System Maintenance; Backup; System Restore; Disk Defragmenting - Keysight X-Series Getting Started And Troubleshooting

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3 Instrument Operating System

System Maintenance

It is recommended that you have a regular backup strategy. Your IT department may

already have a backup strategy in place which is suitable for the instrument and its

data. Using the Instrument Recovery system in conjunction with a regular backup

strategy should allow full recovery of the instrument data.

Windows has a Backup utility that you can use to archive files and folders in case of a

disk drive failure. See the Windows Help and Support Center for more information on

this utility. You can also use third party backup utilities. However, you must ensure

that this third party software is compatible with the instrument's system software.

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When performing backups, we recommend that you backup the data to an external

storage device connected to the network or one of the instrument's USB connectors.

Also, you should perform backups at times when the instrument is not being used for

normal operations, as it may impact the instrument's overall performance.

Windows contains the capability to restore the system to a previous point in time.

System Restore is enabled with default settings as provided by Microsoft. However,

System Restore is not always 100% successful. Therefore, it is not recommended

that you rely on System Restore to protect your instrument. System Restore has not

been tested to verify successful restoring.

The instrument has a solid state drive. Disk defragmenting is not recommended.

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