Toshiba PX35t-A2210 User Manual

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If Something Goes Wrong
Develop good computing habits
Read the user’s guides.
It is very difficult to provide a fail-safe set of steps you can 
follow every time you experience a problem with the 
computer. Your ability to solve problems will improve as you 
learn about how the computer and its software work 
together.
Get familiar with all the user’s guides provided with your 
computer, as well as the manuals that come with the 
programs and devices you purchase.
Your local computer store or book store sells a variety of 
self-help books you can use to supplement the information 
in the manuals.
Data and system configuration backup in the 
Windows
®
 operating system
The Windows
®
 operating system offers some easy-to-use 
features for backing up your Windows
®
 settings and your 
data 
documents and other important files. Take advantage 
of these features to protect yourself from much more difficult 
and time-consuming restoration procedures, and to 
safeguard your valuable data from loss.
Saving system configuration with restore 
points
The System Restore feature of the Windows
®
 operating 
system quickly creates restore points 
-
 ‘snapshots’ of your 
Windows
®
 operating system configuration 
-
 and saves them 
for later recall. If you experience problems after installing 
some new hardware or software, you can easily select a 
previously established Control Point to ‘turn back the clock,’ 
restoring the Windows
®
 operating system to the state it was 
in just prior to the installation. This is much easier and more 
effective than uninstalling the hardware or software, which 
often leaves behind unwanted files and settings. It is also 
easy to undo a restore point selection, if you change your 
mind.
Follow these steps to create a restore point using the 
System Restore utility:
1
From the Start screen, type 
Control
. Click or touch 
Control Panel
 from the list that appears.
2
Click or touch 
System and Security
, and then 
System
.