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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="topic" style="tip" id="backup-thinkabout" xml:lang="hi">
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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" type="topic" style="tip" id="backup-thinkabout" xml:lang="hi">
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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 pkgversion="3.13.92" date="2014-09-20" status="review"/>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>टैफ्फिनी अंटोपोलस्की</name>
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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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<title>Where can I find the files I want to back up?</title>
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<p>Personal files (documents, music, photos and videos)</p>
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<p xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" its:locNote="translators: xdg dirs are localised by package xdg-user-dirs and need to be translated. You can find the correct translations for your language here: http://translationproject.org/domain/xdg-user-dirs.html">These are usually stored in your home folder (<file>/home/your_name</file>).
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<p its:locNote="translators: xdg dirs are localised by package xdg-user-dirs and need to be translated. You can find the correct translations for your language here: http://translationproject.org/domain/xdg-user-dirs.html">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>If your backup medium has sufficient space (if it is an external hard
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disk, for example), consider backing up the entire Home folder. You can find
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out how 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>Hidden files</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>
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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>Any file or folder name that starts with a period (.) is hidden by
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default. To view hidden files, click the
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<gui><media its:translate="no" type="image" src="figures/go-down.png"><span its:translate="yes">View options</span></media></gui>
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button in the toolbar, and then choose <gui>Show Hidden Files</gui>, or press
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<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>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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<p>Settings for important parts of the system are not stored in your Home
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folder. There are a number of locations that they could be stored, but most
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are stored in the <file>/etc</file> folder. In general, you will not need to
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back up these files on a home computer. If you are running a server, however,
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you should back up the files for the services that it is running.</p>
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