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Troubleshooting and Maintenance Guide

System Recovery

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Creating Recovery Discs

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Choosing Recovery Disc Media

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System Recovery Options

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Running System Recovery from the Hard Disk Drive

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Starting System Recovery from the Windows Vista Start menu

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Starting System Recovery from system startup

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Section	Page
Table of Contents	3
Maintenance	5
Creating Data Backup Discs	5
Creating System Recovery Discs	5
Removing Unused Programs	5
Running the Disk Cleanup Program	6
Running Disk Cleanup manually	6
Scheduling Disk Cleanup to run automatically	6
Running the Disk Defragmenter Program	7
Checking for Hard Disk Drive Errors	8
Understanding Hard Disk Drive Space	8
Recommended Maintenance Schedule	9
Troubleshooting Computer Problems	11
Audio	12
CD and DVD Drives	13
Video	15
Display (Monitor)	15
Hard Disk Drive	16
Hardware Installation	16
Internet Access	18
Keyboard and Mouse	20
Power	21
Performance	22
Miscellaneous	24
Repairing Software Problems	25
Software Repair Overview	25
Restarting Your Computer	26
Turning Off Your Computer	26
Updating Drivers	26
Microsoft System Restore	27
Software Program and Hardware Driver Reinstallation	28
System Recovery	29
Creating Recovery Discs	29
Choosing Recovery Disc Media	30
System Recovery Options	30
Running System Recovery from the Hard Disk Drive	30
Starting System Recovery from the Windows Vista Start menu	31

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Starting System Recovery from the Windows Vista Start menu

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