The Information Technology Department strongly recommends that important or valuable data be copied on a regular basis onto personal folders provided for each user on the site servers. The personal folders are accessible only to the specific user and CANNOT be accessed by other. Media such as floppy disks and Zip-disks are not recommended for backups, because of their lack of long-term reliability. It is the responsibility of IT to backup such files from the server. It will routinely test backed up data on servers to make sure that it is viable, and could be used to restore data in an emergency. If you have questions or difficulty on how to backup you documents, please contact the IT department.

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