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Copying To The Hard Drive

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	How do I back up my game files, and restore backed- up files?
	Choosing Method Of Backup
	Copying To The Hard Drive
	Compression Technique Zip
	Compression Technique Rar
	Creating a CD/ DVD Backup
	Restoring Backed-Up Files

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Author: simsample The Main Monkey Business Thanked 4279 Times in 20 Posts Written: 12th Mar 2006, 06:08 PM Updated: 22nd Aug 2006, 01:02 PM Views: 31318

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Back to: Choosing Method Of Backup	Next: Compression Technique Zip
Explorer Copy To backup your files to another part of your hard drive, you need to copy My Documents\ EA Games\ The Sims2 to the Desktop. Close the game and make sure Sim PE, Datgen, Bodyshop, Homecrafter or any other program related to The Sims2 are not running. Open My Documents, and double click on the EA Games folder. Now right click on the Sims2 folder and choose copy: Now click the ‘up’ arrow that I’ve highlighted in red, which will take you back to the desktop. Click Edit, Paste. That’s it, your backup is done! Your Sims 2 folder is safely copied to the Desktop. Click Next: Compression Technique Zip to continue...
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