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Data and system configuration backup in the Windows® operating system

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If Something Goes Wrong Develop good computing habits 97 Your local computer store or book store sells a variety of self-help books you can use to supplement the information in the manuals. Data and system configuration backup in the Windows® operating system The Windows® operating system offers some easy-to-use features for backing up your Windows® settings and your data - documents and other important files. Take advantage of these features to protect yourself from much more difficult and time-consuming restoration procedures, and to safeguard your valuable data from loss. Saving system configuration with restore points The System Restore feature of the Windows® operating system quickly creates restore points - 'snapshots' of your Windows® operating system configuration - and saves them for later recall. If you experience problems after installing some new hardware or software, you can easily select a previously established Control Point to 'turn back the clock,' restoring the Windows® operating system to the state it was in just prior to the installation. This is much easier and more effective than uninstalling the hardware or software, which often leaves behind unwanted files and settings. It is also easy to undo a restore point selection, if you change your mind. Follow these steps to create a restore point using the System Restore utility: 1 Press the Windows® ( ) button on the side of the device to display the Start screen and swipe in from the right edge of the screen. When the Windows® charms appear, touch the Search ( ) charm. Then touch the Search field and type Control. Touch Control Panel in the list that appears. 2 Touch System and Security, and then System. 3 In the left pane, touch System Protection. The System Protection tab of the System Properties window appears. 4 Touch Configure. 5 Under Restore settings select Turn on System Protection.

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If Something Goes Wrong
Develop good computing habits
Your local computer store or book store sells a variety of
self-help books you can use to supplement the information
in the manuals.
Data and system configuration backup in the
Windows
®
operating system
The Windows
®
operating system offers some easy-to-use
features for backing up your Windows
®
settings and your
data - documents and other important files. Take advantage
of these features to protect yourself from much more difficult
and time-consuming restoration procedures, and to
safeguard your valuable data from loss.
Saving system configuration with restore
points
The System Restore feature of the Windows
®
operating
system quickly creates restore points - ‘snapshots’ of your
Windows
®
operating system configuration - and saves them
for later recall. If you experience problems after installing
some new hardware or software, you can easily select a
previously established Control Point to ‘turn back the clock,’
restoring the Windows
®
operating system to the state it was
in just prior to the installation. This is much easier and more
effective than uninstalling the hardware or software, which
often leaves behind unwanted files and settings. It is also
easy to undo a restore point selection, if you change your
mind.
Follow these steps to create a restore point using the
System Restore utility:
1
Press the
Windows
®
(
) button on the side of the
device to display the Start screen and swipe in from the
right edge of the screen. When the Windows
®
charms
appear, touch the
Search
(
) charm. Then touch the
Search field and type
Control
. Touch
Control Panel
in
the list that appears.
2
Touch
System and Security
, and then
System
.
3
In the left pane, touch
System Protection
.
The System Protection tab of the System Properties
window appears.
4
Touch
Configure
.
5
Under
Restore settings
select
Turn on System
Protection
.