Learning the Basics

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Backing up your files

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 diskette1Insert a diskette into the external 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.

5Double-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.6Click File, then click Send To.