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[gnome-user-docs/tiffany/backup.page] backup.page: reorganised into separate topics

commit 776334a656ac4200ac3cc57addc5c28ccad30be1
Author: Tiffany Antopolski <antopolski src gnome org>
Date:   Sun Jan 2 04:27:07 2011 -0500

    backup.page: reorganised into separate topics

 gnome-help/C/backup-how.page   |   84 +++++++++++++++++++
 gnome-help/C/backup-what.page  |   47 +++++++++++
 gnome-help/C/backup-where.page |   45 ++++++++++
 gnome-help/C/backup-why.page   |   35 ++++++++
 gnome-help/C/backup.page       |  175 +---------------------------------------
 5 files changed, 214 insertions(+), 172 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/gnome-help/C/backup-how.page b/gnome-help/C/backup-how.page
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c026cb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnome-help/C/backup-how.page
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/";
+      type="topic" id="backup-how">
+
+  <info>
+    <link type="guide" xref="backup"/>
+    <title type="sort">d</title>
+    <revision pkgversion="0.1" version="0.1" date="2010-06-29" status="stub"/>
+    <credit type="author">
+      <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
+      <email>gnome-doc-list gnome org</email>
+    </credit>
+    <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
+  </info>
+
+  <title>How to Backup</title>
+
+     <p>
+   You can just <link xref="files-copy">copy your files</link> to a local location such as one mentioned above.
+   </p>
+   <note style="tip">
+   <p> <media type="image" src = "deja-dup.png"/>
+   Alternatively, you can use an app that can back your files up for you.  </p><p>  One such app is <app>Déjà Dup</app>.  It hides the complexity of doing backups the right way, meaning regularly, off-site and encrypted.
+    </p>
+
+    </note>
+    <p>
+    Your personal files and settings are usually in your home directory.
+ </p
+><p>
+If there is room on the backup media, it is best to backup the entire home directory with the following exceptions:
+    </p>
+
+<list>
+ <item><p>Files that you have copied from a CD, DVD, or other removable media, since it would be faster to copy them again than to restore them from backup.</p></item>
+ <item><p>Files that you can generate easily. For example, PDF's that can be generated from TeX files, or object files that can be made with make.  Just make sure the source is backed up.</p></item>
+ <item><p>Your trashed files, which can be found in <cmd>~/.local/share/Trash</cmd></p></item>
+</list>
+
+<p>
+The amount of data you can backup is limited by the size of the storage device.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Deciding what to backup and then finding it all is the most difficult step in starting the backup. Let's look at where the above mentioned files and settings are stored in your computer, so you can easily find them and copy them to your backup media.
+</p>
+
+
+<terms>
+<item>
+   <title>Your Personal Files and Settings</title>
+<p>These are usually stored in your home directory such as <cmd>/home/your_name</cmd>. They could be in a variety of subdirectories such as Desktop, Documents, Pictures, Music, Videos and/or .evolution. If your backup medium has sufficient space, consider backing up the entire <cmd>/home</cmd> directory.</p>
+
+<p>
+      If you are not able to backup all of <cmd>/home</cmd>, see below for a list of some subdirectories of the <cmd>/home</cmd> directory to check for important files.
+</p>
+<note>
+<list>
+<item><p><cmd>~/</cmd> represents your home directory <cmd>/home/your_name</cmd> </p></item>
+
+ <item><p>any file or folder name that starts with a period is by default hidden. To view these  select <gui>View</gui> from the main menu, then select <gui>Show Hidden Files</gui> or press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>H</key></keyseq>.
