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Backing up your files |
Caring for diskettes
❖Store your diskettes properly to protect and keep them clean.
❖If a diskette is dirty, clean it with a soft cloth moistened with water. Do not use cleaning fluids.
❖Never slide back the protective metal cover.
❖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; these can destroy data.
Backing up your files
Backing up your files simply means copying individual files to a diskette or copying entire sections of your hard disk to another device, such as a tape drive.
Copying to a diskette
1Insert a diskette into the diskette drive.
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