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USING AN SD CARD
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Making a backup fi le on your PC
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Windows 7 is used for these instructions.
Insert the SD card into the SD card drive on your
q
PC.
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If no SD card drive is built-in, connect a memory card
reader (purchase locally) and then insert the SD card into
it.
Click the “Open folder to view fi les” option to access
w
the card.
Select “Removal disk” and right click.
e
Click “Copy.”
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Open the desired folder to copy to,
t
then right click,
then click “Paste” to copy the data that is in the SD
card onto the hard disk.
(
Example:
Copying into the “Backup” folder in C
drive)
When removing the SD card from
y
your PC, click the
SD card icon in the task bar. (“
” icon in the screen
shot as shown to the right.)
•
The screen shot shows when a memory card reader is
connected.
Remove the SD card from
u
your PC when “Safe To
Remove Hardware” appears.
•
The screen shot shows when a memory card reader is
connected.
Right click
Click
Click
Click
Click
Backing up the data stored on the SD card onto a PC (Continued)