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Learning the Basics
Backing up your files
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❖Never touch the magnetic surface of a diskette.
Fingerprints can prevent the drive from reading the data
stored on a diskette.
❖Never twist or bend a diskette.
❖Keep diskettes at room temperature and avoid exposing
them to direct sunlight. Otherwise data may be lost.
❖Never place heavy objects on your diskettes.
❖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.
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.
1Insert a diskette into the diskette drive.
2Click Start, then click My Computer.
3Click the drive that contains the file you want to copy.
4Double-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.
5Click File, then click Send To.