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If Something Goes Wrong
Develop Good Computing Habits
Part I: Getting To Know Your Computer
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The PC Card modem used to work, but doesn’t anymore.
Check in Device Manager to see if the modem is listed.
If it is listed but has an X next to it, the modem is disabled. Dou-
ble-click the device and then click the Undocked and Docked (if
present) options before clicking OK.
If the modem is listed and has an exclamation point next to it,
there may be a conflict with another device that Windows 95 is
unable to resolve. See “Resolving a Hardware Conflict” on
page 312 for suggestions on solving the conflict.
Develop Good Computing Habits
Sometimes we're in such a hurry to use a computer that we fail to
adequately prepare for the problems that inevitably occur. This
section suggests some good habits to develop so you are prepared
when things go wrong.
Save your work often.
You can never predict when your computer will lock, forcing you
to close a program and lose unsaved changes. Many software pro-
grams build in an automatic backup, but you shouldn’t rely solely
on this feature. Save your work!
On a regular basis, back up the information stored on your
hard disk.
Here are a few ways you can do this:
❖
Copy files to diskettes in Windows 95, following the steps in
“How to Copy Something To a Diskette” on page 92 or “How
to Back Up Your Work on Diskettes” on page 93.
❖
Connect a tape drive to the system and use specialized soft-
ware to copy everything on the hard disk to a tape.
Some people use a combination of these methods, backing up all
files to tape weekly and copying critical files to diskette on a daily
basis.