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Copying the XO contents (backing up)

Your XO automatically copies items from the Journal to your school server, which provides a way to have a second copy, or back up, of your information. This "back up" process means that if you ever lost a song or image or story that you wrote, you can get it back (also called restore) from your school server and put it on your XO laptop. If you think you have lost something, ask your teacher to run the backup-restore command.

If you needed to replace your XO laptop with a new one for some reason, then your teacher can follow these instructions for copying all of your songs or stories or other files.

  1. (optional) Insert the Teacher USB key into laptop, which identifies the administrator for the school server. When a Teacher USB key is attached to the laptop, you do not have to enter a password for the restore command.
  2. Press Ctrl Alt F2, also called the world view key.
  3. Log in using the root username and password.
  4. At the command line, type
identity-restore "nickname"

If teacher USB key is not attached to the laptop, you must enter the password for the xoreg user on the school server.

Return to the Sugar console by pressing Ctrl Alt F4, also called the application view key.

Also, in the Journal, you can click the Backup tab and if your laptop is registered to a school server, the XO laptop copies your files to the school server.

In This Section

Keeping information in the Journal

Avoiding loss of your XO

See Also

Caring for your XO

Charging the XO battery

Viewing the XO screen in sunlight and adjusting the volume

Being safe with the XO

Conserving disk space

Getting support for your XO