Restoring The Computer To An Earlier Operating State; Undoing The Last System Restore; Restoring The Computer To The Default Factory Configuration - Dell Inspiron 1521 Owner's Manual

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Click Start ® All Programs ® Maintenance ® Back Up and Restore Center. Under Tasks, click Create a restore point or change settings.
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For more information:
1. Click Start ® Help and Support.
2. Type System Restore in the search field and press <Enter>.

Restoring the Computer to an Earlier Operating State

If problems occur after you install a device driver, use Device Driver Rollback (see
Driver Rollback does not resolve the problem, then use System Restore.
NOTICE: Before you restore the computer to an earlier operating state, save and close all open files and exit any open programs. Do not alter, open, or
delete any files or programs until the system restoration is complete.
1. Click Start ® Control Panel® System and Maintenance® Back Up and Restore Center.
2. In the Tasks list, click Repair Windows using System Restore.
3. Click Continue in the User Account Control (UAC) dialog box asking for permission to run the application.
4. Click Next in the System Restore window to view the most recent restore points in chronological order.
5. Select the Show restore points older than 5 days checkbox to view the complete list of restore points.
6. Select a restore point. Try to restore from the most recent restore point. If this restore point fails to correct the problem, try the next oldest restore
point until the issue is resolved. Any software installed after the selected restore point will need to be reinstalled.
7. Click Next® Finish.
8. When prompted, click Yes.
9. After System Restore finishes collecting data, the computer restarts.
10. After the computer restarts, click OK.
To change the restore point, you can either repeat the steps using a different restore point, or you can undo the restoration.
If you encounter any error messages during the restore process, follow the prompts on the screen to correct the error.

Undoing the Last System Restore

NOTICE: Before you undo the last system restore, save and close all open files and exit any open programs. Do not alter, open, or delete any files or
programs until the system restoration is complete.
1. Click Start ® Help and Support.
2. Type System Restore in the search field and press <Enter>.
3. Click Undo my last restoration, and then click Next.

Restoring the Computer to the Default Factory Configuration

The Dell Factory Image Restore option allows you to restore your hard drive back to its original factory configuration as when you first purchased it from Dell.
This option appears on Dell computers that were originally pre-installed with Windows Vista
through the Express Upgrade promotion or computers that were upgraded to Windows Vista from a previous version of the Windows
NOTICE: When you restore the computer to the default factory configuration, all data on the hard drive is deleted. Before performing this procedure,
back up personal files. If you do not back up personal files, the data is lost.
1. Restart the computer. To do this, click Start
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