+</p></item>
+</list>
+</note>
+</item>
+</terms>
+
+
+<table shade="rows">
+  <tr>
+    <td><p>Your personal files</p></td><td><p><cmd>~/</cmd>, <cmd>~/Desktop</cmd>, <cmd>~/Documents</cmd>, <cmd>~/Pictures</cmd>, <cmd>~/Music</cmd>, <cmd>Videos</cmd>, <cmd>~/bin</cmd>, and others</p></td> <td><p>Contain files you actively created.</p></td>
+
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td><p>Your personal settings</p></td> <td><p><cmd>~/.config</cmd>, <cmd>~/gconf</cmd>, <cmd>~/.gnome3</cmd>, <cmd>~/.local</cmd></p></td>
+    <td><p>Contain settings you set for your desktop and some programs.</p></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td><p>System settings</p></td> <td><p><cmd>/etc</cmd> located in the File System outside of your <cmd>home</cmd></p></td>
+    <td><p>Your system settings.  In general, you don't need to go outside of your <cmd>home</cmd> directory.</p></td>
+  </tr>
+
+</table>
+
+</page>
diff --git a/gnome-help/C/backup-what.page b/gnome-help/C/backup-what.page
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9cbaa48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnome-help/C/backup-what.page
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/";
+      type="topic" id="backup-what">
+
+  <info>
+    <link type="guide" xref="backup"/>
+    <title type="sort">b</title>
+    <revision pkgversion="0.1" version="0.1" date="2010-06-29" status="stub"/>
+    <credit type="author">
+      <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
+      <email>gnome-doc-list gnome org</email>
+    </credit>
+    <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
+  </info>
+
+  <title>What Should You Backup?</title>
+
+<p>
+Your priority should be to backup your most important files as well as those that are difficult to recreate.  An example of most important to least important:
+</p>
+
+<terms>
+ <item>
+   <title>Your personal files </title>
+   <p>Documents, spreadsheets, email, calendar data, financial data, music, anything that you made that has importance to you. These are clearly the most important as they may be irreplaceable.</p>
+    </item>
+
+  <item>
+  <title>Your settings</title>
+  <p> This includes changes you may have made to colours, backgrounds, screen resolution and mouse settings on your desktop. This also includes program preferences, such as settings for OpenOffice, your music player, and your email program. These are replaceable, but may take up valuable time to recreate.</p>
+</item>
+
+<item>
+<title> System settings. </title>
+<p>Most people never change the settings that are created during installation. If you do customize your system, you may wish to backup these settings.
+</p>
+</item>
+
+<item>
+<title> Installed software (and everything else). </title>
+<p> Such software can usually be restored by reinstalling, but not always.</p>
+</item>
+</terms>
+
+    <p>
+    In general, you will want to backup files that are irreplaceable without a backup.  </p>
+
+</page>
diff --git a/gnome-help/C/backup-where.page b/gnome-help/C/backup-where.page
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a6621eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnome-help/C/backup-where.page
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/";
+      type="topic" id="backup-where">
+
+  <info>
+    <link type="guide" xref="backup"/>
+    <title type="sort">c</title>
+    <revision pkgversion="0.1" version="0.1" date="2010-06-29" status="stub"/>
+    <credit type="author">
+      <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
+      <email>gnome-doc-list gnome org</email>
+    </credit>
+    <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
+  </info>
+
+  <title> Where To Store Your Backup?</title>
+    <p>
+    You should store backup copies of your files in file storage separate from your computer. An important consideration when choosing the backup medium is capacity. This will depend on  how much data you need to backup.
+
+
+    </p>
+
+   <list>
+    <title>Local and Remote Options</title>
+    <item>
+      <p>USB memory key (low capacity).</p>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+      <p>An internal drive (higher capacity).</p>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+      <p>An external USB drive (variable capacity, but can be very high, such as a Terabyte.)</p>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+      <p>A network drive (high capacity).</p>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+      <p>A connected server.</p>
+    </item>
+    <item><p>Writable CDs or DVDs.</p></item>
+    <item><p><link href = "http://aws.amazon.com/s3/";>Amazon S3</link> storage service from Amazon stores your data away from your site for a small fee.</p></item>
+    </list>
+<p>
+Some of these would allow for a backup of every file on your system, called a complete system backup.
