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If Something Goes Wrong
Develop good computing habits
Documents and other data files that you create as you work are
typically stored in the My Documents folder. You may also wish to
back up other important data files stored elsewhere on your hard disk
drive, for example:
❖
E-mail files and settings—for Outlook
®
, Outlook
®
Express, or
other e-mail applications. Visit the vendors’ Web sites
(www.microsoft.com, for example) for detailed instructions.
❖
Newsgroup files and settings—for Outlook
®
Express or other
newsgroup readers. Visit the vendors’ Web sites for detailed
instructions.
❖
Other data files. If you do not find an application’s data files in
any of the folders within the My Documents folder, check the
application’s options or preferences settings to discover the
locations of the files.
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When you have finished copying files to the CD window, click
File
,
Write these files to CD
.
8
A CD Writing Wizard will appear, prompting for a name for
the CD. You may accept the default name, or enter a new (more
descriptive) name. Click
Next
to continue.
9
The CD Writing Wizard will now write the selected files to the
CD. It is best not to use the computer for any other tasks during
this operation, to avoid interrupting the process.
10
Finally, click
Finish
.
The CD will be ejected. It should contain all of the files you
have selected, but you may easily verify this by placing the CD
back into the drive, and viewing the list of files.
Favorites (bookmarks) for Internet Explorer
®
Follow these steps to back up your Favorites for Internet Explorer
®
(ver 5.0 or newer):
1
In Internet Explorer
®
, click
File
,
Import and Export
.
2
The Import/Export Wizard will appear. Click
Next
.
3
Click
Export Favorites
,
Next
. (To restore the Favorites to the
hard disk drive later you would select
Import Favorites
from
this list.)
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