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  • Data Backup and Storage Backup Introduction Imagine if all of the work that you spent hours completing suddenly disappeared and there were no way to bring it back from oblivion. A nightmarish scenario to be sure! Unfortunately, many face it every semester: ITS often assists students and employees whose computers have malfunctioned while either working on or after finishing some assignment, typically when such a loss is most painful and difficult to recover from. Thankfully, with a very little effort, this scenario can be easily avoided. Backing up your files serves many purposes. Beyond preventing a catastrophic loss of data, proper organization of one's data and easy options for retrieval will facilitate one's work at Hamilton and beyond, viz. graduate school, internships, and possibly future employment Storage Solution Finder External Hard Drive Employee Network Storage 1 Academic Server 2 Google Drive Flash Drive Dropbox or Similar Documents ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Images ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Music ✓   ✓ ✓ Video ✓   ✓     Computer Backup ✓ ✓       Easy Sharing     ✓ ✓   is a solution that should not be used for sensitive or confidential information, e.g. bank account numbers, passwords, social security numbers, health information. 1 This solution is only available to staff and faculty. 2 This solution is for academic purposes (e.g. Coursework) only. And only members of the Faculty and Staff can request folders be created on the Academic Server.              
  • Google Drive Backup
ESS
  • Data Backup and Storage ESS Introduction Imagine if all of the work that you spent hours completing suddenly disappeared and there were no way to bring it back from oblivion. A nightmarish scenario to be sure! Unfortunately, many face it every semester: ITS often assists students and employees whose computers have malfunctioned while either working on or after finishing some assignment, typically when such a loss is most painful and difficult to recover from. Thankfully, with a very little effort, this scenario can be easily avoided. Backing up your files serves many purposes. Beyond preventing a catastrophic loss of data, proper organization of one's data and easy options for retrieval will facilitate one's work at Hamilton and beyond, viz. graduate school, internships, and possibly future employment Storage Solution Finder External Hard Drive Employee Network Storage 1 Academic Server 2 Google Drive Flash Drive Dropbox or Similar Documents ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Images ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Music ✓   ✓ ✓ Video ✓   ✓     Computer Backup ✓ ✓       Easy Sharing     ✓ ✓   is a solution that should not be used for sensitive or confidential information, e.g. bank account numbers, passwords, social security numbers, health information. 1 This solution is only available to staff and faculty. 2 This solution is for academic purposes (e.g. Coursework) only. And only members of the Faculty and Staff can request folders be created on the Academic Server.              
  • Data Backup and Storage External Hard Drive Introduction Imagine if all of the work that you spent hours completing suddenly disappeared and there were no way to bring it back from oblivion. A nightmarish scenario to be sure! Unfortunately, many face it every semester: ITS often assists students and employees whose computers have malfunctioned while either working on or after finishing some assignment, typically when such a loss is most painful and difficult to recover from. Thankfully, with a very little effort, this scenario can be easily avoided. Backing up your files serves many purposes. Beyond preventing a catastrophic loss of data, proper organization of one's data and easy options for retrieval will facilitate one's work at Hamilton and beyond, viz. graduate school, internships, and possibly future employment Storage Solution Finder External Hard Drive Employee Network Storage 1 Academic Server 2 Google Drive Flash Drive Dropbox or Similar Documents ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Images ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Music ✓   ✓ ✓ Video ✓   ✓     Computer Backup ✓ ✓       Easy Sharing     ✓ ✓   is a solution that should not be used for sensitive or confidential information, e.g. bank account numbers, passwords, social security numbers, health information. 1 This solution is only available to staff and faculty. 2 This solution is for academic purposes (e.g. Coursework) only. And only members of the Faculty and Staff can request folders be created on the Academic Server.              
  • Data Backup and Storage Google Docs Introduction Imagine if all of the work that you spent hours completing suddenly disappeared and there were no way to bring it back from oblivion. A nightmarish scenario to be sure! Unfortunately, many face it every semester: ITS often assists students and employees whose computers have malfunctioned while either working on or after finishing some assignment, typically when such a loss is most painful and difficult to recover from. Thankfully, with a very little effort, this scenario can be easily avoided. Backing up your files serves many purposes. Beyond preventing a catastrophic loss of data, proper organization of one's data and easy options for retrieval will facilitate one's work at Hamilton and beyond, viz. graduate school, internships, and possibly future employment Storage Solution Finder External Hard Drive Employee Network Storage 1 Academic Server 2 Google Drive Flash Drive Dropbox or Similar Documents ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Images ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Music ✓   ✓ ✓ Video ✓   ✓     Computer Backup ✓ ✓       Easy Sharing     ✓ ✓   is a solution that should not be used for sensitive or confidential information, e.g. bank account numbers, passwords, social security numbers, health information. 1 This solution is only available to staff and faculty. 2 This solution is for academic purposes (e.g. Coursework) only. And only members of the Faculty and Staff can request folders be created on the Academic Server.              
  • Google Drive Google Docs
SSS
  • Data Backup and Storage SSS Introduction Imagine if all of the work that you spent hours completing suddenly disappeared and there were no way to bring it back from oblivion. A nightmarish scenario to be sure! Unfortunately, many face it every semester: ITS often assists students and employees whose computers have malfunctioned while either working on or after finishing some assignment, typically when such a loss is most painful and difficult to recover from. Thankfully, with a very little effort, this scenario can be easily avoided. Backing up your files serves many purposes. Beyond preventing a catastrophic loss of data, proper organization of one's data and easy options for retrieval will facilitate one's work at Hamilton and beyond, viz. graduate school, internships, and possibly future employment Storage Solution Finder External Hard Drive Employee Network Storage 1 Academic Server 2 Google Drive Flash Drive Dropbox or Similar Documents ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Images ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Music ✓   ✓ ✓ Video ✓   ✓     Computer Backup ✓ ✓       Easy Sharing     ✓ ✓   is a solution that should not be used for sensitive or confidential information, e.g. bank account numbers, passwords, social security numbers, health information. 1 This solution is only available to staff and faculty. 2 This solution is for academic purposes (e.g. Coursework) only. And only members of the Faculty and Staff can request folders be created on the Academic Server.              
  • Data Backup and Storage Windows 7 Introduction Imagine if all of the work that you spent hours completing suddenly disappeared and there were no way to bring it back from oblivion. A nightmarish scenario to be sure! Unfortunately, many face it every semester: ITS often assists students and employees whose computers have malfunctioned while either working on or after finishing some assignment, typically when such a loss is most painful and difficult to recover from. Thankfully, with a very little effort, this scenario can be easily avoided. Backing up your files serves many purposes. Beyond preventing a catastrophic loss of data, proper organization of one's data and easy options for retrieval will facilitate one's work at Hamilton and beyond, viz. graduate school, internships, and possibly future employment Storage Solution Finder External Hard Drive Employee Network Storage 1 Academic Server 2 Google Drive Flash Drive Dropbox or Similar Documents ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Images ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Music ✓   ✓ ✓ Video ✓   ✓     Computer Backup ✓ ✓       Easy Sharing     ✓ ✓   is a solution that should not be used for sensitive or confidential information, e.g. bank account numbers, passwords, social security numbers, health information. 1 This solution is only available to staff and faculty. 2 This solution is for academic purposes (e.g. Coursework) only. And only members of the Faculty and Staff can request folders be created on the Academic Server.              
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