1. Open the Windows Explorer
program: With Windows 98, click on Start > Programs > Windows Explorer.
For Windows XP, click on Start > All Programs >
Accessories > Windows Explorer.
2. Highlight the C:/ drive (by
clicking once on the C:/ in the left-hand side of the window).
3. Click on the File pull
down menu at the top of the window. Click on New. Click on
Folder.
4. You will see a folder appear on
the right-hand side of the window (it will be highlighted blue and will
read “New Folder”).
5. Enter a name for the folder that
makes sense to you (e.g. “backupfiles_Nov20”).
6. Once this folder has been
created, you should now locate the files/folders you want to
copy-and-paste into this new folder.
7. To copy files/folder into this
new folder, highlight the file or folder you want to copy (by clicking
once on the file or folder) and then click on the Copy button at
the top of the window. Locate your new folder, and in the right-hand
side of the window double click on the new folder (to open or enter it)
and once inside, click on the Paste button at the top of the
window.
8. Repeat Step 7 for all of the
files/folders you want to backup.
9. Once you have all of the copied
and pasted all of the files you want to backup into your new folder,
single click on your new folder to highlight it and hit the Copy
button at the top of the window to copy the entire folder.
10. Locate your “personal folder”
on the network, enter it, and then click on Paste. This will copy
all of your important files/folders to the network. Copying this folder
to the network drive might take some time.
