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Learning the Basics
Backing up your files
Backing up your files
Backing up your files means copying individual files to a
diskette or copying entire sections of your hard disk to
another device, such as a tape drive, or to your network
partition.
Copying to a diskette
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Never eat, smoke, or use erasers near your diskettes.
Foreign particles can damage the diskette's surface.
Keep your diskettes away from sources of magnetism,
such as speakers and radios, since these can destroy data.
Insert a diskette into the optional external diskette drive.
Click Start.
The Start menu appears.
Click My Computer.
The My Computer window appears.
Double-click the drive that contains the file you want to
copy.
Double-click the folder that contains the file, then click
the file you want to copy.
HINT: You can use the Ctrl or Shift keys to select more than
one file.
Click File, then click Send To.
Click the icon for the diskette drive (3 1/2 floppy [A:]).
HINT: You can also back up a file to a diskette by clicking the
file (or files) you want to backup with the secondary button,
then pointing to Send To and clicking 3 1/2 Floppy (A:).
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