Backspace character in insert mode only beeps on Windows

I am using Vim 7.2 on Windows XP. In insert mode, when I press the
backspace key to erase a character, it doesn't do so. Instead it
beeps. How to behave it the way it behaves on Linux, i.e delete a
character?

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