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Follow these steps to back up files in the My Documents folder to one or more CDs: 1 Put a blank CD-R (CD-recordable) disc into the computer’s CD or DVD drive. 2 A menu of options will appear. Select Open writable CD folder using Windows Explorer, and click OK. 3 A Windows Explorer window will open for the blank CD. This window will be referred to as “the CD window.” 4 Open a second Windows Explorer window, by clicking Start, then My Computer. 5 In this second window, browse to the files you wish to back up. Click the down-pointing arrow at the upper right of the window (to the left of the Go button) to see a list of locations that includes My Documents—a likely location of your data. 6 Drag and drop folders or individual files from this window into the CD window. If the files do not immediately appear in the CD window, press F5 (or click View, Refresh) to prompt Windows to display them. If Something Goes Wrong 213 Develop good computing habits NOTE 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 apps. Visit the vendors’ Web sites (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. 7 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, so as not to interrupt it. 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. If Something Goes Wrong 214 Develop good computing habits Favorites (bookmarks) for Internet Explorer and other Web browsers 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.) 4 A list of your Favorites folders will appear, with the top- level Favorites folder selected (highlighted). Click Next to back up all of your Fa...

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