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Title: How To: Backup and Restore your Files to OneDrive
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Audience: Students, Staff / Faculty
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Applies to: OneDrive, Horizon desktop, CNC desktop or laptop computer
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Category: Desktop, Mobile, and Printing Support
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Prerequisites: Active CNC Account, Access to Internet, OneDrive
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Problem: N/A
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Description / Summary: Guide to Backing Up Your Files and Restoring them to Your CNC OneDrive
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Go to Folder Backup Instructions
Go to Bookmark Backup Instructions
Go to Folder Restore Instructions
Go to Bookmark Restore Instructions
What is OneDrive?
Microsoft OneDrive is a file hosting service and synchronization service operated by Microsoft as part of its web version of Office. OneDrive is the cloud storage solution that CNC provided to all staff to safely store their files in the cloud. Each staff member at CNC will have 1000GB of space to store your files.
OneDrive allows for secure storage and easy sharing of files.
How to Access OneDrive
One Drive can be accessed by going to https://cnccloud-my.sharepoint.com/ and logging in with your CNC credentials, or through File Explorer (see here).
From there, you will be able to see the files which belong to you, are being shared with you, and that are being shared by you.
You will also be able to create new folders in your OneDrive and upload files into them. You will use this menu when you upload files to be backed up into your OneDrive.
Why should you Backup your Data?
It is strongly encouraged that you to keep a backup on OneDrive of the data that is stored locally (meaning the only copy is kept on your physical computer.)
This ensures that if there is any hardware failure (ie. your computer is no longer functioning or is damaged and cannot be repaired) you will have a backup of your data that you can access anywhere with your CNC credentials.
How do I know if my data is being stored locally?
Windows has many different discs when you open the file explorer.
Local Disk (C:) is the system disk where windows is stored, this is the actual hard drive inside your computer. All of the files on this drive are only located on your computer and no where else. These are the files that we will be backing up.
My Network Drive (U:) is the network drive that is assigned to each user. This is a drive separate from your computer's hard drive and is backed up to the network. You will not need to backup this drive as it is backed up automatically and it will show up again on any CNC computers connected to our network.
These drives may change depending on your location and you may not see either of them, these are also network drives like the U: Drive. You will not need to backup these drives as it is backed up automatically and they will show up again on any CNC computers connected to our network.
How to backup your data and folders to OneDrive
Now that you can access OneDrive, you will need to make a backup of any files that are stored locally on your computer. You will also be exporting the data in your bookmarks bar so that you can import your bookmarks back into your new computer's browser.
If you would like to use OneDrive through File Explorer, please see this article: How To: Access OneDrive through File Explorer
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1. Open the file explorer 
2. Navigate to C:\Users , then click on your username to open your user's folder. Select all folders.
3. Once these folders have been selected, right click on your mouse and click "copy"
4. You will now create a new folder to store the backup. You can call this folder whatever you like, it's recommended to call it yourusername.backup. To do this right click in the blank space in the folder explorer where you copied your data and click New, then Folder.
5. Once you name the folder, double click on it to open it, then right click the blank space again and now click paste. This will start copying any local files on your computer into that folder, which you will upload to OneDrive. You may see a loading bar like the one below, please wait for that to finish before proceeding.
7. Now go back to OneDrive in your browser, Click "Add new" then "Folder upload"
8. Navigate to where we created the backup folder and click on it then click "Upload". Now please wait for the folder to finish uploading, once it is done. Your files will be safely backed up into OneDrive.
How to Export Bookmarks from your Browser
Go to Chrome Instructions
Go to Firefox Instructions
Go to Microsoft Edge Instructions
Go to Internet Explorer Instructions
Chrome
1. Open Google Chrome on your deskop, then click the three vertically aligned dots in the top right hand corner. Go to Bookmarks, then Bookmarks Manager.
2. Click the three dots on the blue banner.
3. Click "Export Bookmarks" then choose a location to store the exported bookmarks. It's recommended to save this somewhere easily accessible as you will be uploading this to OneDrive as well.
