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If you have installed your own programs, you should back up these 
programs as well as your data files. If something goes wrong that 
requires you to reformat your internal storage drive and start again, 
reloading all your programs and data files from a backup source 
will save time.

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.

The Windows

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 operating system offers some easy-to-use features 

for backing up your Windows

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 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.

The System Restore feature of the Windows

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 operating system 

quickly creates restore points—‘snapshots’ of your Windows

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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

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 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:

Click Start, Control Panel, System and Security, and then 
System.