Back-ups
1. Local: your local machine
- Desktop, laptop, tablet, etc.
2. External: an external drive
- Available through ITS
- Set up automatic sync
- Macs: Automator app
- PCs: Setup for backing up content to another drive
3. Cloud: VT Google Drive
- Unlimited storage
- Automatic sync with the Chrome Application Launcher for Drive (by Google)
Resources
Guides
- Personal Archiving (Library of Congress)
- White Paper on Best Practices for the Capture of Social Media Records (NARA, May 2013)
Tools
- Online-Convert.com or a free trial with BatchConverter: batch file format conversion
- MD5Checker: verifying checksums
- WINMD5Free: verifying downloaded files' checksums
- Web-Capture.net or novaPDF: screenshotting websites and saving them as PDF/As
Manage your data
- Monitor your back-ups regularly to ensure they are operating properly
- Set reminders:
- Every year: Check your preserved files to ensure you can still open and read them
- Every 5 years: Migrate copies to new storage spaces
- Verify your checksums