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Can you get your files back?

One exchange at a time. Read what changes, then explain it in your own words before moving on.

  1. Meet the components
  2. Follow the steps
  3. Compare an example
  4. Check your understanding
Interactive Lab

Can you get your files back?

Compare a synchronized deletion with restoring a protected earlier copy.

Steps1. Delete copied 2. Same state
Click a box or choose its name to learn what it means.
Your deviceReadySynced filesReadyProtected backupReadyYour deviceReadySynced filesReadyProtected backupReady
Ready to traceSync only
Before you start · 2 stepsSync only

Synchronization can copy unwanted changes as well as useful ones.

How to use this example

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Inspect components & read every step
  • Your device

    Your phone, computer or other device holding information.

    Example: Photos on a phone may be lost if the phone fails.

  • Synced files

    Files whose changes are copied between linked locations. Sync is not automatically a separate backup.

    Example: A deletion may also be copied to other synced devices.

  • Protected backup

    A recoverable copy protected from the same failures or changes affecting the original.

    Example: A separate versioned backup can restore a file after accidental deletion; test restoration.

Sync only

Synchronization can copy unwanted changes as well as useful ones.

  1. Your device Synced files: Delete copied. Deleting a file can synchronize the removal elsewhere.
  2. Synced files Your device: Same state. Without retained history, the synchronized copy may not recover the file.

Backup tested

A separate, protected earlier version can provide a way back after a mistake.

  1. Your device Protected backup: Earlier backup. A protected backup contains an earlier valid file.
  2. Your device Synced files: Deletion. The current synchronized copy is removed.
  3. Protected backup Your device: Restore copy. Restore the earlier file from the protected backup.
  4. Your device Protected backup: Restore checked. Verify that the recovered file opens and is the version you need.

Fictional teaching trace. One moving dot represents an exchange, not a measured network capture.