Creating Recovery Points; Scheduling Backups - HP Compaq 6735b Getting Started

Creating recovery points

When you back up modifications since your last backup, you are creating system recovery
points. This allows you to save a snapshot of your hard drive at a specific point in time. You
can then recover back to that point if you want to reverse subsequent changes made to your
system.
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The first system recovery point, a snapshot of the entire image, is automatically created
the first time you perform a backup. Subsequent recovery points make copies of
changes made after that time.
HP recommends that you create recovery points at the following times:
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Before you add or extensively modify software or hardware
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Periodically, whenever the system is performing optimally
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Recovering to an earlier recovery point does not affect data files or e-mails created
since that recovery point.
To create a system recovery point:
1. Click Start, click All Programs, click HP Backup & Recovery, and then click
Backup & Recovery Manager.
2. Click Next.
3. In Windows Vista—Click Create or manage backups, and then click Next.
In Windows XP—Click Backup to protect system settings and important data files,
and then click Next.
4. Click Create or manage Recovery Points, and then click Next.
5. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Scheduling backups

Use HP Backup Scheduler to schedule backups for the entire system, for recovery points, or
for specific files and folders. With this tool, you can schedule backups at specific intervals
(daily, weekly, or monthly) or at specific events, such as at system restart or when you dock
to an optional docking station (select models only).
To schedule backups:
1. Click Start, click All Programs, click HP Backup & Recovery, and then click HP
Backup Scheduler.
2. Follow the on-screen instructions.
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