HP Nc6400 HP Compaq nc6400 Notebook PC Maintenance and Service Guide - Page 224

Backup and Recovery in Windows Vista To back up your entire hard drive: 1. Select Start > All Programs > HP Backup & Recovery > Backup and Recovery Manager. 2. Click Next. 3. Click Back up to protect system settings and important data files, and then click Next. 4. Click Back up entire hard drive, and then click Next. 5. Follow the on-screen instructions. Creating Recovery Points When you back up modifications since your last backup, you are creating system recovery points. This allows you to save a snapshot of your hard drive at a specific point in time. You can then recover back to that point if you want to reverse subsequent changes made to your system. ✎ The first system recovery point, a snapshot of the entire image, is automatically created the first time you perform a backup. Subsequent recovery points make copies of changes made after that time. HP recommends that you create recovery points at the following times: ■ Before you add or extensively modify software or hardware ■ Periodically, whenever the system is performing optimally ✎ Recovering to an earlier recovery point does not affect data files or e-mails created since that recovery point. To create a system recovery point: 1. Select Start > All Programs > HP Backup & Recovery > Backup and Recovery Manager. 2. Click Next. B-4 Maintenance and Service Guide