Toshiba NB305-N310 User Manual page 165

required. Most of the external optical drives that are now widely
available can write to (or 'burn') as well as read from optical discs.
Follow these steps to back up files in the My Documents folder to
one or more optical discs:
NOTE
You cannot back up the computer while running on battery power.
Connect the AC adaptor before continuing.
1 Put a blank CD-R (CD-recordable) disc into the optional
external optical drive.
2 A menu of options will appear. Select Open writable CD
folder using Windows Explorer, and click OK.
3 A Windows
This window will be referred to as "the CD window."
4 Open a second Windows
then My Computer.
5 In this second window, browse to the files you wish to back up.
Click the down-pointing arrow at the upper-right of the
window (to the left of the Go button) to see a list of locations
that includes My Documents—a likely location of your data.
6 Drag and drop folders or individual files from this window into
the CD window. If the files do not immediately appear in the
CD window, press
Windows
NOTE
Documents and other data files that you create as you work are
typically stored in the My Documents folder. You may also wish to
back up other important data files stored elsewhere on your internal
storage drive, for example:
Develop good computing habits
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Explorer window will open for the blank CD.
F5 (or click View, Refresh) to prompt the
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operating system to display them.
E-mail files and settings—for Outlook
other e-mail applications. Visit the vendors' Web sites
(www.microsoft.com, for example) for detailed instructions.
Newsgroup files and settings—for Outlook
newsgroup readers. Visit the vendors' Web sites for detailed
instructions.
Other data files. If you do not find an application's data files in
any of the folders within the My Documents folder, check the
application's options or preferences settings to discover the
locations of the files.
If Something Goes Wrong
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Explorer window by clicking Start,
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, Outlook Express, or
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Express or other