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NOTE
This list may contain restore points that you did not create. Restore
points labeled System Checkpoint were automatically created by the
Windows
created automatically by applications when they were installed.
3 If you selected Choose a different restore point in step 2,
select the restore point you want to use, and then click Next.
4 Verify that the restore point you selected is the correct one. If it
is not, click Back to return to the previous step.
5 Close all programs and save all open files.
6 Click Finish, and then Yes to begin the system restore.
Your Windows
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
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Windows
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
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
from optical discs. External optical disc writers are also widely
available.
Follow these steps to back up your computer or files to optical
discs, or a storage drive:
NOTE
You cannot back up the computer while running on battery power.
Connect the AC adaptor before continuing.
1 Prepare your backup target by connecting it and/or inserting a
blank optical disc in the drive.
2 Click Start.
3 Click Control Panel.
Develop good computing habits
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operating system. Other restore points may have been
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operating system configuration will now be
operating system
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operating system offers a convenient
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