Backing Up And Restoring Content - Sony D2004 User Manual

To transfer media files to the memory card
1
Make sure you have a memory card inserted in your device.
2
From your Home screen, tap
3 Find and tap Settings > Storage > Transfer data to SD card.
4
Mark the file types that you want to transfer to the memory card.
5 Tap Transfer.
To stop applications and services from running
1
From your Home screen, tap
2 Find and tap Settings > Application manager > Running.
3
Select an application or service, then tap Stop.
To format the memory card
1
From your Home screen, tap
2
Find and tap Settings > Storage > Erase SD card.
3
To confirm, tap Erase SD card > Erase everything
All content on the memory card gets erased when you format it. Make sure you make backups
of all data that you want to save before formatting the memory card. To back up your content,
you can copy it to a computer. For more information, see
page 86.

Backing up and restoring content

Generally, you should not save photos, videos and other personal content solely on
the internal memory of your device. If something should happen with the hardware, or
if your device is lost or stolen, the data stored on its internal memory is gone forever.
It is recommended to use the PC Companion or the Sony Bridge for Mac applications
to make backups which save your data safely to a computer, that is, an external
device. This method is especially recommended if you are updating your device
software from one version to another.
Once your data is safely backed up to a computer, you can also make a quick
backup of basic settings and data to the SD card in your device or to an external
USB storage device by using the Backup and restore application. This backup
method is useful, for example, if you are doing a factory data reset and are not
updating the software version.
Backing up data to a computer
Use the PC Companion application or the Sony Bridge for Mac application to back
up data from your device to a PC or an Apple
applications let you back up the following types of data:
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Contacts and call logs
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Text messages
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Settings
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Media files
To back up your data using a computer
1
Make sure that the PC Companion application is installed on a PC or the Sony
Bridge for Mac application is installed on an Apple
2
Connect your device to the computer using a USB cable.
3
Computer: Open the PC Companion application or the Sony Bridge for Mac
application. After a few moments, the computer detects your device.
4
Computer: Click Back up & restore, then follow the on-screen instructions to
back up data from your device.
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