UpDate - Vol. Too many people forget that individual departments are responsible for the integrity of the information stored on their computers and diskettes. These policies are designed to help University departments establish procedures for protecting critical University information in all foreseeable circumstances, she explained.
Many people think they are safe if they have made a copy of an important file.
Copying important files from a system's hard disk to a diskette and keeping that diskette in a safe location away from the computer is the first step. Employees who have files larger than one diskette, a large number of files or an entire file server to back up, may need specific hardware and software to assist them, he said. Ron Nichols, user services, urges faculty and staff with special back-up requirements to stop by the Microcomputing Resource Center.