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<title>Check your backup</title>
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<p>After you have backed up your files, you should make sure that the
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backup was successful. If it didn't work properly, you could lose important
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<p>After you have backed up your files, you should make sure that the
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backup was successful. If it didn't work properly, you could lose important
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data since some files could be missing from the backup.</p>
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<p>When you use the file manager to copy or move files, the
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computer checks to make sure that all of the data transferred correctly.
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However, if you are transferring data that is very important to you,
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you may want to perform additional checks to confirm that your
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<p>When you use the file manager to copy or move files, the
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computer checks to make sure that all of the data transferred correctly.
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However, if you are transferring data that is very important to you,
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you may want to perform additional checks to confirm that your
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data has been transferred properly.</p>
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<p>You can do an extra check by looking through the copied files
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<p>You can do an extra check by looking through the copied files
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and folders on the destination media. By checking to make sure that the files
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and folders you transferred are actually there in the backup, you can have
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extra confidence that the process was successful.</p>
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<note style="tip"><p>If you find that you do regular backups of large amounts
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of data, you may find it easier to use a dedicated backup program, such as
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<app>Déjà Dup</app>. Such a program is more powerful and more reliable than
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