+</p>
+</page>
diff --git a/gnome-help/C/backup-why.page b/gnome-help/C/backup-why.page
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b6490a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnome-help/C/backup-why.page
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/";
+      type="topic"
+      id="backup-why">
+
+  <info>
+    <link type="guide" xref="backup"/>
+    <title type="sort">a</title>
+    <revision pkgversion="0.1" version="0.1" date="2010-06-29" status="stub"/>
+    <credit type="author">
+      <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
+      <email>gnome-doc-list gnome org</email>
+    </credit>
+    <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
+  </info>
+
+  <title>Why Bother Making Backups?</title>
+
+  <list>
+   <item><p>
+ Hardware can break, making it impossible to get your data off your computer.  </p></item>
+
+  <item><p>Software can fail, corrupting or even deleting your important files.</p></item>
+
+<item><p> You may even accidentally delete an important file.</p></item>
+
+<item><p> Data can also be lost as a result of computer theft.
+</p></item>
+</list>
+    <p>
+       Many files are irreplaceable.  Backups protect against loss of files. Only the very latest changes would be lost, depending on <link xref="backup-frequency">frequency of backups</link>.
+  </p>
+    <p>Additionally, it may be good to have access to older versions of certain files.
+    </p>
+
+</page>
diff --git a/gnome-help/C/backup.page b/gnome-help/C/backup.page
index 7b00991..0c447db 100644
--- a/gnome-help/C/backup.page
+++ b/gnome-help/C/backup.page
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 <page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/";
-      type="guide" id="backup">
+      type="guide"
+      id="backup">
 
   <info>
-    <link type="guide" xref="index#backup"/>
+    <link type="guide" xref="index#backup" />
     <desc>Why, what, where and how of backups.</desc>
     <revision pkgversion="0.1" version="0.1" date="2010-06-29" status="stub"/>
     <credit type="author">
@@ -19,176 +20,6 @@ What does it mean to back files up? It simply means to make a copy of a file or
 <p>
 The best way to backup up your files is to do so regularly, off-site and encrypted.</p>
 
-  <section>
-    <title>
-      Why should you bother making backups?
-    </title>
-  <list>
-   <item><p>
- Hardware can break, making it impossible to get your data off your computer.  </p></item>
-
-  <item><p>Software can fail, corrupting or even deleting your important files.</p></item>
-
-<item><p> You may even accidentally delete an important file.</p></item>
-
-<item><p> Data can also be lost as a result of computer theft.
-</p></item>
-</list>
-    <p>
-       Many files are irreplaceable.  Backups protect against loss of files. Only the very latest changes would be lost, depending on <link xref="backup-frequency">frequency of backups</link>.
-  </p>
-    <p>Additionally, it may be good to have access to older versions of certain files.
-    </p>
-  </section>
-
-    <section>
-    <title>
-      What should you backup?
-    </title>
-
-<p>
-Your priority should be to backup your most important files as well as those that are difficult to recreate.  An example of most important to least important:
-</p>
-
-<terms>
- <item>
-   <title>Your personal files </title>
-   <p>Documents, spreadsheets, email, calendar data, financial data, music, anything that you made that has importance to you. These are clearly the most important as they may be irreplaceable.</p>
-    </item>
-
-  <item>
-  <title>Your settings</title>
-  <p> This includes changes you may have made to colours, backgrounds, screen resolution and mouse settings on your desktop. This also includes program preferences, such as settings for OpenOffice, your music player, and your email program. These are replaceable, but may take up valuable time to recreate.</p>
-</item>
-
-<item>
-<title> System settings. </title>
-<p>Most people never change the settings that are created during installation. If you do customize your system, you may wish to backup these settings.
-</p>
-</item>
-
-<item>
-<title> Installed software (and everything else). </title>
-<p> Such software can usually be restored by reinstalling, but not always.</p>
-</item>
-</terms>
-
-    <p>
-    In general, you will want to backup files that are irreplaceable without a backup.  </p>
-
-  </section>
-
-
-
-    <section>
-    <title>
-      How to Backup?
-    </title>
-
-     <p>
-   You can just <link xref="files-copy">copy your files</link> to a local location such as one mentioned above.
-   </p>
-   <note style="tip">
-   <p> <media type="image" src = "deja-dup.png"/>
-   Alternatively, you can use an app that can back your files up for you.  </p><p>  One such app is <app>Déjà Dup</app>.  It hides the complexity of doing backups the right way, meaning regularly, off-site and encrypted.
-    </p>
-
-    </note>
-    <p>
-    Your personal files and settings are usually in your home directory.
