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They SHOULD be backed up, all media files should be backed up but you can't see them and would need to do a test delete/ recovery to be sure.
If they are important to you I would set up a wifi sharing between PC/Mac and Playbook and drag n drop them to PC/Mac in addition to the backup. Ditto important pics etc.
