How to Back Up your Documents

Wise Owl Legal believes that your documents are your intellectual property and allow you complete access to a full back up copy whenever you would like to take them.

It is recommended to setup a regular backup procedure for your documents so that the copy that you have backed up is current.

The set up of your Wise Owl Legal database will determine the generic program backups that would have been set up when you first joined the OWL family. 

The documents backup is only for your peace of mind and to completely allow you 100% access.

Wise Owl Legal allows it's users to access the 'back end' of the documents through a Windows Explorer (File Explorer) page.

1. To open this, on your Windows machine, go to the start menu and search for 'Windows Explorer'. You can also press the Windows Key + E on your keyboard to open it.
   
   

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2. Once you have opened the Windows Explorer, in the address bar, type in the Documents path.
   
   It will be in one of the following formats:
   Win 10      \\<your firm URL\docs
   Win 7        \\<your firm URL>@SSL\docs
   
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   https://<yourfirmurl>/docs
   
   

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3. A pop up will appear asking you to log in. Use the same credentials that you would log in to your Wise Owl database with.
   
   

    

4. You will then be redirected to the folder with your documents sorted into Archived, Closed and Open matters.
   
   

    

5. At this point, copy the relevant folders into a backup directory or onto a backup drive and you are done.
   You can also drill down and only backup specific matters if required.