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Learning the Basics
Backing up your files
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❖If a diskette is dirty, clean it with a soft cloth moistened in
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, 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.

Copying to a diskette

1Insert a diskette into the internal diskette drive.
2Click Start.
The Start menu appears.
3Click My Computer.
The My Computer window appears.
4Double-click the drive that contains the file you want to
copy.