MarkBook® section 3-2
MarkBook's Backup Routine MarkBook® section 3-2
MarkBook's Backup Routine 
From the Main Operating Screen, section 3-1, click on
the Backup button at the lower left. Or, click File in the upper
menu bar to get this drop-down menu. Click on
Backup. Or, scroll down to Backup with your cursor keys and push Enter on your keyboard. The
Backup screen will appear for making a backup copy of the current class -
7X in this example.
If you plan to save to a
diskette or a mass storage device, insert that device into your computer.
The device may have an earlier backup of the same classes on it. As in the
next image, the Backup
screen will show you where the current data is stored in the upper Source Path
window. In the example, the class folder is on the c: drive in the mkbk200X\sample0X
directory.
Choose the Destination where you would like the copy to be stored (click on the down toggle and then on your choice of drive). If your existing data is on your hard drive (Drive
c:) or network drive, then you can make a copy to any other available drive (e.g. a:, b:, d:,
e: etc.), or to another file or location on your hard drive, or to another drive
through the network. In the example, the user has selected the e: drive as the backup location. If the receiving drive already has MarkBook
class folders, these will show in the Folder window (note the 5 class folders already on the
device in this example).
Once the copy location is specified, click
Make Backup at the lower left. If the backup location already contains an earlier copy of this class folder, an
A Folder Exists
for ... warning will appear about updating the existing file. If this a newer file with more up-to-date data, click
Yes and your computer will update the older class file with this current/newer one.
If you have made modifications to one or more comments banks, select the check
off option
to copy these as well during your backup. As the backup proceeds, a progress
window will appear for a few seconds at the bottom of this screen. Once you have a copy
of each class on a portable storage device such as the USB mass storage device
in the next image, transport your data from one computer to another as convenient.
Open the class from the
portable device drive on the next computer and back up the class folder to the hard
drive. In this case, the Source Path
will be e: and the destination will be c:MkBk200X. Teachers should install MarkBook on personal/home PCs as well as the computers at work. Refresh each computer with the most recent data as you see fit. Your MarkBook license permits you to put MarkBook on all of the computers that you use personally. However, you are the only one allowed to use the software unless your school has purchased a department, site,
or district license. For other ways to manage/copy your class file folders using Windows tools, see section 12-1.