Toshiba Portege Z10t-ASP3260FM User Guide - Page 124

The System Protection tab of the System Properties, Your Windows

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124 If Something Goes Wrong Develop good computing habits 8 In the input field, enter a name that is descriptive enough to be easily understood in the future, such as "Before installing Brand X Accounting app." Then click or touch Create. The Windows® operating system creates the restore point, automatically stamps it with the current date and time, and displays a message that the restore point was successfully created. 9 Click or touch Close. Then, at a later time, you can re-establish your Windows® configuration using the saved restore point. To do this: 1 From the Start screen, type Control. Click or touch Control Panel from the list that appears. 2 Click or touch System and Security, and then System. 3 In the left pane, click or touch System Protection. The System Protection tab of the System Properties window appears. 4 Click or touch System Restore... 5 Click or touch Next. 6 Click or touch the Restore point you want to use then click or touch Next. The time stamp and description of each Restore point is displayed. NOTE At this point you can click or touch "Scan for affected programs" to determine what the impact of using the chosen Restore Point will be. 7 Verify that the Restore point you chose is the correct one. If it is not, click or touch Back to return to the previous step. 8 Close all programs and save all open files. 9 Click or touch 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 device will be automatically restarted.

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If Something Goes Wrong
Develop good computing habits
8
In the input field, enter a name that is descriptive enough
to be easily understood in the future, such as “Before
installing Brand X Accounting app.” Then click or touch
Create
.
The Windows
®
operating system creates the restore
point, automatically stamps it with the current date and
time, and displays a message that the restore point was
successfully created.
9
Click or touch
Close
.
Then, at a later time, you can re-establish your Windows
®
configuration using the saved restore point. To do this:
1
From the Start screen, type
Control
. Click or touch
Control Panel
from the list that appears.
2
Click or touch
System and Security
, and then
System
.
3
In the left pane, click or touch
System Protection
.
The System Protection tab of the System Properties
window appears.
4
Click or touch
System Restore...
5
Click or touch
Next
.
6
Click or touch the Restore point you want to use then
click or touch
Next
.
The time stamp and description of each Restore point is
displayed.
At this point you can click or touch “Scan for affected
programs” to determine what the impact of using the
chosen Restore Point will be.
7
Verify that the Restore point you chose is the correct
one. If it is not, click or touch
Back
to return to the
previous step.
8
Close all programs and save all open files.
9
Click or touch
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 device will be
automatically restarted.
NOTE