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System recovery, Safeguarding your data

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B System recovery To recover system functionality, you can use the System Restore utility or the recovery discs included with your notebook. Recovering functionality through System Restore preserves all of your personal data and settings and is a reversible procedure. Repairing device drivers and applications by using Driver Recovery or Application Recovery discs also preserves your personal data and settings. If you use the Operating System disc to ■ Repair your operating system, your data and settings are preserved. ■ Reinstall your operating system, your data, settings, and installed software are deleted. ✎ For best results, attempt to recover optimal notebook functionality by following the procedures in this appendix in the order provided. Safeguarding your data Software or devices added to the notebook can cause your system to become unstable. To safeguard your documents, store your personal files in the My Documents folder and periodically create a backup copy of My Documents. Getting Started B-1

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System recovery
To recover system functionality, you can use the System Restore utility or the
recovery discs included with your notebook. Recovering functionality through
System Restore preserves all of your personal data and settings and is a
reversible procedure. Repairing device drivers and applications by using
Driver Recovery
or
Application Recovery
discs also preserves your personal
data and settings.
If you use the
Operating System
disc to
■
Repair your operating system, your data and settings are preserved.
■
Reinstall your operating system, your data, settings, and installed
software are deleted.
✎
For best results, attempt to recover optimal notebook functionality by
following the procedures in this appendix
in the order provided.
Safeguarding your data
Software or devices added to the notebook can cause your system to
become unstable. To safeguard your documents, store your personal files
in the My Documents folder and periodically create a backup copy of
My Documents.
Getting Started
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