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<desc>A list of folders where you can find documents, files and settings that you may want to back up.</desc>
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<desc>A list of folders where you can find documents, files and settings
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that you may want to back up.</desc>
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<revision pkgversion="3.2" date="2011-10-01" status="candidate"/>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Tiffany Antopolski</name>
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<email>tiffany.antopolski@gmail.com</email>
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<title>Where can I find the files I want to back up?</title>
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Deciding which files to back up, and locating them, is the most difficult step when attempting to perform a backup.
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Listed below are the most common locations of important files and settings that you may want to back up.
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<p>Deciding which files to back up, and locating them, is the most difficult
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step when attempting to perform a backup. Listed below are the most common
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locations of important files and settings that you may want to back up.</p>
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<p>Personal files (documents, music, photos and videos)</p>
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<p>These are usually stored in your home folder (<file>/home/your_name</file>).
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They could be in subfolders such as Desktop, Documents, Pictures, Music and Videos.</p>
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<p>If your backup medium has sufficient space (if it's an external hard disk, for example), consider backing up the entire Home folder. You can find out how much disk space your Home folder takes up by using the <app>Disk Usage Analyzer</app>.</p>
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<p>These are usually stored in your home folder (<file>/home/your_name</file>).
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They could be in subfolders such as Desktop, Documents, Pictures, Music and
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<p>If your backup medium has sufficient space (if it's an external hard disk,
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for example), consider backing up the entire Home folder. You can find out how
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much disk space your Home folder takes up by using the
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<app>Disk Usage Analyzer</app>.</p>
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<p>Fichiers cachés</p>
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<p>Any file or folder name that starts with a period (.) is hidden by default.
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To view hidden files, click <guiseq><gui>View</gui><gui>Show Hidden Files</gui></guiseq> or
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press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>H</key></keyseq>. You can copy these to a backup location like any other file.</p>
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To view hidden files, click <guiseq><gui>View</gui><gui>Show Hidden Files</gui></guiseq>
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or press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>H</key></keyseq>. You can copy these to a
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backup location like any other file.</p>
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<p>Personal settings (desktop preferences, themes, and software settings)</p>
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<p>Most applications store their settings in hidden folders inside your Home folder (see above for information on hidden files).</p>
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<p>Most of your application settings will be stored in the hidden folders <cmd>.config</cmd>, <cmd>.gconf</cmd>, <cmd>.gnome3</cmd>, and <cmd>.local</cmd> in your Home folder.</p>
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<p>Most applications store their settings in hidden folders inside your Home
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folder (see above for information on hidden files).</p>
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<p>Most of your application settings will be stored in the hidden folders
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<cmd>.config</cmd>, <cmd>.gconf</cmd>, <cmd>.gnome3</cmd>, and <cmd>.local</cmd>
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in your Home folder.</p>
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<p>Préférences système</p>
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<p>Settings for important parts of the system aren't stored in your Home folder. There are a number of locations that they could be stored, but most are stored in the <file>/etc</file> folder. In general, you won't need to back-up these files on a home computer. If you are running a server, however, you should back up the files for the services that it is running.</p>
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<p>Settings for important parts of the system aren't stored in your Home
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folder. There are a number of locations that they could be stored, but most are
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stored in the <file>/etc</file> folder. In general, you won't need to back-up
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these files on a home computer. If you are running a server, however, you
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should back up the files for the services that it is running.</p>
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