Create Manual & Automatic Backups

Determining scheme for how to backup your data can oft times be complicated and confusing. The most important items to backup are your data files that change on a regular basis based upon use, next would be your software program files, and finally your operating system files. This page mostly concerns backup of my personal "data files". The reason for having a backup file folder of individual program data files is the ease of restoring the data if the original gets corrupted. Some programs allow you to determine where to send your 'backup' data. The best thing to use for this purpose is and external hard drive. They are so inexpensive today, that noone should be without one.

Once you have the location, create a easy to navigate file structure such as K:\My 2008 Backup Folders\... In this folder create several individual folders such as \Manual Backups, \Automatic Backups, \Download Backups, \Photo Backups, etc. Then either manually copy the original data folders to the appropriate folder or create a folder for a program's automatic data backup. Finally, create a schedule for making the manual backups and STICK TO IT!

MANUAL PROGRAM "Data File" BACKUPS:

PAPERPORT Scanned Documents Backup:
Default Data Save=C:\Users\Kenneth Clarke\Documents\My Paperport Documents\ [All]
Default (Manual) Backup Location=E:\Manual Backups\My Paperport Documents\ [All]
External Backup=K:\2008 HP Backup Folders\Manual Backups\My Paperport Documents\[All]

QUICKNOTES PLUS Backup:
Default Data File=Desktop.qxml, (Trash.qxml, GlobalSettings.qxml, Quick Notes Plus Memoboard.qxml)
Default Data Save=C:\Users\Kenneth Clarke\Documents\My Notes\Desktop.qxml (+ 3 more files)
Default (Manual) Backup Location=E:\Manual Backups\My Notes\Backup\[backup folders by date]\Desktop.qxml ( = 3 more files)
External Backup=K:\2008 HP Backup Folders\Manual Backups\My Notes\Backup\[backup folders by date]\Desktop.qxml ( = 3 more files)
Auto Backup Scheme: Once per day to C:\Users\Kenneth Clarke\Documents\My Notes\Backup\ [by date]

ROBO-FORM Backup:
Default Data Save=C:\Users\Kenneth Clarke\Documents\My RoboForm Data\Kenclarke\ [All]
Default (Manual) Backup Location=E:\Manual Backups\RoboForm\ [All]
External Backup=K:\2008 HP Backup Folders\Manual Backups\RoboForm\RoboForm\Kenclarke\ [All]

SCRAPBOOK Factory:
Default Data Save=C:\Users\Kenneth Clarke\Documents\My Scrapbook Albums\ [All]
Default (Manual) Backup Location=E:\Manual Backups\My Scrapbook Albums\ [All]
External Backup=K:\2008 HP Backup Folders\Manual Backups\My Scrapbook Albums\[All]

WINDOWS IE Favorites Backup: "When Running" select Alt-F,I (Inport/Export Wizard Export Favorites)
Default Data Save=C:\Users\Kenneth Clarke\Favorites\ [All]
Default (Manual) Backup Location=E:\Manual Backups\Windows IE Favorites\Bookmark.htm
External Backup=K:\2008 HP Backup Folders\Manual Backups\Windows IE Favorites\Bookmark.htm

My Picture Backups:
Default Data Save=C:\Users\Kenneth Clarke\Pictures\My 2007 Negatives\ ...
Default Data Save=C:\Users\Kenneth Clarke\Pictures\My 2008 Negatives\ ...
Default Data Save=C:\Users\Kenneth Clarke\Pictures\My 2008 Picture Library\ ...
External Backup=K:\2008 HP Backup Folders\Manual Picture Backups\ ...

MANUAL SOFTWARE PROGRAM BACKUPS:

My Downloaded Program Backups:
Default Data Save=C:\Users\Kenneth Clarke\Downloads\2008 HP Program Downloads\ ... External Backup=K:\2008 HP Backup Folders\Manual Download Backups\ ... ''

My Data File Backups:

AUTO PROGRAM "Data File" BACKUPS:

DRIVER GENIUS Backup:
Default Data File=None
Default Data Save=None
Default (Auto) Backup Location=E:\Automatic Backups\Driver Genius\ [Three folders i.e. Current, Disconnected, Windows]
External Backup=K:\2008 HP Backup Folders\Automatic Backups\Driver Genius\ [All]

EVERNOTE Backup: "When Running" select Alt-F,B
Default Data File=EverNote1.enb, (EverNote1.eni, EverNote1.enl, EverNote1.enr)
Default Data Save=C:\Users\Kenneth Clarke\Documents\My EverNote Files\Databases\
Default (Auto) Backup Location=E:\Automatic Backups\EverNote\EverNote1_Backup_20080513_064153.enb
External Backup=K:\2008 HP Backup Folders\Automatic Backups\Evernote\ [All]
Backup Scheme: Once per day and Upon Exit of Program up to 5 per day.

QUICKEN 2007 Data Backup: UTD
Default Data File=My2008QuickenFile_20080301_20080417.QDF (Primary); My2008QuickenFile_20080301_20080417.QEL; My2008QuickenFile_20080301_20080417.IDX; My2008QuickenFile_20080301_20080417.QPH, and Qhi.IDB (Quicken Home Inventory);
Attachments @ My Quicken Data\Attach\...
Default Data Save=C:\Users\Kenneth Clarke\Documents\Quicken\My2008QuickenFile_20080301_20080417.QDF (+ 3 more files)
Default (Auto) Backup Location=E:\Automatic Backups\Quicken\My2008QuickenFile_20080301_20080417.QDF (+ 3 more files) (including Attachments)
External Backup=Need to update????????????
Backup Scheme: Program Automatically saves to the default file save location and backs up to E:\Automatic Backups\Quicken\

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