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Introduction

These instructions will help you back up your computer's data to Biola's CrashPlan service.

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CrashPlan FAQ

CrashPlan - Is my computer backing up

Computer Backup/wiki/spaces/ithd/pages/14680607

CrashPlan - Adopting a backup

Back-up Your Computer Using CrashPlan

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Windows: Click on  Image Modified  in the bottom left corner of the screen.
Mac: Click on the  Image Modified  in the top right corner of the screen.

 
2Type CrashPlan. 
4Select CrashPlan (Mac) or CrashPlan PROe (Windows) from the search results.
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Have you logged in to CrashPlan before?

  • If yes,
log in using your NetID and password. 
  • click on Existing Account.
  • If no, click on
Sign up for an account.
  • New Account.
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6Enter your NetID and password
into the Username and Password fields.

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6Click Details.

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Click on Run backup now to initiate a backup. Backups will happen automatically every 15 minutes after that.

After your computer has finished backing up for the first time, you can quickly check if your computer is backing up on CrashPlan.

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, then click Sign In.
7Select the Backup Tab, and click on the Play Button to the right of the blue progress bar.Image Added
8Select the "i" button under the blue progress bar.Image Added
9When the computer is done backing up, "Last Backup" should read "< 1 minute ago".