Backing up / restoring an entire Eclipse workspace

I met with this study of the Android operating system. I'm still in training mode. Along with learning Android, it seems like I'm updating a bit in Java, and since most of the examples I find expect to use Eclipse ... well, I think I also study Eclipse (that's good, I'm not complaining) ... This the question primarily concerns Eclipse and how to perform a rudimentary preservation of my current state.

I work without a version control system. I’ll fix something when I have a good feeling where I’m going, what I want and what I need to do it, so for now I’m just looking for tips on how to save (maybe quite rudely) mine the current state of affairs, and I can restore this moment if I manage to ruin my world.

Question 1:
If I just copy the entire workspace to another location (CD Rom?). and then perform tasks / experiments - in the original workspace (create new projects, create projects from existing sources, delete projects ... everything in the saved workspace) and really delete the workspace garbage, or maybe I just want to go back to to my saved point, and try the same things in a different way ... Exiting Eclipse, deleting a modified workspace that recreates the workspace in the same place with the CD Rom and, possibly, running “Clear all projects” - safely put i went back to my t save point?

Question 2:
If not. What do I need to do to do something moral recovery?

Perhaps this is already mentioned in some web documentation that I did not find. Pointers to a couple of well-written web pages could be all I need?

Thanks for any advice Joe

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You do not even need to delete the workspace. One of the menus should have an option such as “Change workspace”. I believe that this will accomplish what you want. Just change the workspace to backup.

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Eclipse saves almost everything in the workspace, so in most cases this is enough. The only other instance I came across is the installed plugins, which are saved in the eclipse folder.

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You just need to copy the workspace to your computer and use this workspace from eclipse to get back to your saved projects.

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