We also may have configured email notifications<\/strong> when the backup has been successful. \u00a0 Check for these emails too, but know that those are meant as a convenience feature. It’s still important to check backups manually to make sure they’re working.<\/p>\n 1. Make sure your backup drive is attached 1. On the Windows Backup main screen, click \u201cManage Space\u201d<\/p>\n 2. Then, click \u201cView Backups\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n RDX backups should \u00a0be checked and rotated often. \u00a0If you have a big disaster that’s destroyed the computer and the backup drive, you’ll appreciate having an off-line backup.<\/p>\n 2. In this file, you’ll see a start date & time at the top, a bunch of stuff in the middle, and an end date & time at the bottom.<\/p>\n Make sure the start date & time is recent. \u00a0This is the last time the RDX backups started<\/strong>.<\/p>\n You’ll also see a log of the actual backup. \u00a0This should look consistent day to day. \u00a0If it suddenly and drastically changes, then something may be wrong.<\/p>\n 3. \u00a0Scroll down to the bottom, and note the end date & time. \u00a0It should be “about the same” day to day. \u00a0 \u00a0 If the backup was taking 4 hours, and suddenly it’s down to 5 minutes, something may be wrong.<\/p>\n You’ll also see a Successful Backup<\/strong> message. \u00a0This indicates the backup was successful, and that it’s OK to rotate the cartridge.<\/p>\n 4. \u00a0Locate and RDX eject icon on the desktop and right click it<\/p>\n 5. \u00a0The cartridge will now eject, and you can put in “the next” cartridge.<\/p>\n Note: You don’t want to remove the cartridge unless it has a good backup on it. If the backup did not work, you may be removing an empty cartridge and putting in a good backup, only to have that one overwritten too, and you could potentially end up with no backups on cartridges at all. \u00a0Caution must be taken when managing backup cartridges to ensure you have good working backups on them.<\/em><\/p>\n If you have any questions or things aren’t working as expected, contact us for assistance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If we’ve configured your system to run backups using Windows backup to a fixed USB hard drive (always attached), here’s some instructions on how to check to make sure they’re working. You should do this often. \u00a0If your backup stops working for some reason, you’ll want to know asap so …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":229,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-instructions","column","twocol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redlance.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redlance.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redlance.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redlance.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/229"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redlance.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=774"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/redlance.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1041,"href":"https:\/\/redlance.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774\/revisions\/1041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redlance.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redlance.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redlance.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Checking your backups<\/h2>\n
\n2. Launch Backup & Restore<\/strong> by clicking Backup and Restore icon on the desktop.\u00a0 If you don’t have one, you can also click the Start<\/strong>\u00a0button, then type Backup Windows 7<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"win10backup-win7\"](\"https:\/\/redlance.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/win10backup-win7.png\")
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\n3. At the next screen, verify when the last successful backup was run, and make sure the backup drive isn\u2019t full or maxed out.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\n4. If your backups are scheduled, you can see when it is the next backup will run. If you want to run a backup on demand, just click the Back up now<\/strong> button (make sure all of your programs are closed out first!)<\/p>\nIf your backup drive is full, you\u2019ll need to delete older backups to make room for new ones.<\/h2>\n
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\n3. Delete one or more OLDER BACKUPS to free up space. Be careful to NOT delete the LAST and ONLY backup or you\u2019ll have no backups!<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nOptional- if you also have a removable RDX backup system in place, check the removable cartridge (RDX) backups, and rotate the cartridge.<\/h1>\n
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