Saving Work

Self Help Guide

File Management and Storage: saving your work

You should always save and backup your work and run a virus check regularly to ensure your work does not become corrupt or lost. You should also store your saved work in at least two places. See also UPR SA12 Section 8.2.5. Saving your work  Save your work at regular intervals so that if there are any problems with the computer, network,  Use the Save or Save as option on the File menu that is available on most applications to save or

copy your work.  You can save your work either to your personal storage U:\ drive on the computers in the Learning Resources Centres (LRCs), to a pen or flash drive on drive E:\ or F:\.  Check that the files have been saved and copied correctly before logging out. disk or USB device you are using, you do not lose your work in its entirety.

Emailed yourself a file?

 If you email yourself a file, before working on it you MUST save it to a known location before opening it. DON’T work on it from within your browser or you may not be able to find it when you think you have saved it.

Virus protection  CDs and other storage devices are checked automatically when they are inserted into any  While you are at UH you can download free antivirus software for PCs from StudyNet:  Click on the Help button at the top of your StudyNet Portal to connect to the Information  

     Hertfordshire Help and Support page. Click on Virus Protection (under Help and Support). Scroll down to F-Secure AntiVirus and follow the instructions. computer in any of the University’s LRCs and disinfected wherever possible.

USB storage devices

On a PC, Windows will assign the next available drive letter, usually E:\ or F:\. The Macintosh system provides an icon on the desktop and on the Side Bar. To remove USB devices from PCs, click on the small green arrow found in the task bar at the lower right hand side of your screen and then confirm that the drive is to be safely removed. To...