Backup

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As with anything where you spend a lot of time setting it up, it's always a good idea to do periodic backups of your XBMC settings and library. This is especially true if you are thinking of running a development build such as a nightly, monthly, or beta. There are various ways to backup XBMC's settings, the easiest simply being to make a copy of your userdata folder, but this page will attempt to consolidate the different methods and explain them.

What settings XBMC uses and where are they stored

Backup add-on

Manual backup

Editor note: In a nutshell: copy your userdata folder.

Backing up the video library

HOW-TO:Backup the library

Watch status only

System backups, RAID, and other generally good ideas