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If Something Goes Wrong
Develop good computing habits
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
Click
Start
, and then
Help and Support
.
2
Under
Pick a Task
, click
Undo changes to your computer
with System Restore
.
3
Click
Create a restore point
, and then click
Next
.
4
In the
Restore point description
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
Create
.
5
The Windows
®
operating system creates the Restore Point and
automatically stamps it with the current date and time.
Then, at a later time, you can re-establish your Windows
®
configuration using the saved Restore Point. To do this:
1
Click
Start
, and then
Help and Support
.
2
Under
Pick a Task
, click
Undo changes to your computer
with System Restore
.
3
Click
Restore my computer to an earlier time
, then click
Next
.
4
A calendar will be presented, showing a month at a time. Each
date for which a Restore Point has been set will be marked as
bold. When a boldfaced date is clicked, a description of the
Restore Point will appear in a list to the right.
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