for a good reason

We are told how important it is to secure important data against loss… should you loose your Portable Computer or it's hard disk, on which so much data can nowadays be stored, fail. The trouble is that many users think that nothing will happen to their computer and, therefore, do NOT take adequate security steps to ensure against data loss. One reason is that they consider it takes too much time. Well… it does not have to… with a little advance thought.

You can create as many folders and sub-folders as you want. Some might like to create several subfolders within their "MS Word" folder to better organise their data… for example, one called "Personal" for personal documents, one called "Office" for work documents, etc.

Folder Example:

"My Computer"
   - MS Word
         - Personal
         - Office

   - MS Excel
         - Personal
         - Office
               - Accounts
               - Pricing

   - Accounts

   - Graphics

   - Other

Not alone is the above good practice as it will help you locate data files more easily but it will also considerably simplify the process of making a security copy of important data. If you implement the above recommendation then ALL DATA is recorded in the "My Computer" folder.

... ONE COMMAND will copy that folder, all it’s sub folders and their files/data onto the backup device of your choice… IT IS AS SIMPLE AS THAT.

The backup disk/tape(s) used should NEVER be stored with your compute. Leave it(them) somewhere safe… perhaps leave one set in your office… use a different set the next time (it does not take any more time… only a few extra pounds for the disk/tape) and leave that at your home. Then you are well secured.

There are several different devices which can be used to take security copies of data on your Toshiba Portable computer.

Firstly you can use the floppy disk drive. However a floppy disk can only store 1.44 Mb of data. You can use multiple floppy disks though many would see this as taking too much time and frequently the root cause of their not being used. If you wish to backup 10 Mb of data this would require you to feed in 7 floppy disks in succession to complete the task. Floppy disks also have quite a slow data transfer speed.

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