Transporting your PowerBudget

In order to work on your school budget between two locations (ie, office
computer to home computer and back), your must first install Powerbudget
on both systems. The following procedures will allow you to move the 
budget data between the two systems.

First, insure that your floppy disk is OK by performing a
THOROUGH SCANDISK on the floppy:
Place the floppy in the drive and from the Windows desktop,
go to START...PROGRAMS...ACCESSORIES...SYSTEM TOOLS...SCANDISK.
Choose the A: drive and Thorough (not standard) then click Start.

Even high-quality floppy disks have a high failure rate (10-20%), therefore,
SCANDISK should be performed whenever Backing up or Restoring from floppy.

To transport your PowerBudget, please use the following instructions:

From Computer to Floppy Disk

1. When exiting from PowerBudget, choose Yes to Backup.

2. Choose Yes to Backup to Floppy.

3. If your floppy drive is Drive A:, then choose Yes to Backup to Drive A:.

NOTE: If your computer has only one drive, it is A:.

4. OR, if your floppy drive is B:, then choose No to Backup to Drive A:.

5. Insert a formatted floppy in the appropriate drive and press [ENTER].

6. Choose Yes to Begin Backup Now.

When done, remove the floppy disk.  This floppy will be used to restore 
your budget data.


From Floppy Disk to Computer

1. Start PowerBudget.

2. Go to [F6] Utilities...Tools...Restore from Floppy.

3. Choose A: Drive or B: Drive as appropriate.

NOTE: If your computer has only one drive, it is A:.

4. Insert the floppy and press [ENTER] to Restore from Floppy.

5. When done, remove floppy and press [ENTER] to return to PowerBudget.


NOTE: You may use the same floppy multiple times,  PowerBudget will overwrite
the backup files (BUDGET.BUP and LAYOUT.DAT) each time.

To keep a PERMANENT backup on floppy, DO NOT reuse the floppy.