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Chapter 8: Backup and recovery Backing up your information As you add software and data files, back up your system on a regular basis to maintain a reasonably current backup. Back up your system at the following times: ■ At a regularly scheduled times ✎ Set reminders to back up your information periodically. ■ Before the computer is repaired or restored ■ Before adding or modifying hardware or software When backing up: ■ Create system restore points using the Windows System Restore feature, and periodically copy them to disc. ■ Store personal files in the Documents library and back up this folder periodically. ■ Back up templates stored in their associated programs. ■ Save the customized settings in a window, toolbar, or menu bar by taking a screen shot of the settings. The screen shot is a time-saver if you have to reset your preferences. To copy the screen and paste the image into a word-processing document: a. Display the screen. b. Copy the screen. To copy only the active window, press alt+fn+prt sc. To copy the entire screen, press fn+prt sc. c. Open a word-processing document, select Edit > Paste. d. Save the document. ■ Back up your information to an optional external hard drive, a network drive, or discs. ■ When backing up to discs, use any of the following types of discs (purchased separately): CD-R, CD-RW, DVD+R, DVD-R, or DVD±RW. The discs used depend on the type of optical drive installed in the computer. ✎ DVDs store more information than CDs, so using them for backup reduces the number of recovery discs required. ■ When backing up to discs, number each disc before inserting it into the optical drive of the computer. Notebook Essentials 33

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Chapter 8: Backup and recovery
Backing up your information
As you add software and data files, back up your system on a regular basis to maintain a
reasonably current backup. Back up your system at the following times:
■
At a regularly scheduled times
✎
Set reminders to back up your information periodically.
■
Before the computer is repaired or restored
■
Before adding or modifying hardware or software
When backing up:
■
Create system restore points using the Windows System Restore feature, and
periodically copy them to disc.
■
Store personal files in the Documents library and back up this folder periodically.
■
Back up templates stored in their associated programs.
■
Save the customized settings in a window, toolbar, or menu bar by taking a screen shot
of the settings. The screen shot is a time-saver if you have to reset your preferences.
To copy the screen and paste the image into a word-processing document:
a.
Display the screen.
b.
Copy the screen.
To copy only the active window, press
alt+fn+prt sc
.
To copy the entire screen, press
fn+prt sc
.
c.
Open a word-processing document, select
Edit > Paste
.
d.
Save the document.
■
Back up your information to an optional external hard drive, a network drive, or discs.
■
When backing up to discs, use any of the following types of discs (purchased
separately): CD-R, CD-RW, DVD+R, DVD-R, or DVD±RW. The discs used depend on
the type of optical drive installed in the computer.
✎
DVDs store more information than CDs, so using them for backup reduces
the number of recovery discs required.
■
When backing up to discs, number each disc before inserting it into the optical drive of
the computer.