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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
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type="topic" style="tip"
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id="backup-thinkabout">
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<link type="guide" xref="files#backup"/>
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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="3.4.0" date="2012-02-19" status="review"/>
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<revision version="13.10" date="2013-09-07" status="review"/>
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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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<credit type="author">
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<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
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<email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>
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<credit type="editor">
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<name>Michael Hill</name>
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<email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
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<title>Where can I find the files I want to back up?</title>
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<p>Listed below are the most common locations of important files and settings
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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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dirs are localised by package xdg-user-dirs and need to be translated. You
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can find the correct translations for your language here:
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http://translationproject.org/domain/xdg-user-dirs.html">These are usually
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stored in your home folder (<file>/home/your_name</file>). They could be in
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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,
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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>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
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Files</gui></guiseq> or press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>H</key></keyseq>. You
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can copy these to a 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
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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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<file>.config</file>, <file>.gconf</file>, <file>.gnome2</file>, and
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in your Home folder.</p>
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<p>System-wide settings</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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