Laptop User Manual

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If Something Goes Wrong
Develop good computing habits
9 Click 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 Control Panel
from the list that appears.
2 Click System and Security, and then System.
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
portable computer models can write to (or ‘burn’) as well as read
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