While attending online school, it’s important for you to back up your schoolwork, portfolios, photos, and music so should the unthinkable occur and your computer crashes, you will have your data backed up externally. Two ways you can do this is through flash drives and external hard drives.
A Student’s Guide to Computers for Online School: Flash Drives & External Hard Drives
A flash drive is a small mobile USB device that can be purchased for just a few dollars and hold quite a bit of material. If you start a school project on the library computer, you can save your data onto a flash drive and easily transfer your information from one location to another.
An external hard drive contains hundreds of megabytes and will allow you to back up your entire computer for a fairly affordable price.
So when your budgeting how much money to allocate to your online school budget, don’t forget to include funds for a flash drive and external hard drive!
Here’s a couple flash drives that will get a rise out of your friends…
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