Copying the XO contents (backing up)

If you want a second copy of your files, you can store them on external storage media such as an SD card or USB device. To copy files to an external device, follow these steps. 

1. Launch the Journal Activity, either by pressing the magnifying glass icon key or by going to
   the Home View and clicking the Journal icon at the bottom of the Home circle.
2. Insert an SD card or a USB device into the XO. The Journal shows an icon in a bottom bar when you put in external storage media.
3. Drag the file to the SD or USB icon in the bottom bar.
   

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. This file copy process 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 device into laptop, which identifies the administrator for the school server. When a Teacher USB device is attached to the laptop, you do not have to enter a password for the restore command.
2. Launch the Terminal Activity, or press ctrl+alt+the Group View key.
3. Log in using the root username and password.
4. At the command line, type

identity-restore "nickname"

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

Keeping information in the Journal

Use the Journal to view a collection of all your Activities on the laptop.

Click the Journal icon at the bottom of the Activity Circle on the Home View.

From the Journal, you can search by keyword and sort by activity or date. You can press the magnifying glass key in the top row of the keyboard to immediately open the Journal and search.

Clicking on an entry brings up a detail page from which you can resume an activity (by clicking on the Activity Icon or pressing the Activity View key) or copy its contents onto the clipboard by clicking the Copy Icon.

The Journal also supports external storage media such as a USB stick or a SD card. When you plug a USB key into the XO, the contents from the USB key are entered into the data storage of the XO laptop to access using the Journal.

Click on the USB icon to access the content on an attached USB storage device.

You can also drag and drop Journal entries on to or off of a USB device.

To view the SD card or USB device file names with the Terminal Activity

1. Start the Terminal Activity.
2. Find the name of the external media device, which is in the /media directory. For example, type:
   df
3. You see the name of your SD card or USB stick in the row with /media/ before it. You need that name to find the files with the next command.
   
4. Use the change directory command (cd) to switch your location to the storage media.
   cd /media/5962-0A03
   
5. Next, use the list command (ls) to list all the files on the storage media.
   ls
   

Other storage information

You can insert an SD card into the slot below the Power button. Turn the display part of the XO laptop so that the slot is exposed, and insert the card with the metal parts facing the display. A spring mechanism keeps the card in place, and you push the card inward to eject it when you are finished.