Firefox
1. Click the three horizontal lines in the top right.
2. Click Library, then Bookmarks, Then Show All Bookmarks.
3. Now click Import and Backup, then Export Bookmarks to HTML and save that file to your desktop.
Edge
1. Click the favorites button in the top right.
2. Click the three horizontal dots in the top right.
3. Click "Export Favorites". Make sure to save them somewhere you will be able to easily access them again.
Internet Explorer
**NB: Internet Explorer is no longer supported by Microsoft and may not be available in 2023**
1. Click on the favorites Star
2. Click the arrow beside "Add to favorites", then click Import and export.
3. Then select "Export to a file", Check the box besides Favorites and click next until you get to the "Where do you want to export your favorites?" screen. Select an appropriate location and save the file there.
How to backup your bookmarks file to OneDrive
Now that you have a file that contains all the bookmarks for your browser, we need to upload that file to OneDrive. To do this, follow the steps below.
1. Go to to https://cnccloud-my.sharepoint.com/ and log in with your CNC credentials.
2. Click Upload, then click Files.
3. Now navigate to the bookmarks file that you saved earlier, click on the file and then click Open.
4. Now your file will upload to OneDrive, please wait for the file to complete uploading. You should see the below when it is complete.
How to Restore Your Data Onto a New Computer
Now that you have a backup of all your files and your bookmarks on OneDrive, you will now need to copy the data back to your new computer.
Moving the windows data back
1. Download the backup file from OneDrive that we made earlier by going to https://cnccloud-my.sharepoint.com/ and logging in with your CNC credentials, then click the three dots beside the folder and click download.
2. Now that you have the backup files downloaded, you will place them onto the new computer. First, open the file explorer
3. Navigate to the backup file you just downloaded , then click on your username.backup to open your user's backup folder. Select all folders. Then right click and click copy.
4. Go to C:\Users then click on your username. Right click and click paste, if it asks to replace files in this location, select "Replace the file in the destination",
5. Allow this to finish, once this is complete. All your files from the previous computer should now be in the same folders as the ones they came from on your previous computer.
How to import your bookmarks
Locate the file that you exported your bookmarks to, you will need this to import the bookmarks into your desired browser. Your bookmarks backup file should be in your OneDrive if you completed the above steps to backup your bookmarks.
Below are the steps for importing that backup bookmark file for each browser.
Go to Chrome Instructions
Go to Firefox Instructions
Go to Microsoft Edge Instructions
Go to Internet Explorer Instructions
Chrome
1. Open Google Chrome on your deskop, then click the three vertically aligned dots in the top right hand corner. Go to Bookmarks, then Bookmarks Manager.
2. Click the three dots on the blue banner. Then click Import Bookmarks, choose the bookmarks file and click open.
3. This will import your bookmarks and they should appear where they were on your previous browser.
Firefox
1. Click the three horizontal lines in the top right.
2. Click Library, then Bookmarks, Then Show All Bookmarks.
3. Now click Import and Backup, then Import Bookmarks from HTML and choose the bookmarks file from your desktop.
Edge
1. Open Edge and click the star with lines in it near the top right of your browser, then click the three dots that appear when you open that menu, then click on Import Favorites.
2. This will open a menu that will ask you where to import the bookmarks from. Make sure you change the item in the drop down menu to be "Favorites or bookmarks HTML file". Then click "Choose file".
3. Chose your Bookmark file and then click open, this will import your bookmarks.
Internet Explorer
**NB: Internet Explorer is no longer supported by Microsoft and may no longer be available in 2023**
1. Click on the favorites Star
2. Click the arrow beside "Add to favorites", then click Import and export.
3. Then select "Import from a file", Check the box besides Favorites and click next until you get to the "Where do you want to import your favorites from?" screen. Select the file that you downloaded from OneDrive, then click "Next".
4. Finally, select "Import"
