Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Saving Files to the Desktop - Just Don't Do It!


I know, I know. Your desktop is the easiest place on your computer to save pictures, text documents, recent downloads, whatever. It’s so convenient to just stick that file there where you know you can find it again...

Don’t do it! Here’s why:  Most importantly, the files on your desktop at this minute are probably not backed up (saved anywhere else). If your computer were to crash you would lose all those files...permanently. 
Solution: Save to either your Documents, U:/ Drive, or Google Drive. 
Your Documents and U:/ Drive are the exact same storage space, which are backed up on a district server. You can only access your files from a district computer when saving to one of these locations.

Google Drive is cloud based storage, meaning your files will be saved in a password protected storage space on the Internet. This is convenient if you would also like to access your files from home, as you can sign into Drive from any computer/device and get to your files.


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