- </p
-><p>
-If there is room on the backup media, it is best to backup the entire home directory with the following exceptions:
-    </p>
-
-<list>
- <item><p>Files that you have copied from a CD, DVD, or other removable media, since it would be faster to copy them again than to restore them from backup.</p></item>
- <item><p>Files that you can generate easily. For example, PDF's that can be generated from TeX files, or object files that can be made with make.  Just make sure the source is backed up.</p></item>
- <item><p>Your trashed files, which can be found in <cmd>~/.local/share/Trash</cmd></p></item>
-</list>
-
-<p>
-The amount of data you can backup is limited by the size of the storage device.
-</p>
-
-      <section>
-    <title>
-      Where to Backup?
-    </title>
-    <p>
-    You should store backup copies of your files in file storage separate from your computer. An important consideration when choosing the backup medium is capacity. This will depend on  how much data you need to backup.
-
-
-    </p>
-
-   <list>
-    <title>Local and Remote Options</title>
-    <item>
-      <p>USB memory key (low capacity).</p>
-    </item>
-    <item>
-      <p>An internal drive (higher capacity).</p>
-    </item>
-    <item>
-      <p>An external USB drive (variable capacity, but can be very high, such as a Terabyte.)</p>
-    </item>
-    <item>
-      <p>A network drive (high capacity).</p>
-    </item>
-    <item>
-      <p>A connected server.</p>
-    </item>
-    <item><p>Writable CDs or DVDs.</p></item>
-    <item><p><link href = "http://aws.amazon.com/s3/";>Amazon S3</link> storage service from Amazon stores your data away from your site for a small fee.</p></item>
-    </list>
-<p>
-Some of these would allow for a backup of every file on your system, called a complete system backup.
-</p>
-  </section>
-
-<p>
-Deciding what to backup and then finding it all is the most difficult step in starting the backup. Let's look at where the above mentioned files and settings are stored in your computer, so you can easily find them and copy them to your backup media.
-</p>
-
-
-<terms>
-<item>
-   <title>Your Personal Files and Settings</title>
-<p>These are usually stored in your home directory such as <cmd>/home/your_name</cmd>. They could be in a variety of subdirectories such as Desktop, Documents, Pictures, Music, Videos and/or .evolution. If your backup medium has sufficient space, consider backing up the entire <cmd>/home</cmd> directory.</p>
-
-<p>
-      If you are not able to backup all of <cmd>/home</cmd>, see below for a list of some subdirectories of the <cmd>/home</cmd> directory to check for important files.
-</p>
-<note>
-<list>
-<item><p><cmd>~/</cmd> represents your home directory <cmd>/home/your_name</cmd> </p></item>
-
- <item><p>any file or folder name that starts with a period is by default hidden. To view these  select <gui>View</gui> from the main menu, then select <gui>Show Hidden Files</gui> or press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>H</key></keyseq>.
-</p></item>
-</list>
-</note>
-</item>
-</terms>
-
-
-<table shade="rows">
-  <tr>
-    <td><p>Your personal files</p></td><td><p><cmd>~/</cmd>, <cmd>~/Desktop</cmd>, <cmd>~/Documents</cmd>, <cmd>~/Pictures</cmd>, <cmd>~/Music</cmd>, <cmd>Videos</cmd>, <cmd>~/bin</cmd>, and others</p></td> <td><p>Contain files you actively created.</p></td>
-
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><p>Your personal settings</p></td> <td><p><cmd>~/.config</cmd>, <cmd>~/gconf</cmd>, <cmd>~/.gnome3</cmd>, <cmd>~/.local</cmd></p></td>
-    <td><p>Contain settings you set for your desktop and some programs.</p></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><p>System settings</p></td> <td><p><cmd>/etc</cmd> located in the File System outside of your <cmd>home</cmd></p></td>
-    <td><p>Your system settings.  In general, you don't need to go outside of your <cmd>home</cmd> directory.</p></td>
-  </tr>
-
-</table>
-
-  </section>
-
 
   <comment>
    <cite date="2010-06-29" href="mailto:gnome-doc-list gnome org">GNOME Documentation Project</cite>
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