Data And System Configuration Backup In The Windows Operating System - Toshiba portege z20-b series User Manual

142
If Something Goes Wrong
Develop good computing habits
❖
Connect your device to the office network and copy files
to your network partition.
Some people use a combination of these methods, backing
up all files weekly and copying critical files to external media
on a daily basis.
If you have installed your own programs, you should back up
these programs as well as your data files. If something goes
wrong that requires you to reformat your internal storage
drive and start again, reloading all your programs and data
files from a backup source will save time.
Read the documentation.
It is very difficult to provide a fail-safe set of steps you can
follow every time you experience a problem with the device.
Your ability to solve problems will improve as you learn about
how the device and its software work together.
Get familiar with all of the documentation provided with your
device, as well as the information that may come with the
programs and devices you purchase.
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
The Windows
features for backing up your Windows
-
data
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
system quickly creates restore points
Windows
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
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
operating system
®
operating system offers some easy-to-use
documents and other important files. Take advantage
®
operating system configuration
®
operating system to the state it was
®
settings and your
®
operating
-
'snapshots' of your
-
and saves them