4 Recovering and Restarting • Recovering OmniBook Files. • Restarting the OmniBook . • Upgrading the Hard Drive. Recovering OmniBook Files As you work with your OmniBook, you’ll probably want to protect the information on your disks from accidental damage. This section gives suggestions about how to • Periodically back up your files. • Reinstall files on drive C. • Repair and clean up a disk. • Reboot the OmniBook. • Upgrade the hard drive (drive C). To back up your files As you create or add information on your OmniBook, the need to make backup copies of that information becomes more important. By making backup copies of key files, you can reduce the chance of accidentally losing that data.
• You can back up individual files to floppy disks using the Explorer (Start, Programs, Windows Explorer). • For greater back-up storage of the hard disk, use Microsoft Backup (Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Backup). You can also do single or multiple file backups to an external storage device connected to one of the OmniBook's ports. If you have a PC with an IR port, or if you have an IrDA network device, you can link it to the OmniBook's fast IrDA port to make a backup quickly. Fast IrDA is more than 30 times faster than regular IrDA. To reinstall original software files on drive C Drive C (the hard-disk drive) is the main mass storage device for the OmniBook.
If drive C becomes corrupted for any reason, or if you install a new hard drive into drive C, you need to reformat the disk and reinstall the original software programs. On the other hand, if you accidentally delete or corrupt only individual files on drive C, you might be able to recover them from your backup disks. Other applications you've installed and other files you've created remain on 48