Backup

So, you are about to type a twenty-page paper or embark on a semester-long research project... or maybe you just have a one-page paper due --What would you do if your computer crashed the day before the paper is due and you've lost everything?

We in IT have seen this happen more times than we care to count.

We have provided you with network storage space that you should use to back up your work. We call this your "G: drive". This storage space can be accessed from any on-campus network connection including computer labs, your Res hall room, and the teaching workstations in classrooms.

You can also use a USB Flash drive to keep an additional copy of your work so that you can use it off campus.

In a pinch, you can e-mail the text of a paper or the whole paper (so long as the file size is reasonable) to yourself.