Software Backup - Mitsubishi Electric Apricot VS Owner's Handbook Manual

T H E S Y S T E M D R I V E S
• Jumpers and links on the drives
• Partitioning and formatting
• Existing ribbon cable re-connection and/or extension
If you do not feel confident about installing a second hard drive you
may wish to have your supplier or an authorised engineer complete
this task for you.

Software backup

Within Windows you will find Help on numerous topics including
backing up, or making a security copy, of your software. It is vital to
maintain a discipline of regular backup of your data. Power cuts or
hard disk failure are just two reasons.
Your operating system or applications e.g. word processing software,
can be simply reinstalled from your master floppy disks or CD's.
The letters or files you have created would be lost permanently. Your
files may not be very large, but they will be impossible to replace
once lost.
Copy your data files to floppy disks, or use proprietary utilities
designed to do software backups, such as the one in Windows. Do
this regularly and then keep the back-up in a safe place. It is good
practice to perform a back-up regularly using two or more sets of
disks, rotated for safety.
There are several companies that manufacture backup units,
accompanied by dedicated software, some of which can backup your
complete hard disk two or three times over on to one small tape
cassette, in a comparatively short time.
These are mostly used in networked office environments, but there
are more simple, economic versions designed for personal or home
use, such as the FTD drive, described in a following section.
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