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displays a message that the restore point was successfully 
created. 

Click Close.

Then, at a later time, you can re-establish your Windows

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configuration using the saved restore point. To do this:

Click Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, and 
then System Restore.

Select Recommended restore or Choose a different restore 
point, and then click Next.

The timestamp and description of each restore point is 
displayed.

This list may contain restore points that you did not create. Restore 
points labeled System Checkpoint were automatically created by the 
Windows

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 operating system. Other restore points may have been 

created automatically by applications when they were installed.

If you selected Choose a different restore point in step 2, 
select the restore point you want to use, and then click Next.

Verify that the restore point you selected is the correct one. If it 
is not, click Back to return to the previous step.

Close all programs and save all open files.

Click Finish, and then Yes to begin the system restore.

Your Windows

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 operating system configuration will now be 

restored to the state it was in when the chosen restore point was 
created, and then the computer will be automatically restarted.

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

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 operating system offers a convenient 

way to back up your computer or just your important files to optical 
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 drives built into recent Toshiba 
portable computer models can write to (or ‘burn’) as well as read