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Learning the Basics
Backing up your work
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Backing up your work
Your computer comes with Recovery media that enable you
to reinstall software that was preinstalled. This media can be
used to install or reinstall particular Toshiba applications,
utilities, and drivers. Back up all the files you create in case
something happens to your computer. If you have a network
partition, you can hold copies of your files there.
Alternatively, you can back up your files to diskette one at a
time as you are working on them.
To back up several files at one time, use the Microsoft
®
Windows
®
backup program preinstalled on the computer’s
hard disk.
Complete information on the backup program is in the online
Help and your Windows
®
documentation.
HINT: Backing up all the files on your hard disk takes a
considerable amount of time and many diskettes. You may
prefer to use a high-capacity backup system, such as an
external tape drive.
Restoring your work
To restore information from your backup media to your hard
disk, use the Restore page in the backup program. Look in the
online Help or your operating system documentation for
information on restoring files.
TECHNICAL NOTE: When restoring files, the backup program
prompts you if you try to overwrite a file that already exists on
the hard disk. Make sure the backup version is the one you
want before overwriting the existing file.
