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Backing up your data or your entire computer with the, Windows, operating system, System, Protection

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If Something Goes Wrong Develop good computing habits 119 3 In the left pane, click System Protection. The System Protection tab of the System Properties window appears. 4 Click System Restore... 5 Click Next. 6 Click the Restore point you want to use then click Next. The time stamp and description of each Restore point is displayed. NOTE At this point you can click "Scan for affected programs" to determine what the impact of using the clicked Restore Point will be. 7 Verify that the Restore point you clicked is the correct one. If it is not, click Back to return to the previous step. 8 Close all programs and save all open files. 9 Click Finish, and then Yes to begin the system restore. Your Windows® operating system configuration will now be restored to the state it was in when the chosen restore point was created, and then the computer will be automatically restarted. Backing up your data or your entire computer with the Windows® operating system The most valuable component of your computer system is the data you create and store on its internal storage drive. Since problems with either hardware or software can make the data inaccessible or even destroy it, the next most valuable component of your computer system may be a recent backup of your data. Fortunately, the Windows® operating system offers a convenient way to back up your computer or just your important files to optical disc drives, or hard drives. An external hard drive is recommended in case the internal storage drive fails. No additional software is required. Most of the optical disc drives built into recent Toshiba computer models can write to (or 'burn') as well as read from optical discs. External optical disc writers are also widely available. Follow these steps to back up your computer or files to optical discs, or a storage drive: 1 From the Start screen, type Control. Click Control Panel from the list that appears.

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If Something Goes Wrong
Develop good computing habits
3
In the left pane, click
System
Protection
.
The System Protection tab of the System Properties window
appears.
4
Click
System Restore...
5
Click
Next
.
6
Click the Restore point you want to use then click
Next
.
The time stamp and description of each Restore point is
displayed.
At this point you can click “Scan for affected programs” to determine
what the impact of using the clicked Restore Point will be.
7
Verify that the Restore point you clicked is the correct one. If it
is not, click
Back
to return to the previous step.
8
Close all programs and save all open files.
9
Click
Finish
, and then
Yes
to begin the system restore.
Your Windows
®
operating system configuration will now be
restored to the state it was in when the chosen restore point was
created, and then the computer will be automatically restarted.
Backing up your data or your entire computer with the
Windows
®
operating system
The most valuable component of your computer system is the data
you create and store on its internal storage drive. Since problems
with either hardware or software can make the data inaccessible or
even destroy it, the next most valuable component of your computer
system may be a recent backup of your data.
Fortunately, the Windows
®
operating system offers a convenient
way to back up your computer or just your important files to optical
disc drives, or hard drives. An external hard drive is recommended
in case the internal storage drive fails. No additional software is
required. Most of the optical disc drives built into recent Toshiba
computer models can write to (or ‘burn’) as well as read from
optical discs. External optical disc writers are also widely available.
Follow these steps to back up your computer or files to optical
discs, or a storage drive:
1
From the Start screen, type
Control
. Click
Control
Panel
from
the list that appears.
NOTE