E Can't reload programs - left original CDroms at home Even with the best of intentions of taking the original program disks home for safekeeping just to make sure they wouldn't get lost, your student would be unable to reload the operating system or programs if the need arose for whatever reason, be it hard drive or file problems. Our recommendation is to label the cables as well as the connectors on the computer before you leave home. This will simplify the process of determining what gets connected where. G All files lost - no backup Murphy tends to kick in at the worst possible time. Even if you opt for no backup device, such as a tape drive or a cdrw drive, diskettes are still a viable option.
Many students learn to copy important files to their private drive space on the network.
Files saved in this fashion can be accessed no matter what happens to the computer.