Sharp IQ-8900 - Manual (Page 241)

card. See the following section for more information.
Backing up “Backing up” means making a separate copy of your data
data to a which can be kept in a safe place. This is the simplest
RAM card and easiest form of insurance against losing valuable
information.
When you backup to a RAM card, any information
already on that card will be lost.
With a RAM card installed in the unit:
1. Make sure that the unit is unlocked (see p. 282). Press
and touch PERIPHERALS to open the
PERIPHERALS menu.
2. Select RAM CARD TRANSFER.
3. Select MAIN CARD (REPLACE).
A warning message appears asking if you want to
permanently delete all data on the RAM card.
4. Touch (or to cancel the operation).
The entries are backed up. (Backup time depends on
how much data is stored in the unit.)
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Backing up data to a RAM card copies your information
onto the card. The data in your unit’s main memory is
not deleted.
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Data copied to a RAM card can be edited, deleted and
worked with in the same way as data on the unit.
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You MUST unlock the unit before attempting RAM card
transfers. If the unit is locked, the RAM CARD
TRANSFER function be disabled.
Restoring data from a RAM card
“Restoring” data means copying data that was backed up
to a RAM card back to the unit. To restore data, you use
nearly the same procedure as for backing up (above), but
in step 3 be sure to select CARD MAIN (REPLACE),
which copies data from the RAM card to the unit.
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