The iPad is, to me, a peripheral, not the heart of your computing experience. That “core” is probably a Windows workstation. You are going to take photos, create documents, etc with the iPad. These need to be backed up somewhere for a bunch of reasons. There is a lot of noise and confusion out there about how best to do this: Dropbox? ICloud? other ways? I do not see a settled, accepted “orthodoxy” for managing backups. I am not impressed with Dropbox but you will hear others who are. Try everything, and while you are looking try this: 1) be sure you have iTunes loaded on your Windows PC. If you don’t have it get it at apple.com/itunes 2) take the usb cable out of the charger that came with your iPad. Plug the iPad end into the iPad like you are going to charge it. Plug the USB end into a free USB port on your PC. 3) open “My Computer” or “Computer” on your Windows PC by double-clicking it. 4) you should see the iPad in the list of stuff available. start clicking on folders til you see the list of photos and stuff. 5) remember you are looking at the stuff that is on the iPad. To back it up copy and paste (right click and choose Copy then paste to say your desktop). Now there is a copy of stuff on your PC. 6) once you have it on the PC get rid of it on the iPad so you have space for photos movies and projects you haven’t made yet! Name your pics so you can find and use them in future. Joe