Backing Up Your Work; Restoring Your Work - Toshiba U205-S5002 - Satellite - Core Duo 1.66 GHz User Manual

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Learning the Basics

Backing up your work

Backing up your work
Back up all the files you create in case something happens to
your computer. You can back up your files to different types
of media such as CDs, DVDs, diskettes, or to a network, if
available.
To back up several files at one time, use the Microsoft
Windows
hard disk. Also see
Windows operating system" on page
Small files can be backed up on diskettes if an optional
external diskette drive is available.

Restoring your work

To restore information from your backup media to your hard
disk, use the Restore page in the backup program. Look in the
online Help or your operating system documentation for
information on restoring files.
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backup program preinstalled on the computer's
"Backing up your data to CDs with the
HINT: Backing up all the files on your hard disk may take a
considerable amount of time and multiple CDs/DVDs. You
may prefer to use a high-capacity backup system, such as an
external hard drive.
TECHNICAL NOTE: When restoring files, the backup program
prompts you if you try to overwrite a file that already exists on
the hard disk. Make sure the backup version is the one you
want before overwriting the existing file.
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