Crashplan is preinstalled on all ECE ITS Windows maintained systems and is licensed for all ECE Faculty and Staff on departmentally owned systems. If Crashplan is not installed on your system, contact us.
In the Search text box, enter Crashplan and select it from the Start Menu.
When prompted to sign to Crashplan, enter your full Andrew username and click the Continue button. You will be prompted to go to your web browser to complete the login process. A CMU Web login window should appear.
Due to a signing idiosyncrasy of the Crashplan application if after logging into CMU Web Login (more than 60 seconds), close the Crashplan application window and relaunch it. You may be prompted for your Andrew user account a second time.
(Optional). If you had previously configured a computer for Crashplan, you will be prompted to Add New Device or Replace Existing device. Select Add New Device and then click the Yes button.
The computer should start to back up. Close the Crashplan application window.