Developing Good Computing Habits - Toshiba 8000 User Manual

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Developing good computing habits

Developing good computing habits

This section suggests some good habits to develop so you are
prepared if things go wrong.
Save your work frequently.
You can never predict when your computer will lock, forcing you
to close a program and lose unsaved changes. Many software
programs build in an automatic backup, but you shouldn't rely
solely on this feature. Save your work! It only takes a few
moments, and it could save you many hours of work to recreate
files.
On a regular basis, back up the information stored on your
hard disk.
Here are a few ways you can do this:
❖ Use Windows to copy files to diskettes.
Connect a tape drive to the system and use specialized
❖
software to copy all your data from hard disk to a tape.
Some people use a combination of these methods, backing up all
files to tape weekly and copying critical files to diskette on a daily
basis.
If you've added your own software to your system, you should
back up the software as well as the data. If something goes wrong
that requires you to format your hard disk and start again,
reloading all your software and data from a backup will save time.
Read the manuals.
It's very difficult to provide a fail-safe set of steps you can follow
every time you experience a problem with the computer. Your
ability to solve problems will improve as you learn about how the
computer and its software work together.
Part I: Getting to Know Your Computer