Backing Up to a Zip Disk

Your critical files should be backed up once a month. The easiest way to do this is to drag them to the Zip drive. There are many ways to backup your files, this is just one.  

To begin, have all programs closed so that your is desktop visible.

Right click on My Computer, click on Explore.

Maximize the window.

The left window shows what is on your hard-drive, the right hand window shows what is in a particular location (i.e. My Computer.)

On the LEFT window, Click on My Documents.

Click on white space in the right hand window. Click on EDIT/SELECT ALL or hold down Ctrl key and press the A key. (This selects all the files in My Documents) 

Move your mouse over one of the highlighted files, Click (hold down) and Drag the files to ZipDisk (D:) The next window shows the files being copied.

  On the LEFT window, Click on ZipDisk (D:) to verify all files were copied. (The files will show up in the right hand window

 

  Whad'ya think?  

 

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