Then you will see the “Backup or Restore Wizard” dialogue box:
Click “Next” which brings you to a choice between “Back up files and settings” or “Restore files and settings”. Choose “Back up files and settings” and click “Next”. Then choose “All information on this computer” and click “Next”
Now you come to the place where you have to choose where to place the backup. You must choose a place where there is plenty of space because your backup may be many gigabytes. Saving it on your computer’s hard drive will be fine. You cannot use a DVD disk because this is not a burning program. Click on “Browse…”. The “Save as” window will come up. You will see all the places you can put your backup. I chose “desktop”. Then click “Save”. Now you must type a name for your backup. Any name will do. The box should look something like the following. Click “Next”.
Now you come to the following box. Click “Finish” and the computer will take it from there and complete the backup.
When it is finished, it will prompt you to put in a floppy diskette so that information about your system state can be written to it. Note: You can copy and paste the backup to your flash drive (if it has the space of course) or burn it to a DVD if it is very small. If you are wondering how I was able to get the screen shots for this post because you see that it can be a great teaching aid to help students with reading difficulties, I will blog about that another day.
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ReplyDeleteYou're welcome and I'm glad that this blog was informative. Talking about losing information, I plan to also chat about using one of the best and easy to use free restore program that I know which by the way was one of the tools that I used to restore your info.
ReplyDeleteall i can say is wow
ReplyDeleteI love the computer tips that you are giving and as your header rightly states as reading specialists we should know how to backup--most of our work as professionals are now on laptops and netbooks so we need to have the hands-on know how or we will be at the mercy of IT technicians
You are certainly providing a twist on the info we are getting in class on tuesdays. In fact I humbly suggest if you have any more helpful computer tips that you run your own alternative edrl via your blog
The concept of web 2.0 technology is powerful and fascinating. Blogging is one of the more popular applications. I love it. Therefore, I have already decided to set up my own blogs. I am in the process of creating my own website. Thanks for the advice.
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ReplyDeleteHope that you are fine? This post was quite informative. I love the screenshots and wait patiently for your blog post on how to create them. They are great information technology (IT) teaching aids. Backing up work is certainly important, whether in the clouds or as you mentioned above. Recently, I lost all my information which wasn't backed up. I was devastated. Luckily a "Technowiz" named Colin Karr was able to restore all my lost information. Thanks again Colin!