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type="topic" id="backup-how">
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<link type="guide" xref="backup"/>
<title type="sort">d</title>
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<credit type="author">
<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
<email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>
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<title>How to Backup</title>
<p>
You can just <link xref="files-copy">copy your files</link> to a local location such as one mentioned above.
</p>
<note style="tip">
<p> <media type="image" src = "deja-dup.png"/>
Alternatively, you can use an app that can back your files up for you. </p><p> One such app is <app>Déjà Dup</app>. It hides the complexity of doing backups the right way, meaning regularly, off-site and encrypted.
</p>
</note>
<p>
Your personal files and settings are usually in your home directory.
</p
><p>
If there is room on the backup media, it is best to backup the entire home directory with the following exceptions:
</p>
<list>
<item><p>Files that you have copied from a CD, DVD, or other removable media, since it would be faster to copy them again than to restore them from backup.</p></item>
<item><p>Files that you can generate easily. For example, PDF's that can be generated from TeX files, or object files that can be made with make. Just make sure the source is backed up.</p></item>
<item><p>Your trashed files, which can be found in <cmd>~/.local/share/Trash</cmd></p></item>
</list>
<p>
The amount of data you can backup is limited by the size of the storage device.
</p>
<p>
Deciding what to backup and then finding it all is the most difficult step in starting the backup. Let's look at where the above mentioned files and settings are stored in your computer, so you can easily find them and copy them to your backup media.
</p>
<terms>
<item>
<title>Your Personal Files and Settings</title>
<p>These are usually stored in your home directory such as <cmd>/home/your_name</cmd>. They could be in a variety of subdirectories such as Desktop, Documents, Pictures, Music, Videos and/or .evolution. If your backup medium has sufficient space, consider backing up the entire <cmd>/home</cmd> directory.</p>
<p>
If you are not able to backup all of <cmd>/home</cmd>, see below for a list of some subdirectories of the <cmd>/home</cmd> directory to check for important files.
</p>
<note>
<list>
<item><p><cmd>~/</cmd> represents your home directory <cmd>/home/your_name</cmd> </p></item>
<item><p>any file or folder name that starts with a period is by default hidden. To view these select <gui>View</gui> from the main menu, then select <gui>Show Hidden Files</gui> or press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>H</key></keyseq>.
</p></item>
</list>
</note>
</item>
</terms>
<table shade="rows">
<tr>
<td><p>Your personal files</p></td><td><p><cmd>~/</cmd>, <cmd>~/Desktop</cmd>, <cmd>~/Documents</cmd>, <cmd>~/Pictures</cmd>, <cmd>~/Music</cmd>, <cmd>Videos</cmd>, <cmd>~/bin</cmd>, and others</p></td> <td><p>Contain files you actively created.</p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p>Your personal settings</p></td> <td><p><cmd>~/.config</cmd>, <cmd>~/gconf</cmd>, <cmd>~/.gnome3</cmd>, <cmd>~/.local</cmd></p></td>
<td><p>Contain settings you set for your desktop and some programs.</p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p>System settings</p></td> <td><p><cmd>/etc</cmd> located in the File System outside of your <cmd>home</cmd></p></td>
<td><p>Your system settings. In general, you don't need to go outside of your <cmd>home</cmd> directory.</p></td>
</tr>
</table>
</page>
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