning Program. Use this checklist as part of your normal backup routine or to prepare for a laptop exchange or re-imaging.
Information Applies to
Faculty, Staff, Current Students, New Students Participating in the WSU eWarrior Digital Life & Learning Program
Your backup checklist
Everyone should back up any school-related and personal documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and media stored on their laptop's hard drive. Depending on the applications you use, some of you may need to back up application-specific files. Listed below are articles covering these required and optional backup tasks for PC users:
Back up your school-related and personal files
You will want to back up only the files that you created locally on your computer. It is strongly recommended that your files be stored on your Microsoft OneDrive. If you use the Microsoft OneDrive Sync app to automatically back up content locally on your computer and your cloud storage in the OneDrive you don't need to backup files already being synchronized using this app. All programs and system files will be reinstalled on your next laptop.
Optional - Back up application-specific files yourself as needed
In each of these tasks, you copy, store, and move files to your new or re-imaged laptop:
Export Your Browser Bookmarks
Copy Your iTunes Library
Optional - Backup tasks requiring assistance
The following optional backup tasks are complex, fraught with danger, lacking in documentation, or any combination of the above. Please contact TLT (tlt@winona.edu) for assistance backing up files associated with these applications unless you're sure you know what you're doing:
Copy Windows and Office appearance and personalization settings. If you have modified Windows or Office (e.g., added fonts, signatures, words to the dictionary, macros), you may be able to save some of these modifications and restore them on your new or re-imaged laptop.
Copy your Respondus test bank databases. If you use the Respondus test authoring tool (not to be confused with Respondus Lockdown Browser), your tests and question banks are saved as .rsa files on your laptop. These Respondus files will need to be backed up and moved to your new laptop.
Unsupported applications
If you installed any unsupported software for school or personal use, such as a password vault, a citation manager (e.g., EndNote, Reference Manager), a tax preparation tool (e.g., TurboTax), or photo gallery software, back up any related files you wish to retain. Consult your documentation to determine the location and format of these files. TLT (tlt@winona.edu) will provide limited support if you have questions, but your first line of support is the vendor.
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