Develop Good Computing Habits - Toshiba Satellite 110 Series User Manual

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If Something Goes Wrong...

Develop Good Computing Habits

If it is listed but has an X next to it, the modem is disabled. Dou-
ble-click the device and then check the Undocked and Docked (if
present) options before clicking OK.
If the modem is listed and has and exclamation point (!) next to it
there may be a conflict with another device and that Windows 95
is unable to resolve the conflict. See "Develop Good Computing
Habits" on page 260 for suggestions on solving the conflict.

Develop Good Computing Habits

Sometimes we're in such a hurry to use a computer that we fail to
adequately prepare for the inevitable problems that occur. This
section suggests some good habits to develop so you are prepared
should a problem occur.
Get in the habit of saving your work often.
You can never predict when your computer will lock, forcing you
to close a program and lose unsaved changes. Many software pro-
grams build in an automatic backup, but you shouldn't rely solely
on this feature. Save your work!
On a regular basis, back up the information stored on your
hard disk.
Here are a few ways you can do this:
Copy files to disk in Windows 95, following the steps in "How
to Copy Something to a Diskette" on page 89 or "How to Back
Up Your Work" on page 90.
Connect a tape drive to the system and use specialized soft-
ware to copy everything on the 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 disk 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 over, reloading
all your software and data from a backup will save time.
Part I: Getting To Know Your Computer