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If Something Goes Wrong 249 Develop good computing habits 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. 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 250 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 Favorites, or select a particular Favorites folder to back up, then click Next. 5 In the Export Favorites Destination window, use the Browse button to browse to the My Documents folder. Click Save in the Select Bookmark file window, and then click Next. 6 Click Finish. The message “Successfully exported favorites” should appear. 7 Follow the steps above for backing up files from the My Documents folder to a CD. Each CD has room for 650-700 megabytes of data. Follow this same set of steps any number of times to back up any number of files to as many CDs as is required to hold them. Windows® XP also includes a Backup utility, though it does not directly support writing to CDs. For more information, click Start, and then click Help and Support, or start the Backup utility by clicking Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, and then click Backup. If Something Goes Wrong 251 Develop good computing habits General tips for installing hardware and software Here are a few tips to help insure safe and easy installation of new hardware (printers, pointing devices, external hard drives, DVD writers, scanners, etc.) and software (applications like Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop, or utility software such as special toolbars for your Web browser). . Create a Restore Point (see “Saving system configuration with Restore Points” on page 246). Before installing anything, use the System Restore utility to set a Restore Point (see the section titled Restore Points). If anything goes wrong, you will then be able to easily restore Windows® to the state it was in prior to the installation, undoing any changes the installation process introduced. . Back up your critical data (see “Backing up your data to CDs with Windows® XP” on page 248). . Have your factory Restore/Reconfiguration CD(s) on hand in case you need any files from them. . Do not guess; follow directions carefully! It is often necessary to run an installation utility first—before connecting a new hardware item to the computer. If the device is connected first, it may be very difficult to complete the installation successfully. Always carefully follow the installation instructions that accompany the hardware or software. . Restart Windows®. Always restart Windows® after each installation, even if the installation utility does not prompt you to do so. This will insure that the installation is completed, and will clean up anything that the installation utility left behind. If Something Goes Wrong 252 If you need further assistance . Do one installation at a time. If you have several new items to add to your computer system, install just one at a time, creating Restore Points immediately before each successive installation. This will make it much easier...

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