Toshiba S2 Guia Do Utilizador

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higher. Refer to the program’s documentation and the modem 
manual for information on how to change these settings.

Make sure the line has a dial tone. Connect a telephone 
handset to the line to check this.

The other system may be busy or off line. Try making a test 
transmission to someone else.

Make sure you are prepared.

You can never predict when your computer will lock, forcing 
you to close a program and lose unsaved changes. Many 
software programs build in an automatic backup, but you 
should not rely solely on this feature. Save your work! See 

 for instructions.

Here are some ways you can do this:

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Copy files to CD/DVD or diskette, following the steps in 

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Connect a tape drive to the system and use specialized 
software to copy everything on the hard disk to a tape.

Some people use a combination of these methods, backing up 
all files to tape weekly and copying critical files to the media 
of their choice on a daily basis.

If you have installed your own programs, you should back up 
these programs as well as your data files. If something goes 
wrong that requires you to reformat your hard disk and start 
again, reloading all your programs and data files from a 
backup source will save time.