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# Backing up the HP Media Vault to a USB Device

Creating backups of your files ensures you have a copy that can be restored to your HP Media Vault if you experience accidental deletions or mechanical failures.

| To back up shared folders

1. Plug a USB device into the HP Media Vault.
2. For additional information, see Adding and Removing an External USB Device.
3. At the computer, click Start, All Programs, HP Media Vault, and then Control Center.
4. On the Backup tab, click Backup HP Media Vault.
5. You are prompted for an administrator name and password if you set one up. For additional information, see Editing System Settings.
6. Check the Shared Folder Names to back up.
7. The following default shared folders are listed. If you created others, they are also listed. As you check folders, their total space required for backup is calculated.

- Backup
- Location of files backed up by PC Backup software.
- Documents
- The pre-configured folder that you can use for documents, graphics, and other personal files.
- Music
- The pre-configured folder that you can use for audio files, such as those you download from the Internet or save on your hard drive.
- Photos
- The pre-configured folder that you can use for photographs. Many digital-camera and photo-editing software programs automatically create a sub-folder in this folder to which they save their pictures.
- Videos
- The pre-configured folder that you can use for video clips, such as those you download from the Internet or save on your hard drive.

| Note
| Any file stored in one of the above folders is backed up regardless of its type. For example, a document file stored in Music is backed up.

8. Select destination USB device.

| Important
| The USB device will be reformatted when you click Start Backup. All files currently on the USB device will be deleted.

9. Click Start Backup.
10. Your backup is named “(date stamp)_backup.”

| Note
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| Private shared folders that are backed up to the USB device will not request a password for validation when they are accessed on the USB device. For this reason, it is recommended that you disconnect the USB device from the HP Media Vault after the backup is complete.

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