Classes are free to BVCC members; you may become a member of BVCC on-line.
You must pre-register for each training session separately listed below by signing up at a preceding General Meeting; or by contacting Education Chair Jill Doll at bvccedu@bvcomputerclub.org or texting her at 320-828-3413. Supply class title, your name, phone number, and email contact information. If by email or text, you should follow-up if a confirmation response is not received within 24 hours. Contact information is used to send a class reminder, or to advise should it be necessary to cancel or reschedule the class.
CANCELED (insufficient signups)
Storage Solutions,
has been scheduled for Tuesday, April 1, 9am-11am.
Are you worried about storing massive amounts of data on multiple external drives?
Is your laptop C: drive running out of free space?
Can you afford a catastrophic failure? If these questions are knocking on you front door,
then a RAID array or NAS file server may be your solution!
Single or multiple laptop users in a home? No problem.
Learn how to expand your storage space with a low budget home consumer NAS
(Network Attached Server) file server.
Learn the easy way to install a RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks)
storage array in a desktop using Windows 10/11 Storage Spaces. Instructor Pete Opland.
Why, When and How to Backup Your C Drive,
has been scheduled for Tuesday, April 15, 9am - 11am.
The backup procedures described in this class are relevant for all currently supported MS Windows Operating
Systems. Everyone who has a computing system they depend on to perform certain tasks, or who has a computer
with pictures or other files they would hate to lose, needs to understand backups. The time to
worry about backup procedures is always before they are needed.
This class will cover the reasons one should make backups, what should prompt
making a new backup, free backup programs that may be used, and where to
place your backups. Topics include installation of a backup program, an overview of the backup process,
demonstration of a backup, and how to create and boot from a Rescue CD to rebuild
a damaged C drive. Instructor Pete Opland.